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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

Vicente Fox

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Vicente Fox
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 2
Businessperson
Economist
Former President Of Mexico
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León
Guanajuato
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Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.
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By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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We want from here to express our solidarity and our support to all the victims of these acts of terrorism and their family members. We reiterate our complete, emphatic rejection of all forms of violence and all forms of terrorism.
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