A month before Mexico vote, leftist makes gains

[Judi Lynn]

A month before Mexico vote, leftist makes gains
AFP
Sun Jun 03 2012 11:27:01 GMT+0400 (Arabian Standard Time) Oman Time

Mexico: The outcome of Mexico's July 1 presidential vote looks more uncertain than expected, as the race tightens with the leftist candidate closing in on the frontrunner.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost by a narrow margin in 2006, was in third place in polls -- sometimes even 20 points behind Enrique Pena Nieto of the long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) -- until just days ago.

But now, the former mayor of Mexico City is just a few single-digit points behind Pena Nieto in some polls. A survey published Thursday in the Reforma daily showed Lopez Obrador had 34 percent support, only four points behind the frontrunner.

The results were a dramatic narrowing compared to just one week before, when Pena Nieto had a 15-point lead over Lopez Obrador, who represents a coalition between the Party of the Democratic Revolution, the Labor Party and Citizen's Movement Party.

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http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=5803

[Judi Lynn]

1. Student movement have spiced up Mexico’s election campaign

Sun, 06/03/2012 - 04:18
Student movement have spiced up Mexico’s election campaign

“Welcome to the Mexican spring, where the youth have flourish and spread their ideas like pollen, where the hearts are lit, opens minds and makes tangible the illusion. Welcome to this day that we can change the course of our time, united and organized we can tip the balance. No longer nuances of language will separate us, will be connected like never before. No longer we will fear, no longer we will wait. The youth has awakened and shaken those still asleep, listless, the corrupt, manipulators and the rulers who wants to exploit the people and to continue bloated their ego. Its time for a change, time to connect our compasses to the same direction, time to gather and start the explosion. It’s time for a different Mexico. We aren’t two, we aren’t one hundred, we are more then 132, we are thousands...!”

With these words, a young student gave the welcoming to thousands of students gathered in the campus of Mexico’s most famed university, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, for the first general assembly of the student movement known as #YoSoy132 or “I am 132”, that took place on May 30th.

The students movement that its entering to its third week, are protesting against television duopoly and information bias regarding to the current presidential election campaign, especially Mexico’s main television network, "Televisa", which according to them, this network is unfairly boosting the candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto from the former ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which is currently leading the polls. They are demanding the democratization and openness of Mexico’s mainstream media, a fair and transparent election. The movement is also joining and supporting other social causes of the country.

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The movement rose spontaneously after the frontrunner candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, visited the private Iberoamericana University in Mexico City on May 11th, where students confronted him on his record as governor of the State of Mexico. The student showed their repudiation by chanting “The Ibero doesn’t want you!” "Coward! or “Assassin!”, recalling the Atenco police crackdown in 2006.

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http://frommexico.blogs.france24.com/article/2012/06/03/student-movement-have-spiced-mexico-s-election-campaign-0

[ocpagu]

2. Great news!

Mexico needs an urgent change in politics! Hope Obrador can make it.

Ant thank you for the wonderful video! As we can see, media groups are the same everywhere.