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Mexican Elections : Blogs Eyeing Fraud

11:38 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs|Controversia|mexico · Comments Off

22 Aug 2006

We here at VL have been keeping on eye out on what’s been going down in Mexico especially on the going ons surrounding the much disputed Mexican presidential race and the fraud accusations surrounding the recounts. There is a new blog out that VL will be watching closely and you should be too if you wanna be in the know about what’s going down south of the U.S. border. The blog, aptly named Electoral Fraud in Mexico contains videos, articles and even PDF files on studies concerning fraud in the race between AMLO and Calderon.

Mexican Elections : Fraud Accusations Still Hang Heavy

10:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico|Politics · Comments Off

3 Aug 2006

It’s been over a months since the Mexican presidential elections and still there has been no clear answer to the popular cries of fraud just like there is still no clear official winner (even though Felipe Calderón and Andres Manuel López Obrador will each tell you that he is the winner). According to AlterNet there is…:

…a growing body of credible evidence from mainstream Mexican journalists, independent election observers and respected scholars indicates that an attempt was made to deliver the presidency to Calderón. It includes a pattern of irregularities at the polls, interference by the ruling party and some very suspicious statistical patterns in the “official” results.

It is because of this that supporters of both candidates have been calling for a ballot by ballot recount (which has yet to happen). By far AMLO’s supporters have been the loudest in demanding a recount with rallies continuing every weekend. Just this last weekend Mexican newspapers reported that two million supporters of López Obrador gathered in México City. AMLO said when there is a recount, he will stop calling rallies.

Via / AlterNet

Mexican Elections: U.S. Unions Want a Recount

6:36 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Labor|mexico|Politics · Comments Off

28 Jul 2006

During their 20th Quadrennial Convention yesterday, delegates of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union called for a complete and immediate recount of all the votes cast for President in Mexico’s July 2, 2006 national elections. According to a press release distributed yesterday:

RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said, the RWDSU represents many workers who are immigrants from Mexico and many of these joined with almost 40 million other Mexicans to vote in the July 2, 2006 elections to choose a new President and Legislature. The RWDSU is a democratic trade union that supports the will of the Mexican people to choose through free elections their representatives in government just as it supports the right of all peoples around the world to democratically elect their own leaders.

I’m not sure how much influence or pressure such a solidarity statement has or will has but it just goes to show how intertwined lives in the U.S. are with Mexican politics.

Mexican Elections : AMLO’s People Not Backing Down

10:58 am By Maegan La Mala · mexico|Politics · 1 Comment

17 Jul 2006

Andrés Manuel López Obrador and those that support him want one thing, a recount. This past weekend hundreds of thousands of people, more than the rally last week, gathered in the center of Mexico City, in the Zócalo, to demand an official vote by vote recount of the ballots from the Mexican presidential election. Some reports put the crowd , that contained people who came from as far north as Mexico’s border with the United States and as far south as the state of Chiapas, at over 200,000. While the election results have yet to be declared official by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, Felipe Calderón was declared the winner by less than 1 percent.

Via / New York Times (Registration Required)

Mexican Elections : Celebs Ask AMLO to Quit

8:23 am By Maegan La Mala · mexico|Politics · 1 Comment

11 Jul 2006

Estrellas in Mexico are making their opinions known one way or the other regarding the recent Mexican presidential election results. Filmmakers and actors alike are asking Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador to accept his loss and move on. Among those expressing such sentiments include filmmaker Gustavo Loza and Mexican TV host Alan Tacher (who?). According to QuePasa:

Loza, who represented Mexico during the past Academy Awards with his film “Al otro lado”, believes Mexico is undergoing a very worrisome period after the July 2 elections. “We are experienced the inexperienced in Mexico. I hope this reached a good end for everyone’s sake since the last thing we need is more marches and social outbreaks. Lopez-Obrador must accept triumphs and defeats”, he stated.

I think it’s great, one way or the other when celebs (however marginal) use their star power but doesn’t anyone care what the real working class Mexican thinks?

Via / QuePasa

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