Monday, July 24, 2006

Mexico: Tempers flare over presidential election controversy

Supporters of Felipe Calderon and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have intensified their vitriol against each other inasmuch as the Mexican government is pleading for calm. Though Calderon was declared as provisional winner, Lopez Obrador declared the elections as “illegitimate” and it is possible for the federal electoral tribunal to rule in his favor. (Image shows anti-Calderon protestor hanging a poster in Mexico City).

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