PRI Primary Too Close to Call in Mexico
Supporters of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) are almost equally divided between two possible presidential nominees, according to a poll by Reforma. 45 per cent of respondents will vote for former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo in the primary contest, while 44 per cent would back former State of Mexico governor Arturo Montiel.
The PRI ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, losing its first presidential election in 2000 with candidate Francisco Labastida. Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) won a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote. In 2000, Labastida was chosen as the PRI’s candidate in a primary election open to all Mexican voters, regardless of party affiliation
Madrazo—who was defeated by Labastida in the last primary—has been actively campaigning for the past two years. Last month, a group of PRI members called the All United Against Madrazo (Tucom) alliance announced that Montiel would be their candidate in the primary ballot.
On Aug. 31, former Queretaro governor Mariano Palacios Alcocer was appointed as the PRI’s new national leader, substituting Madrazo. Montiel said the party faces “a clear opportunity to reclaim what is ours: the presidency.”
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Mexico's Roberto Madrazo Wins PRI Presidential Primary Election
Mexico's Roberto Madrazo, the former governor of the state of Tabasco, won the primary election for the presidential nomination of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the country's largest political party.
Madrazo had 91 percent of the votes with the ballots from 74 percent of polling stations counted, according to the party's Web site. Everardo Moreno, Madrazo's only rival after former state of Mexico Governor Arturo Montiel dropped out of the contest, had 9 percent of the vote.
Mariano Palacios, president of the party, declared Madrazo the winner as of 11:30 p.m. New York time
A Clarion Call: Do what's Best for America, NOT Mexico!
By engaging a PR firm to represent Mexico against American interests in the debate on illegal immigration, Vicente Fox & his gang of banditos have escalated the attack on America to an unprecedented level. It now includes nefarious meddling in US internal affairs, just short of a formal declaration of war.
Enough is enough! Those who genuinely care about America must demand that this latest Mexican incursion be soundly defeated. Unfortunately, the current occupant of the White House seems unconcerned with American interests; a despicable & cowardly position shared by far too
Former Mexico City mayor gets presidential nomination of leftist party
MEXICO CITY Former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been named the de-facto presidential nominee of Mexico's leftist Democratic Revolution Party.
That's after he ran unopposed in the P-R-D's presidential primary.The charismatic and popular Lopez Obrador will be formally sworn in as the party's nominee sometime in November. But he apparently won't have access to the party's campaign funds until the swearing-in ceremony.Lopez Obrador's only rival -- P-R-D founder Cuauhtemoc (koo-OW'-tay-mahk) Cardenas -- withdrew from the primary but has refused to rule out a possible run in the 2006 elections
Mexico call-up for Argentines
Mexico have called up uncapped Argentine-born forward Guillermo Franco and striker Luis Angel Landin for a World Cup warm-up against fellow finalists Ghana next Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).
Coach Ricardo La Volpe also recalled Bolton Wanderers striker Jared Borgetti to an 18-man squad but he overlooked the experienced Cuauhtemoc Blanco.
The match will be played across the US border at the Pizza Hut stadium in the Texan city of Frisco.
Mexico are in Group D with Angola, Iran and Portugal at the World Cup in Germany. Ghana are in Group E with Italy, Czech Republic and the US.
Mexico's conservative National Action Party holds second round of presidential primary
Mexico's ruling National Action Party held the second stage of its presidential primary elections on Sunday, with party members in eight southern states choosing between three candidates for the nomination.
Former energy secretary Felipe Calderon won a surprise victory in the first of three primary elections on Sept. 11, but former interior secretary Santiago Creel has pressed hard to try to recoup what was long seen as his favorite status.
A third former member of President Vicente Fox's cabinet, former environment secretary Alberto Cardenas – who ran a distant third
US to work with Mexicos future president
The United States said on Monday that it will work with the winner in Mexicos presidential race and expressed confidence that a winner will be announced soon.
The Mexican government has announced that they will declare a winner, we think on Wednesday, and at that point, the president will congratulate the winner, White House spokesman Tony Snow said at a briefing.
We are going to work with the government of Mexico. Its an ally and neighbor, and obviously, weve got a great number of shared interests,
Fox favorite headed for Mexico primary defeat-poll
A former Cabinet minister seen as President Vicente Fox's favorite for the July 2006 elections, might lose the ruling party's primaries this weekend and be forced out of the race, according to a poll on Wednesday.
The Reforma newspaper poll of National Action Party members likely to vote in Sunday's final round of presidential primaries put Santiago Creel way behind Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister who has clashed with Fox.
The poll gave Calderon 54 percent of Sunday's vote in 13 states and the capital city, against former interior minister Creel's 29 percent.
A win of
US says migrant deaths at record on Mexico border
Deaths of illegal immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border soared to an all-time high in the past year, as a brutal heatwave killed hundreds in the remote Arizona desert, the U.S. agency in charge of border security said on Monday.
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection said at least 464 immigrants died crossing the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) border during the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, a rise of 43 percent on the previous year and the highest number since records began.
Spokesman Mario Villarreal, speaking in a phone call from Washington, said well
Muslim envoys in Mexico call for immediate cease-fire in Lebanon
Ambassadors of Islamic countries in Mexico on Friday issued a statement, calling for the establishment of an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and an end to Israeli attacks.
They called on the Mexican government to join the international movement for establishment of a cease-fire in the occupied territories of Palestine and Lebanon.
The envoys of the Muslim states which are members of the Organization of Islamic Conference also invited all parties involved to sit at the negotiating table as the only alternative to solve Middle East issue.
We condemn every kind of
Mexico call up Argentine
Mexico, who have already booked a berth at next year's World Cup, called up Argentine-born striker Guillermo Franco for their remaining two qualifiers while Cuauhtemoc Blanco was again overlooked.
The possibility of a call-up for Monterrey's Franco had re-ignited a fierce debate over the presence of foreign-born players in the squad.
Coach Ricardo La Volpe, himself an Argentine, has already caused controversy by selecting Brazilian-born forward Antonio Naelson for the squad, although he was left out on this occasion.
Guadalajara striker Adolfo Bautista, who has been unable to win a place in the squad recently, has been
