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  • Leftist party triumphs in Mexican state

    02/07/2005 5:05:51 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 11 replies · 479+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/7/05 | John Rice - AP
    ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - For generations, leftist activists have fought the Institutional Revolutionary Party in the southern state of Guerrero through the ballot box and the rifle. After skirmishes, massacres and hundreds of martyrs, they were celebrating victory Monday with dancing and the honking of horns in the state's famous resort, Acapulco. Official state election results showed former Acapulco Mayor Zeferino Torreblanca with a stunning victory, 55 to 42 percent, over the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which has run Guerrero for 76 years. "After nearly 50 years of social struggle, we have achieved the miracle of the vote," said...
  • Contender for Mexican presidency quits race Corruption alleged

    10/23/2005 3:42:07 PM PDT · by ncountylee · 7 replies · 396+ views
    LA Times via SFgate ^ | October 21, 2005 | Hector Tobar
    Mexico City -- Arturo Montiel, a former governor and one of the leading contenders in next year's presidential race in Mexico, announced Thursday that he is withdrawing his candidacy in the face of corruption allegations against his family. The decision appeared to leave the nomination of the powerful Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to Montiel's bitter rival, Roberto Madrazo, an ex-governor of the state of Tabasco.