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Topic: Mexican government drops case against leftist Mexico City mayor
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radiorahim
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posted 08 May 2005 10:46 PM
Some very interesting stuff is happening in Mexico where the Fox government has been attempting to block popular Mexico City mayor Lopez Obrador from running as the PRD candidate in next year's presidential election through a trumped-up court case.Over a million people demonstrated in Mexico City over a week ago...and I understand that was the "police estimate"...so it was probably double. quote: The terse statement announcing the decision brought an anticlimactic end to a crisis that battered President Vicente Fox, threatened the legitimacy of the 2006 presidential election in which Lopez Obrador is considered the favorite, and prompted a protest march of more than 1 million people through the capital 10 days ago.The move, however, was largely seen as a formality, after a political solution was reached last week by Fox, who accepted his attorney general's resignation and vowed to end the mayor's prosecution.
Boston Globe story
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