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Monday, August 15, 2005

Claims of corruption taint Mexican president anew

By Kenneth Emmond

Public perceptions of Mexican President Vicente Fox have been on a downward trajectory ever since July 2, 2000.

That’s the day he ended 71 years of hegemony by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and delivered the presidency to the National Action Party (PAN), along with promises to end corruption and reform the law.

Since then the public’s enthusiasm for him has eroded from euphoria to realism to disappointment â€â€