Supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution) protest against President Felipe Calderon's proposal to raise taxes outside the Senate building in Mexico City October 26, 2009. Mexican senators met on Monday in an effort to overcome an impasse over Calderon's proposal to raise taxes and reduce dependence on waning oil revenues. Senators from the main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, met behind closed doors to decide whether to support a measure to raise Mexico's value-added tax, or VAT, one percentage point to 16 percent. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution) protest against President Felipe Calderon's proposal to raise taxes outside the Senate building in Mexico City October 26, 2009. Mexican senators met on Monday in an effort to overcome an impasse over Calderon's proposal to raise taxes and reduce dependence on waning oil revenues. Senators from the main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, met behind closed doors to decide whether to support a measure to raise Mexico's value-added tax, or VAT, one percentage point to 16 percent.

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  1. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  2. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  3. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: World leaders front row (L-R) are South African President Jacob Zuma, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hujin Tao, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, second Row (L-R) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodruigez Zapatero, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, third row (L-R) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Director General of the ILO Juan Somavia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria, Director General of the WTO Pascal Lamy, and FSB Chairman Mario Draghi pose for the official group photo at the G-20 on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  4. The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. US President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  5. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: The spouses of the visiting G-20 leaders (top-L-R) wife of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiv, unknown, Dr Pimpen Vejjajiva, wife of EU Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso, Margarida Sousa Uva, wife of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Therese Rein, Filippa Reinfeldt, wife of Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt, Laureen Harper of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ban Soon Taek, unknown, unknown, (bottom-L-R) wife of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain, Sonsoles Zapatero, wife of South African President Jacob Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli, Kim Yoon-ok, First Lady of Korea, wife of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Margarita Zavala, Brazil's first lady Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva First Lady Michelle Obama (6th-L-R), Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, wife of Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy, wife of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Medvedev, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, Emine Erdogan, and wife of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur pose at the CAPA School on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. U.S. President Barack Obama and heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are meeting for the second day of the G-20 summit, aimed at promoting economic growth.
  6. Mexican President Felipe Calderon (C) walks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd L) during a group photo during the G20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 25, 2009.
  7. China's President Hu Jintao, left, stands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, center, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, during a group photo session at the G-20 summit hosted by President Barack Obama in Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (R) greet Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (L) and his wife Margarita Zavala as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009.
  9. U.S. President Barack Obama greets Mexican President Felipe Calderon (R) as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009.
  10. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (L) is greeted by U.S. President Barack Obama as he arrives at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for delegation leaders at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009.
  11. Mexican President Felipe Calderon arrives September 24, 2009 at Pittsburgh International Airport to attend the nearby G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  12. Mexican President Felipe Calderon arrives September 24, 2009 at Pittsburgh International Airport to attend the nearby G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  13. CORAOPOLIS, PA - SEPTEMBER 24: Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of Mexico, arrives for the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the Pittsburgh International Airport September 24, 2009 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Heads of state from the world's leading economic powers are scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh for the summit which takes place September 24 and 25.
  14. Mexican President Felipe Calderon speaks while attending the United Nations Security Council meeting during the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009.
  15. Mexican President Felipe Calderon listens while attending the United Nations Security Council meeting during the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2009. The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at stemming the spread of nuclear weapons. The 15-member council acted during an unprecedented summit chaired by US President Barack Obama.
  16. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon arrives at Pittsburgh International Airport in Coraopolis, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. He will be attending the G 20 Summit being held in Pittsburgh.

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