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MEXICO: NEW PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE December 1, 2006
Bonny Apunyu
<|mexican_president_felipe_calderon.jpg|New Mexican President Felipe Calderon|left|>(SomaliNet) After an unusual midnight ceremony at the presidential palace in Mexico City, Felipe Calderon has taken over as Mexico's president.
Calderon is succeeding outgoing President Vicente Fox, a fellow conservative.
As he assumes office, Mr Calderon has said he is determined to be formally sworn in Congress later on Friday (Today) despite a threat of disruption from opposition politicians.
Meanwhile, members of the left-wing party, the PRD, say Mr Calderon won July's presidential election by fraud.
Calderon defeated the left-wing candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, by less than a percentage point.
Mr Obrador last week launched a "parallel government" in Mexico City and held an unofficial swearing-in ceremony.