July 03, 2006
Elections in Mexico: Too Close To Call?
Mark In Mexico was up much of the night providing live coverage of the Mexican Presidential Elections. Go on over and take a gander. He'll have more up today and he does an excellent job of reportage. Thanks Mark.
UPDATE, Mark has a new post up here. Calderon may have won, AMLO is protesting saying he won. This could get really sticky... go read Mark's stuff and put it on your favorites or bookmarks. This issue is muy importante por Los Estados Unidos. I've got him on my blogroll if you want to use that instead. Either way, he is keeping us current. A sample:
Well, it's starting. Based upon what I have seen and heard this morning, this is going to get nasty and AMLO is the demagogue that his political opponents have been portraying him to be.Posted by GM Roper at July 3, 2006 06:03 AM | TrackBackHe just concluded an interview with Televisa where he claims he has won and will not accept any other result. He said, unbelievably, "Go to the IFE and see the results. They have declared me the winner." That's not even close to the truth. The IFE's results show that Calderon leads AMLO by about 1.5 percent of the vote and the IFE is not declaring anyone the winner and will not until at least Wednesday. Calderon has been forced to respond. Calderon also suggests visiting the IFE where the federal elections board has him with a 1.5 percent lead over AMLO. That is true.
AMLO is stoking the fires of a popular revolt, ala Chavez.That popular revolt has already manifested itself in Oaxaca. The president of the state's IFE has been kidnapped by some striking teachers' union members. They are accusing him of changing vote totals to benefit the PRI. In addition, some of the votes here in the capitol city of Oaxaca de Juarez were taken to the headquarters of the Policia Preventiva so they could be counted in a secure environment. The teachers attacked the PP headquarters and took votes, election officials and police as hostages. I don't know where those people are now."
Do the Mexicans in this country get to vote in elections in their own country? If so, does that mean that they can vote in two countries?
Posted by Woody at July 3, 2006 08:48 AM
Kidnappings in Mexico - and people here complain because voting lines are long. That sort of puts things into perspective, doesn't it?
Posted by Oyster at July 3, 2006 11:33 AM
Even the police were taken hostage?
I thought they had gun "control" in Mexico.
The teachers outgun the police. Now there's something you don't see everyday.
Posted by Ben USN (Ret) at July 4, 2006 04:22 AM
