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MEXICO CITY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Mexico's leftist opposition leader pledged on Sunday to organize new mass protests to force a full recount of votes in a tight presidential election he narrowly lost, and warned it could be a long battle. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would extend his campaign of civil resistance, which has paralyzed the capital for the past week, starting with a huge demonstration outside Mexico's top electoral court on Monday. Aides also said protests would be organized wherever conservative President Vicente Fox travels inside Mexico. "We are going to prepare ourselves for a struggle that...

TEPJF rules against vote by vote recount The Electoral Tribunal presented the legal-electoral obstacles that the For the Good of All coalition1 did not surpass to attempt a precinct by precinct, vote by vote recount. The Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) rejected this morning the aspiration of the For the Good of All coalition that they carry out a recount of all the votes of all the precincts set up for the presidential election of this past July 2. To the hope of leaving it to judge this aspect of the vote, the Secretary...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexico's top electoral court on Saturday rejected a ballot-by-ballot recount in the disputed presidential election, angering supporters of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who have kept the nation in turmoil for weeks. In Mexico's central plaza, thousands of protesters watched the court session on a huge screen, chanting "Vote by vote!" and drowning out the judges' statements. Representatives of Lopez Obrador walked out of the session in protest. Tens of thousands of Lopez Obrador's supporters have camped out in the capital's center for a week, disrupting business and traffic to press their case that their...

It was a typical DUmmie Freudenschade experience. A far left candidate is ahead in the polls. The DUmmies celebrate their "victory" only to have it taken away from them when the final results come in. Election 2004? Well, yes but also last night's official tally of the Mexican presidential election in which Communist candidate, López Obrador, narrowly lost to PAN candidate, Felipe Calderón. Wait! Did I just describe Obrador as the COMMUNIST candidate? You bet I did. He can call himself a member of the Democratic Revolution Party or a Zapatista or a Socialist but the bottom line is...

The political analyst believes that López Obrador has seeded doubt about the election because he is not a democrat and does not know how to lose The results of the district vote count and the triumph of Felipe Calderón are nothing more than the confirmation of those institutions which are solid, believable, and trustworthy; believes political analyst Ricardo Alemán. Alemán believes that there was no electoral fraud against López Obrador, and affirms that the candidate of the For the Good of All coalition has seeded doubt about the election for one basic reason: because he is not a democrat and...

Charge: Bush Stole Mexican Election Is it Florida redux? It's not clear whether the Mexican election, now certifying Felipe Calderon of the ruling conservative National Action Party (PAN), will turn into a crisis like America witnessed in Florida after the 2000 election. Already the two elections have one thing in common: left-wingers are claiming George Bush stole the election. And yes, that includes the Mexican election.