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| | BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Profile: Vicente Fox |
 | | During the 2000 electoral campaign, he called his PRI rival a "sissy" and a transvestite, and was accused of flaunting his Catholicism when he used a banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's most sacred religious symbol, during a political rally. |
 | | Before becoming president, Mr Fox, the son of a wealthy farmer in the rural state of Guanajuato, managed a 450-hectare (1,220-acre) ranch in the state, where he raised cattle and ostriches, and grew vegetables for export to Europe, Japan and the United States. |
 | | Divorced, with four adopted children, Mr Fox made much of his agricultural roots during the 2000 election campaign, saying he was the only candidate to have ever milked a cow. |
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