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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MEXICO CITY -- This is what Mexico's presidential campaign has come to: For three days this month, dozens of legislators climbed atop the speaker's platform in the lower house of Congress and brought proceedings to a halt. In one widely televised scene, two congresswomen tried to grab a microphone from the speaker's hands, then shoved a placard in his face.
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Tens of thousands of supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador headed to Mexico City on Wednesday, leaving mountain towns and sprawling industrial cities to demand a ballot-by-ballot recount.
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A political feud that has sharply   polarized Mexico's left and right soured the country's most   important national fiesta when two opposing leaders hosted   rival ceremonies ahead of independence day on Saturday.
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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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The party for the release of the film âCaptivityâ may set a new standard for the politically incorrect.
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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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There was plenty of outrage south of the border last week over the news that the British newspaper, the Guardian, had organized a letter-writing campaign to influence undecided American voters.
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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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The high cost of tortillas and other food staples has consumed politics and spilled into the ever-simmering debate over Mexicoâs commitment to free-market economics.
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Once compared to the Soviet  Communist Party for its monolithic grip on power, Mexico's  Institutional Revolutionary Party is now in turmoil over how to  win back the presidency it lost in the 2000 elections.
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Mexico's leftist presidential candidate said Thursday that he would never recognize the results of the election he said he lost by fraud, and Catholic bishops called for a week of prayer to heal the divisions widened by the bitter dispute.
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Supporters of defeated Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rally in Mexico City.
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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.
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The violence started in response to a flawed election, but it reveals a rift that may be beyond politicians' control
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Mexico's rivals in the July 2 presidential election quibbled over a few thousand votes recounted by election officials, as followers of the losing candidate claimed police brutality outside Congress.
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Felipe Calderon took power as Mexico's president on Friday but he faces a rough reception from leftist opponents who claim he stole July's election and plan to stop him from being sworn in later in the day.