sonorama 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2005 The New York Times Today: In a vote that casts doubt on the strength of Mexico's fledgling democracy, this city's popular leftist mayor lost a critical battle in Congress on Thursday over a measure that is likely to force him off the ballot in presidential elections next year and could lead to his imprisonment. Well, probably none of you are interested on foreign politics, but what if it comes from one of your closest neighbours (for U.S. and Canadian residents) such like Mexico? Well, today I was witness of the most ridiculous thing that could ever heppened in the Mexican politic life: The President (Vicente Fox) along with his people in the congress took the best man for the presidential elections next year away. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is in the top of the favourite ones in the surveys all over the country. For so many years the most obscure political practices were done in Mexico, a country which seemed to be evil-fated and damned to suffer the illness caused by these practices. But in the year 2000 it seemed to be changing for good: after 75 years the official political party (PRI) left the presidential chair to a new substitute: PAN. People in Mexico never imagined that this would be the worst thing could ever happened to this country. PAN people were always easily recognized as "conservators", religious and neoliberalists. Now people had realized PAN is not exactly what they expected. AMLO today has shown us how to make good politics in a really hard-to-handle city such like Mexico City- He has shown us who's the best one for the elections next year.... but TODAY, Fox along with the congress have taken him away from us.... That really makes me think: are we (mexicans) already prepared to face the consequences that this action can bring with it? I really don't know... it is a sad day for us.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
