Mexico's Fox mocks Bush in memoir

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Vicente Fox, known for his candid talk when he was Mexico's president, speaks his mind when describing several world personalities including US President George W. Bush in his memoir that went on sale in the United States this week.

"My first impression of George W. Bush was one of total self-confidence," writes Fox in "Revolution of Hope," a portrait of Fox's life and an account of his six-year presidency.

"He was quite simply the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life."

The future leaders of the United States and Mexico first met in 1996, when Bush was governor of Texas and Fox governor of the state of Guanajuato.

In 2000 Fox, a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), became the first opposition candidate to win...