In an interview with German TV (DPA) President Fox called Felipe Calderon the winner of the July 2 elections. Fox also said that the post-electoral conflict headed by Lopez Obrador is not national, but limited to an area of the capital. Rubén Aguilar, the Los Pinos presidential spokesman try to explain the President´s comment saying that Fox is acting with total respect to the institutions and that the President recognizes that the Federal Electoral Tribunal is the only institution that can declare a president-elect. (Fox should really really be careful with his words.. Why incite further protests?)
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General Ricardo Clemente Vega García, the National Defense Minister announced that the military parade would go ahead on Sept 16. He said they haven’t contemplated a change of route of the parade. (Does this mean that the PRD camps in the Zócalo will be forcefully removed? Will they leave on their own accord? Will the protesters try to provoke marching soldiers? More importantly: Is a military parade a good idea considering the political environment?
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The PRD chose their parliamentary coordinators. Javier González Garza will be the leader of the PRD in the Chamber of Deputies, while Carlos Navarrete will coordinate the PRD senators.
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The Federal Electoral Tribunal told the Coalition for the Good of All, that it will analyze its request to annul 7, 532 polling places, which account for 65 percent of the polling places that were part of the recent recount.
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The Government of Oaxaca carried out operations to recuperate one of the radio stations occupied by the Popular Assembly of Oaxaca – one person died as a result of the confrontation. .
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Also in Oaxaca, an unidentified group shot at a car with two photographers and one journalist aboard (Luis Alberto Cruz, of Milenio, and Jorge Luis Plata, of Reforma and Patricia Domínguez, from EFE). No injuries were reported.
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Carlos Abascal, the Minister of the Interior called on citizens to resolve the crisis in Oaxaca. He urged all sides involved in the conflict to reach an agreement, and called a meeting to resolve these issues… The leaders of the Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca is considering this invitation.
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Reporters Without Borders condemned the treatment of journalists in Oaxaca and asked the federal authorities to resolve the conflict.
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The three shipwrecked Mexicans who spent nine months adrift in the Pacific Ocean will leave the Marshall Islands this Wednesday bound for Honolulu, and fly onto Los Angeles where they will board a flight for Mexico on Friday.
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3 comments:
Something got dropped off the second item above. It ends in the middle of a sentence.
Problem fixed! Thanks for pointing it out.. Sometimes I am so tired in the evening after doing the radio program that I end-up writing gibberish...
Ana Maria,
Ceci Conolly of the Washington Post mentioned you today in her Campaign Conexion blog post.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/mexicovotes/2006/08/ready_or_not_fox_declares_a_wi.html#more
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