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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 08:30 PM
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Mexico leftists protest at high-profile army parade
MEXICO CITY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Scores of Mexican leftist demonstrators claiming election fraud protested against President Vicente Fox at an independence day military parade in the center of the capital on Saturday.

Up to 200 supporters of losing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waved posters that read "Fox, traitor to democracy," in the center of the Zocalo square as the president reviewed a march of troops and military hardware.

Another, smaller group of protesters shouted "Obrador, Obrador," as the parade rolled along the main Reforma avenue.

The left says Fox took part in a fraud to cheat anti-poverty campaigner Lopez Obrador of the presidency in the close July 2 election ...

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