Politics
¿Presidente Obrador?/ ¿Presidente Calderon?
Obrador: The winner? loser? ¿Quiésabe?
The Latin Left’s resurgence may be complete. After trailing in the initial count, Manuel Lopez Obrador has taken a slim lead over conservative “Foxista” Felipe Calderon. Developing…
UPDATE: In the final stages of the initial count, Calderon has retaken a lead his supporters call “insurmountable.” What a mess.
Don’t expect an easy resolution or a winner to be certified before Mexico’s hard deadline of September 6.
UPDATE II: Ballot boxes found in the trash in one of Mexico City’s poorer neighborhoods.