Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
We have two news articles and some analysis from Mexico:
BBC: Mexico court rejects fraud claim
The court decided not to order a full recount of votes from the disputed election, as demanded by leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Mr Lopez Obrador, who claims his narrow election defeat was rigged, has vowed to continue fighting the result.
There’s more from the BBC here.
NYT: Mexican Court Rejects Voting Fraud Charges
The seven-member tribunal stopped short of officially designating Mr. Calderà³n, a conservative, president-elect. But it ruled unanimously that the opponent, Andrés Manuel Là³pez Obrador, had failed to prove that irregularities in many polling places stemmed from fraud, nor had he proven that the errors affected him more than his opponent.
The judges said in open court on Monday that they had ordered the votes from scores of polling places annulled for irregularities found in a partial recount, but that the final result would not change. They also made it clear they found no evidence of fraud.
There’s more from the New York Times here.
Toronto Star: Navigating the politics of populist upheaval
This piece, by Arno Kopecky, is relatively long, and full of the kind of detail that never quite makes it into the BBC or NYT reports. It was written before today’s announcement, but it’s still valuable, in my nearly frozen opinion.
It starts like this:
Is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, runner-up by 0.6 per cent of the vote in last month’s presidential election, the noble victim of electoral fraud? Or is he no more than a nice-seeming thug with a credulous legion of peasants at his back?
It depends on which paper you read.
And it ends like this:
But in what democracy is this not true? Watchfulness is the mechanism by which democracies keep themselves healthy.
And if you want to know what’s in the middle, click here.
Well…
…We have known for decades that Mexico was trying to become more like the good ‘ole USA.
…With this ruling…They have taken a giant step closer.
Choicepoint,.. Accenture,… and the IRI have given the Fascist sport of tampering with elections more international appeal than football,.. rugby,.. or soccer.
The neo-conservatives intend to rule over the paupers and peasants with an iron fist,.. paying them dirt wages so that the robber barons can accumulate unimaginable riches,.. living like dukes,.. princes and kings.
History demonstrates that revolutions tend to give tyrants an opening to take their turn oppressing the oppressed. There is NO law that says this must be the case. It is ALWAYS a choice, on all sides.
I’m thinking The Third Way is gonna’ lose this one.Canada’s new fascist PM lost some approval by lining up with Israel over the Lebanon invasion. More and more people are seeing Bush for who he is. Don’t think Mexico is gonna’ sit down and be quiet as was hoped.5A
If they wait until Mexican Indpendence Day (September 16th) before trying to take any action to deal with this election fraud, I’m predicting that’s when things get really ugly!
Oh, I forgot something….
S H I T !!!!!
Things could heat up in Mexico real quick,.. real soon,.. this election fraud problem could come to a head in the next few days,..
Media links to keep tabs,..
http://upsidedownworld.org/main...nt/view/402/1/
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2006/08/38394.shtml
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Mexican State of Oaxaca is in violent turmoil over labor strikes,.. a fraudulent election in 2004,.. and this presidential election of 2006 and the fraud associated with that.
Fox News review of above
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State of Oaxaca, Mexico
Gee,.. very volatile,… seems about to explode,..
Video Link 1
Video Link 2
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US Special Military Forces ordered to Mexico to protect the oil fields,.. there is concern that rising unrest of the fraudulent presidential elections may jeapordize American access to Mexican oil.
Article of details/Italian Media
http://bellaciao.org/en/article..._article=13107
The State of Oaxaca, Mexico
Street revolution,.. unrest caused by striking teachers union and election fraud.
Detailed article about the above,..
Link provided by Barbara,.. at the open thread,..
http://www.counterpunch.com/salzman08302006.html
Obrador may form a parallel government in Mexico,.. one government for the “leftists” and one government for the fascists. That would be quite the tug-of-war.
Link to article
Viva Legitimate President Lopez Obrador!