The Battle for Democracy in Mexico
Against The Current vol. 117
La Botz, Dan
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/256
Date Written: 2005-07-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2005
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13156
The Mexican people won a battle for democracy this past spring when massive demonstrations — the largest in Mexico’s tumultuous history — prevented President Vicente Fox from making Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador ineligible to run for president in 2006. The defeat of Fox on this issue was a victory for the Mayor, but above all for the Mexican people, who defended their right to vote for a candidate of their choice in the coming national elections.
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