UPDATE 4-Claiming fraud, Mexico left names own 'president'

[WhiteTara]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-09-17T011833Z_01_N16403465_RTRIDST_0_MEXICO-ELECTION-UPDATE-4-PICTURE.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna

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But fears of violence have eased in recent days as Lopez Obrador has apparently opted for an organized political movement to challenge Calderon rather than cause chaos on the streets.

Supporters voted to swear Lopez Obrador in at a ceremony on Nov. 20, just days before Calderon takes power on Dec. 1.

"We won the presidential election. I accept the post of president of Mexico because we reject an imposition," he told cheering followers.
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There will, however, be sporadic protests in coming weeks, and delegates at a convention led by Lopez Obrador on Saturday voted to support a boycott against some of Mexico's biggest companies, who they believe backed Calderon's campaign.

They included the Mexican units of major U.S. firms such as retailer Wal-Mart (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and financial giant Citigroup (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

[lovuian]

1. Mexico is not happy and its going to be a mess

Poverty breeds class revolutions...

Read Marx

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. And now that we're closing the borders, it's going to get worse.

I've always felt that Bush cut a deal with Vicente and that's why so many illegals were allowed to come in during Bush's term, but now I really see the reason to the madness. All those votes walking out of the country, the right-wingers in Mexico could continue their exploitation of the poor.

[Zorra]

2. Seems Mexico needs someone like these guys again....

[gorbal]

4. Oh it has them

The Zapatistas have had an alternative government, independent of the rest of Mexico, for a long time now.

[Vidar]

3. Obrador is walking an extremely narrow line & doing it remarkably well.

[lonestarnot]

5. Walmart and Citigroup suck ass. Mexican people be an

example of what democracy looks like! Be strong people and don't give up! Look what has happened to a nation that folded to a cheat.

[gorbal]

7. Here is some NPR media on the subject

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6092012