Calderón's lead narrows

how very interesting... all the so-called "experts" have been predicting that calderón's lead would remain the proportionally the same as additional ballots were counted...

Emotions here intensified Tuesday as Mexico's electoral commission counted additional ballots, shrinking the lead of López Obrador's opponent, Felipe Calderón, from 400,000 votes, or 1 percent, to 257,000 votes, or 0.64 percent. López Obrador's supporters have also reacted emotionally as the populist candidate and his top aides have outlined a growing list of alleged election law violations. No large demonstrations have been held yet, apparently because López Obrador's supporters are waiting for a signal from him and because they want to see the results of an official count that begins Wednesday.

i've been thinking that there's going to be trouble no matter how the final count ends up if calderón is declared the winner... mexico's poor see amlo as someone who would finally do something about their grinding poverty and the enormous gap between rich and poor... it could be ugly...

Emilio Serrano, a federal legislator from the candidate's Democratic Revolutionary Party, or PRD, said in an interview that violence is possible if the vote-tampering allegations are proved.

"We are not afraid to die in the fight," Serrano said. "We in the public are tired of the lies and the abuses, which have been demonstrated over the length of our history."

mexico may have the largest economy in latin america but a mind-boggling share of the country's wealth is in very few hands... you can only make people eat dirt for so long before they're going to fight back... immigration to the u.s. has been mexico's safety valve for years... i've long maintained that if the borders were truly sealed, there would be revolution in mexico within less than a year... maybe it's not going to take sealing the borders... unlike the u.s. and florida 2000, if the mexican people feel their election was stolen, they're not going to sit by, wring their hands, and take it...

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