Welcome to the Mexico News Roundup, August 14, 2006.
Mexican Police, Protesters Clash
By VOA News
15 August 2006
Mexican riot police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who massed outside Congress to demand a full recount in last month's disputed presidential election.
Officials say the tear gas was fired to end a brief clash Monday between police and supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
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Lopez Obrador calls for years of protest
With a partial recount ending today, he rallies supporters to keep up the pressure
By DUDLEY ALTHAUS
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
MEXICO CITY -- Apparently bracing to be declared the loser of Mexico's presidential election, contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed Sunday to lead protests against the process for years to come if necessary.
"We are prepared to resist for as long as necessary," Lopez Obrador told tens of thousands of followers at a midday rally in Mexico City's central plaza. "We can be here for years, if that's what the circumstances merit."
Lopez Obrador called on his followers to continue the sit-ins that have paralyzed much of downtown Mexico City.
He also called for protests at the moment that conservative Felipe Calderon is declared the winner of the elections; at President Vicente Fox's state of the nation speech before the newly elected Congress on Sept. 1; and on the night of Sept. 15, which traditionally begins Mexico's Independence Day celebrations.
A "National Democratic Convention" would be held in Mexico City Sept. 16 "to define the role were are going to assume in the public life of Mexico," Lopez Obrador said.
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