Mexico leftists declare Lopez Obrador "president"
www.chinaview.cn 2006-09-17 08:25:00

    New YORK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) - Mexico's opposition leftists who claim electoral fraud voted on Saturday declared losing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as "legitimate president," Reuters reported.

    Aides said the vote showed his supporters wanted to channel their opposition to conservative president-elect Felipe Calderon mostly through political means, rather than protests, Reuters said. Enditem

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