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Caribbean-Latin America
Leftist edges ahead in Mexico polls
2006-06-26
WEALTHY Mexicans are nervous that next Sunday's presidential election will be won by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a leftist who proclaims himself a champion of the poor and whose supporters dress as cockerels. They are equally nervous about what might happen if Lopez Obrador loses. After a hard-fought race against Felipe Calderon, his main conservative rival, Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, enters the final week of campaigning with a two-point opinion poll lead.

The closeness of the campaign and the passions it has aroused have raised the spectre of an inconclusive result that could lead to paralysis if Lopez Obrador claims he is being cheated of victory. The threats of mass demonstrations and court challenges are complicating the outlook for the world's most populous Spanish-speaking country.
Posted by:Fred

#6  If he does win, the rich Mexicans have no one to blame but themselves. There is no excuse for Mexico to be as poor as it is, and the average Mexican knows it. The last few presidents have had an unofficial program of sending young men and women up north so they can send checks back home, instead of creating problems in Mexico because they can't find jobs.

Lopez Obrador hit close to home when he said that the emigration of well over 10% of Mexico's population to the US is a disgrace. I'll never believe for a second that they really prefer life up here to life back home (why else would they work like hell to pile up cash with the express desire to return home someday?) I ran into plenty of illegals in my previous job who had just that plan. Their dreams involved going back home with enough money to buy some land or start a small business....not really about staying in America or having their children and grandchildren grow up to be Americans.

Give them the opportunity to make a decent wage in Mexico (or start making even a little progress in that direction), and we won't have to worry about illegals taking over our jobs. They would prefer to stay home with their family any day.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-06-26 15:55  

#5  "The threats of mass demonstrations and court challenges are complicating the outlook"

Maybe he can get AlGore to advise him. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-06-26 14:26  

#4  Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can recover. Mexico will hit rock bottom faster with a Obrador at the helm so the next guy can rebuild.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-06-26 14:08  

#3  It's easier to win when you are willing to cheat.
Posted by: 2b   2006-06-26 10:53  

#2  Young rooster. Think more feathers than a transvestite nightclub show.
Posted by: ed   2006-06-26 10:28  

#1  Cockerels?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-26 10:07  

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