When he came to power six years ago, President Felipe Calderon set goals to alleviate poverty, create jobs and increase public safety.

As he winds up his term at the end of this week, Calderon leaves Mexico with fiscal stability that saved the country from collapse during the world’s economic crisis, but with far greater violence, very little change in poverty levels and anemic job growth.

via President Calderon leaving office after saving Mexico economy, but fell short on his goals – The Washington Post.