MEXICO CITY (AP) — Harvard says Mexican President Felipe Calderon will become a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government after he leaves office on Saturday. The Kennedy School says Calderon will be the first participant in a specially endowed fellowship for government leaders leaving office. It says he will lecture, write, meet with students and professors and develop case studies based on his six-year term in office. Calderon's term was marked by his escalation of a militarized government offensive against drug cartels, which unleashed waves of violence that left at least 47,500 Mexicans dead before his administration stopped releasing figures last year. He also oversaw steady economic growth after a 2009 slump linked to the global economic crash, and the Kennedy School praised Calderon for free-market policies that boosted the economy.
Mexican president to become Harvard fellow
Nov. 28 11:15 AM EST
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2013, file photo, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon delivers a speech during a ceremony in Mexico City. Mexico's president is making one last attempt to get the "United States" out of Mexico - at least as far as the country's name is concerned. The name "United Mexican States," or "Estados Unidos Mexicanos," was adopted in 1824 after independence from Spain in imitation of Mexico's democratic northern neighbor, but it is rarely used except on official documents, money and other government material. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
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