Mexico City ? Conservative Felipe Calderon spoke of his hopes for a U.S. immigration accord and took a congratulatory call from President Bush on Friday, while his leftist rival laid plans to deny him Mexico’s presidency and called for nationwide protests against the election results.

Acting as if his presidential victory was secure, the conservative politician vowed to improve the lives of Mexicans both at home and in the United States.

But the country’s top elections court has yet to declare him president-elect, and chief rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador began mobilizing coast-to-coast street protests demanding a recount of every one of the 41.8 million votes cast in Sunday’s presidential vote.

Besides Bush, Calderon spoke with Mexican President Vicente Fox as well as world leaders that included the prime ministers of Spain and Canada, officials said.