Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Protesters paralyze Mexico City over presidential vote outcome - Yahoo! News

Hey, Democrats! Are you paying attention?

Oh Christ, what am I saying?

Not one Democrat in Congress has the guts to call the people out, in the event of another midnight vote flip. That would be undignified and a sign of being a sore loser, right?

The thing is, it is our Democracy we are losing, one stolen election at a time.

Protesters paralyze Mexico City over presidential vote outcome - Yahoo! News:

"MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Thousands of backers of Mexico's leftist presidential candidate stepped up their protest against the July 2 vote, camping out in the streets of Mexico City and causing massive traffic jams.

Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is challenging electoral results that gave victory to his conservative rival Felipe Calderon, led the protest from a yellow canvas tent on the downtown Zocalo square, facing the presidential palace.
He and his supporters spent the night camping out in a protest the politician said would continue until authorities agree to a recount of the votes cast in what he called a fraudulent election.

Many of the protesters pitched their tents along Reforma avenue, one of the city's main arteries, erecting an eight-kilometer (five-mile) blockade that caused massive traffic jams and turned parts of the megalopolis into pedestrian zones.

'Traffic has been paralyzed by the blockades, there are traffic jams in the entire city,' said Fernando Puga, of the city's traffic support services.

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