Film on Mexicoâs Disputed â06 Election Stirs Emotions
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A documentary about last yearâs disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.
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One film provides a positive message of unity. Another dramatizes the president's difficult days. A third offers sympathy to a nation wounded on Sept. 11, but includes foreign filmmakers' points of view.
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Reformers say the slogan that sparked the Mexican Revolution, "Effective suffrage. No re-election," is ready for a tweak.
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Itâs not easy to turn one of the most controversial events of the 20th century into a movie that makes your eyes roll, but âO Jerusalemâ does this and worse.
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Mexican police said Saturday they had broken up a vote-buying scheme in Chiapas on the eve of state elections, which will be closely watched in a country already straining under the turmoil of a disputed presidential election last month.
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JALAPA, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions ahead  of 2006 presidential elections, in a close governor's race on  Sunday in Veracruz state.
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Ballots from Mexico's disputed presidential vote are to be burnt, despite a plea by President-elect Felipe Calderon.
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Mexico's main opposition party fought to hold on to one of its oldest electoral bastions before 2006 presidential elections in a close governor's race on Sunday in Veracruz state.
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JALAPA, Mexico  - Mexico's main opposition party  put in a tepid performance in elections in a state it has run  since the 1920s, hitting a bump on the long road toward its  goal of returning to power nationally in 2006.
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There&#39;s a growing number of nonfiction films on current affairs, which usually means politics in this election year. They&#39;re diverse enough to prove Moore&#39;s brand of muckraking isn&#39;t the only way to bid for attention.
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It may not be clear who won the presidency, but the July 2 election vividly demonstrated that Mexico is shifting toward a two-party system, with parties of the left and right holding the most seats in Congress.
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With Mexico&#039;s presidential election two weeks away, the drug wars are a central issue in the race, and the main candidates are all trying to look tough on the issue, while splitting over whether U.S.-style solutions are needed.
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A potentially powerful expatriate voting bloc likely will have little effect on Mexico&#039;s presidential race because of the illegal status of many who live in the United States.
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For director Emilio Estevez, his new  movie about the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 is a  call to young people to shake off their cynicism and engage in  the political process.
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The popularity of political films may signal a change in the way Americans choose to be informed.
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Rowdy scenes break out in Mexico's Congress an hour before Felipe Calderon is due to be sworn in as president.
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More than 100,000 defiant supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador massed Saturday in a bid to overturn his narrow election defeat with protests that threatened to widen Mexico&#039;s regional and class divisions.