Uncertainty surrounds Mexican election protest

Posted on: August 21st, 2006
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“A line of armored vehicles awaits outside Mexico’s Congress building. Most are brand new and have never seen action. But many Mexicans wonder if their menacing presence is a harbinger of this divided country’s future.

Federal authorities deployed the tanks to prevent supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador from shutting down Mexico’s legislature in a bid to pressure the Federal Electoral Tribunal to order a full recount of all 41 million votes in this country’s disputed July 2 presidential election.”

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