BBC (July 31): Mexico ex-mayor launches poll bid

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BBC (July 31): Mexico ex-mayor launches poll bid

From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday July 31 00:09 GMT (Saturday 5:09 pm PDT)

Mexico ex-mayor launches poll bid

The former mayor of Mexico City has registered his candidacy for next year's presidential race.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed up as a candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party's nomination, after stepping down as mayor on Friday.

Opinion polls suggest he is currently the favourite to win the poll.

Earlier this year he was the subject of a failed legal attempt to bar him from standing. About one million Mexicans rallied in the capital to support him.

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