Election gives Mexico's leftists a boost
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ACAPULCO, Mexico -- What was supposed to be a tight state election turned into a rout for the Democratic Revolution Party, boosting Mexico's main leftist party's chances for the presidency in 2006.
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Voters chose a governor Sunday for Mexico's poorest state &#151; the latest political battleground for the leftist party that is disputing the results of last month's presidential election.
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Mexico's economy expanded last year at its fastest pace since late 2000.
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Mexican leftist candidate Andres   Manuel Lopez Obrador warned on Wednesday that the country's   stability was at stake in a recount of votes from a bitterly   contested presidential election.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton rode a wave of Hispanic voter turnout to victory and John McCain benefited from voters concerned about the economy and Iraq as the nation's most populous state wielded its influence in the presidential nominating process for the first time in decades.
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TLAXCALA, Mexico  - The former ruling party had an  early lead late Sunday in state gubernatorial elections across  Mexico as the party tried to build on a bid to retake the  presidency in 2006.
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Mexican leftists, who say the July   2 election was stolen, declared their candidate their   "legitimate president" on Saturday, a symbolic move reducing   the risk of street protests to make the country ungovernable.
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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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It was one of the boldest initiatives yet for Latin America's emerging leftist alliance and it didn't even get off the ground.
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Mexico's leftist presidential candidate, who is contesting his rival's election victory, told followers Sunday the country needs a "radical transformation" and he plans to draft a new constitution.
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Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral test for the leftist leader and his plans to remake Latin America's biggest country.
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Normally a sleepy refuge for aging hippies and wealthy retirees, this cobblestone town in Mexico's mountainous heartland is abuzz with U.S. election fever as campaigners clamor for their votes.
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The US eyes the right-leaning Mexican president as a bulwark against Latin America's leftist tide.
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A tight governor's race Sunday in Mexico's poorest state has become the latest political battleground for the country's leftist party, which is disputing the results of last month's presidential election.
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MEXICO CITY -- A leftist opposition leader who says he was robbed of victory in a July election was sworn in as Mexico's "legitimate president" yesterday in a challenge to his conservative rival, President-elect Felipe Calder&#xF3;n.
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Some 160,000 Mexicans marched on  Sunday to support the presidential hopes of the capital's  leftist mayor who faces government-backed legal challenges that  could knock him out of the 2006 race.
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Felipe Calderon won Mexico&#039;s presidential election not because of who he is, but because of who he isn&#039;t.