Mexico City is different
If there was any doubt that the political culture and civil society of Mexico's capital differs from the rest of the county, the protests that followed the last two presidential elections should put those doubts to rest.Mexican demonstrators blockade Televisa studios over election scandal
Thousands of protesters have blockaded the studios of Televisa, Mexico's most popular TV network, accusing it of biased coverage of the 1 July presidential election.
Shouting "Tell the truth," the demonstrators, including students and union workers, stopped employees entering the offices of the Televisa studios in Mexico City although they allowed others to leave.
The protesters allege that Televisa supported Enrique Peña Nieto, who won the election by almost 7 percentage points over leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
Televisa, which carried on broadcasting as normal, argues it covered the election fairly and gave time to all candidates on primetime news shows…
López Obrador has claimed that Peña Nieto paid Televisa for favourable coverage and bought votes. He has filed a legal challenge to the vote with an electoral tribunal, asking it to annul the ballot.
The tribunal has until September to rule on the accusations and officially declare Peña Nieto as president. It is widely expected to uphold the vote.
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Labels: civil society, cleavages, dissent, elections, Mexico, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:00 AM
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