| The guy makes AlGore a paragon of virtue. |
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The leftist who barely lost Mexico's presidential election criticized President Felipe Calderon's oil policies, promising unspecified consequences during a mass rally Sunday aimed at re-igniting his government-in-resistance.| Mark in Mexico is yer one-stop AMLO and Messkin leftist news aggregator. His current posts are pretty fluffy, but dig around in his archives, they're worth your time. |
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador threatened to rouse the masses if Calderon tries to privatize the state-owned oil industry or open it to foreign investment. "Zero negotiation. I repeat, zero negotiation with those who carry out policies against the people, and hand over the nation's sovereignty to foreigners," he told the rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of people.
Lopez Obrador has blamed his defeat on fraud and refused to recognize Calderon - who won the five-way election by a margin of about 230,000 votes - and has mounted his own parallel government with himself as "legitimate president." Lopez Obrador warned of unspecified consequences if Calderon tries to open the oil industry, which suffers from falling production and a lack of investment. He also blamed the current government for the flood of Mexican migrants heading to the United States, saying it was a result of policies that impoverished farm families.
His movement, which draws support from about one-quarter of the population, is keeping alive an undercurrent of skepticism and discontent, though it rarely makes headlines anymore. |