Not to break up the dkos Joementum, but... it's Mexico News Round up time, August 8th, 2006.
MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Mexican leftists blockaded a ministry and threw open highway toll gates on Tuesday in an escalation of protests against what they say was fraud in last month's presidential election.
It was the first time the demonstrators have disrupted federal facilities in weeks of protests to support candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost the election by 0.58 percentage point to conservative Felipe Calderon.
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http://www.alertnet.org/...
Hats off to the Mexican people for standing up for themselves.
More below...
Mexico's Currency Declines as Lopez Obrador Steps Up Protests
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's currency fell as supporters of presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador escalated protests by taking over toll booths on four Mexican highways.
Protesters demanding a full recount of the July 2 election occupied the booths and let drivers pass free of charge on roads linking Mexico City to four other cities. The protests fueled concern that Felipe Calderon, the winner of the vote, will find it hard to obtain a congressional majority to meet promises such as opening up the oil industry to private investment, said Aryam Vazquez, an economist at Informa Global Markets.
Speculation that Mexico ``will have a divided political climate is certainly hitting the peso,'' Vazquez said in a phone interview from New York.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/...
I suppose this means the financial markets are seeing a rough road ahead for Mexico, especially if this makes it harder to privatize oil Mexican oil fields.
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