Mexico Bracing for Social Unrest
Los Angeles Times: Tanks are deployed as the nation awaits a ruling on who won the July 2 presidential vote.
By Héctor Tobar, Times Staff Writer
MEXICO CITY — "A line of armored vehicles awaits outside Mexico's Congress building. Most are brand-new and have never seen action. But many Mexicans wonder whether their menacing presence is a harbinger of this divided country's future.
Federal authorities deployed the tanks to prevent supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from shutting down Mexico's legislature in a bid to pressure the Federal Electoral Tribunal to order a full recount of all 41 million votes in the disputed July 2 presidential election." Read more...
By Héctor Tobar, Times Staff Writer
MEXICO CITY — "A line of armored vehicles awaits outside Mexico's Congress building. Most are brand-new and have never seen action. But many Mexicans wonder whether their menacing presence is a harbinger of this divided country's future.
Federal authorities deployed the tanks to prevent supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from shutting down Mexico's legislature in a bid to pressure the Federal Electoral Tribunal to order a full recount of all 41 million votes in the disputed July 2 presidential election." Read more...
posted by HeavyHanded at
12:45 AM
2 Comments:
All that is really needed is for that giant of statsmenship, Jimmy carter, to declare the election fair.
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Anonymous, at 9:28 AM
Yes. I am sure that would be the final solution to the 'problem'.
However, would Jimmah' Cawta' do it?
Afterall, the 'wrong' man won.
By
HeavyHanded, at 9:52 AM
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