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July 3, 2000 Fox wins, Mexican voters give PRI "el dedazo" by Victor Payan Pocho Ballot Boxer Tough-talking conservative former Coca Cola executive Vicente Fox Quesada has won the presidential race in Mexico in a historic election which political analysts are already referring to as "The Big Quesadilla." Fox's victory last night effectively ended the ruling PRI party's seventy-one year political stranglehold on the troubled nation. Nicknamed by the media as "El Gachupin Colorado" because his mother is from Spain and his father is from Colorado, president-elect Fox is expected to modernize Mexico by adopting many elements of the American political system, such as an emphasis on free trade, globalization, rightwing religious extremism, corporatization and an increased exploitation of Mexican workers. "If I cannot bring Mexico into the 21st Century, I will at least bring it into the mid-1980s," vowed Fox in his victory speech. This historic presidential election featured a number of other significant firsts. The long standing tradition whereby the Mexican president handpicked his successor by giving him "el dedazo," literally "the finger", was replaced by an election in which Mexican voters gave "el dedazo" to the PRI. The defeat of the PRI also ends what Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa referred to as "The Perfect Dictatorship." In its place, many Mexicans expect to enter a new political period they are calling "The Perfect Storm." Fox's PAN party also fared well in many other states of the republic. "We had a strong indication during our campaign that we had widespread popular support, especially in rural areas and slums," said Fox in his speech. "Everywhere we went, people were chanting 'Queremos pan! Queremos pan!' It was music to my ears." © 2000 Victor Payan | |||