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It’s nearly 11:00 pm on the west coast of the U.S. and after much angustia it seems there is still no clear victory in the Mexican electiosn. Fellow bloggers on the Latin Americanist blog have been following election day blow by blow and most recently had both candidates declaring victoria:

12:30am- Now FC just spoke publicly from his campaign headquarters and he cited individual exit polls that show him as the winner “from the time the first poll was redacted until now”. Like AMLO, he has declared himself as the winner.

Here’s hoping this doesn’t get as ugly as the mudslinging during the campaign

12:25am- AMLO just finished speaking at a news conference and declared himself the winner based on the results from exit polls.CNN reports a tense tie. The BBC too. I guess we won’t know until we wake up tomorrow, and hopefully for sure then. After literally years of speculation, it will be nice to finally have an outcome, no matter what it is. My biased last wish tonight is that Mexico lean left (though whatever happens, the PRD’s apparent victory in DF is good news).

For up to the minute results, keep your eye on Mexican press such as El Universal. I’m loving the “throw your hands in the air” photo (above) they are using on their web site to illustrate the dual declaration of victory.

Via / The Latin Americanist