Mexico's presidential politics
Well, I guess I might have to rely on Al Jazeera for news about politics in Mexico since the Miami Herald closed their Mexico edition on June 1. Here is the first report I've seen on last Sunday's massive rally:
Mexico poll loser rallies followers
"The losing candidate in Mexico's closest presidential election has rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters in Mexico City's main square, aiming to re-ignite a flagging movement that could split the left.
"Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who still insists he won the election a year ago, threatened to rouse the masses if the government tried to privatise the country's state-owned oil industry...
"His movement, which draws support from about one-quarter of the population, is keeping alive an undercurrent of scepticism and discontent, though it rarely makes headlines anymore..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 9:26 AM
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