Adios, Presidente

A look back at six unremarkable years of Vicente Fox

David Agren | December 4, 2006

p class="MsoNormal"> span class="c1">Cantina owner Ramon Garcia once held high hopes for Mexican President Vicente Fox. He supported Fox not once but three times, as Fox previously ran for governor in Garcia's home state of Guanajuato before successfully deposing the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 2000. But with time, Garcia, like many Mexicans, grew disillusioned as Fox repeatedly stumbled and failed to implement much of the change promised during the heady days of his presidential campaign. o:p> /o:p> /span> /p> p> "He wasn't born dumb," Garcia commented, before adding, "Fox just never knew how to be president." o:p> /o:p> /p> p> o:p> /o:p> span class="c1">Garcia pointed to his ailing San Miguel de Allende bar business as proof of Fox's unfulfilled promises of creating prosperity. He said his clientele, mostly working-class folk from nearby