Thousands of Mexicans Protest Election

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Tens of thousands of angry supporters of Mexico's leftist presidential candidate poured into the center of the capital Sunday, chanting that they wanted to seize Mexico City's airport a day after the top electoral court rejected a full recount of the country's disputed election.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called on his followers to remain calm and maintain street blockades and a tent city in the capital's center to protest what he calls fraud that that gave the advantage to his conservative opponent in the July 2 presidential race. Frustrated by the court decision, masses of supporters joined the thousands already camped out downtown.

The federal government has reinforced security at the airport in recent days amid rumors that protesters would move their ``civil disobedience'' protests to the sprawling complex.

Jesusa Rodriguez, a performance artist addressing the crowd before Lopez Obrador's speech, said supporters wanted to take control of Congress or storm the airport, and she promised that both options would be considered.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5997519,00.html

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Why do I get the feeling that we should have done this in 2000?

Whether they called us "leftists" or not.

[cal04]

2. some pictures from today

3. Wow, he looks like he has the country behind him

really beautiful.

[IndyOp]

4. The country behind him and

a million ladies in waiting.

He is single, a widower who loved his wife very, very much and wrote beautiful poetry for her. ;-)

[malaise]

5. Go Mexico!

Truth will out.

[fordnut]

6. What`s wrong with leftist

I have been left handed all my life