[conservative in nyc]

AMLO and his people are staking everything on this demonstration.

Hopefully, ObraGore realizes that it's not in his long-term political interests for any protest to get violent. EU election monitors said they saw no irregularities in the final count, according to the AP. ObraGore, on the other hand, claimed to the foreign press that Calderon's PAN "learned from the fraudulent practices of the PRI" and "exceeded them".

[La Enchiladita]

Monitors say no irregularities in Mexico poll

08 July 2006 10:15

Election monitors from the European Union say they found no irregularities in last Mexico's disputed presidential election.

The EU said its 80 monitors nationwide did not witness any wrongdoing.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has vowed to launch protests after the close victory of his rival Felipe Calderon.

However, Mr Calderon has already begun to spell out his policies and has taken congratulatory calls from leaders, including US President George W Bush.

The final tally from the election showed that just a few thousand votes separated the two candidates.