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2013-05-05 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexican officials say they foiled an attempt on Pena's life

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Posted by badanov 2013-05-05 01:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Golly, President Obama refused to address, ie. admit to Fast and Furious? It seems to me the next move is for the Mexican attorney general to file a case directly with the U.S. Supreme Court, as nothing less will get our beloved president's attention.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-05-05 11:14|| 2013-05-05 11:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The Mexicans aren't interested in dealing with Zero. They're only interested in using Zero to get back at Protestant America.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-05-05 13:32|| 2013-05-05 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Background (for what it's worth) on YoSoy132:

On May 23, 2012, the movement released its manifesto. An excerpt from it states:

"First we are a nonpartisan movement of citizens... we do not express support of any candidate or political party, but rather respect the plurality and diversity of this movement's participants. Our wishes and demands are centered on the defense of Mexicans' freedom of expression and their right for information... We are a movement committed to the country's democratization, and as such, we hold that a necessary condition for this goal is the democratization of the media...

However:

On June 11, 2012, a group of protesters who named themselves GeneraciónMX claimed they were part of Yo Soy 132 and announced their departure, claiming that they perceived that the movement favored the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution and its candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The leaders of the movement, however, stated that they are nonpartisan, although López Obrador has championed their cause and El Universal published a photo of his son with a T-shirt of Yo Soy 132. Moreover, the protestors of GeneraciónMX stated that the leftist participants of Yo Soy 132 treated the movement as their own...

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-05 15:13|| 2013-05-05 15:13|| Front Page Top

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