Mexico gets new political parties
Mexico has added two political parties to its multi-party system ahead of next year’s presidential elections.
The new parties – the New Alliance and the Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative – must earn at least 2 percent of the vote each in the 2006 race in order to keep their registration as political parties, El Universal newspaper reported.
While party leaders expressed optimism for their new endeavors, neither has any real chance at having a major affect on next year’s elections with Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, considered a virtual lock to win the presidency.
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Mexico Parties to Curb Campaign Hostilities
Mexicos political parties agreed Tuesday to respect the results of the July 2 presidential election and curb mudslinging to ease tensions ahead of the vote.
Seven of the countrys eight political parties signed the agreement, which also asked President Vicente Fox, who has been accused of campaign interference, to refrain from commenting until after the Federal Electoral Institute has announced preliminary results.
This years presidential race is one of the closest ever with Felipe Calderon of Foxs ruling National Action Party running neck-and-neck with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution.
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In an Open Letter to all Mexican political parties, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan challenged the leaders to make human rights the cornerstone of Mexican life and a fundamental central pillar of their electoral manifesto.
“Mexico is at a cross roads. The democratic transition is about to move to a new phase in the 2006 elections, but respect for human rights – which is central to the democratic aspirations of all Mexicans - is largely absent from the political agenda, or only present in empty words. Political leaders must move from rhetoric to concrete action if Mexico is to
Mexico leftist urges campaign cash for Stan victims
The leftist leading the race for Mexico's presidency urged political parties on Thursday to cut spending on elections next year and instead donate cash to victims of a hurricane that hit southern areas.
It was the latest in a series of gestures from Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, which have won him support from millions of Mexico's poor.
Lopez Obrador said his Party of the Democratic Revolution would ask Mexico's electoral watchdog IFE to reduce the amount it will spend on the election by 10 percent.
"We would be talking about
Campaigning in Mexico's presidential race already under way
More than a year before Mexico's presidential election, the three apparent front-runners already are campaigning hard, stumping the nation and filling airwaves with ads, promises and tirades - even though none of them has been officially nominated.
The early start to the election season - parties won't pick their candidates until fall and the Federal Electoral Commission won't register them until Jan. 1 - underscores how eager Mexico's largest political parties are to secure the presidency as the six-year rule of President Vicente Fox winds down.
Fox was a novelty in Mexican history -
Mexico's Calderon Vows to Avoid Fox Errors, Will Seek Allies
Felipe Calderon, the 2006 presidential candidate from President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, said he will avoid the incumbent's errors and build the alliances needed to push legislation through Congress.
Calderon said in an interview that he would consider appointing members of other parties to his cabinet to gain support for bills stalled under Fox, including proposals to boost private investment in the energy industry. Calderon criticized Fox -- whom he served under for 10 months as energy minister -- for failing to reach out to opposition politicians.
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Mexico Did A Poor Job of "Dirty Work" for the US
Mexican diplomacy is at its nadir because it is not just doing the US' "dirty work", but is doing it badly, political analysts assert.
Well-known analyst Gabriel Guerra said Mexico's foreign policy is in a very serious situation, stressing that the crisis with Argentina at the Summit of the Americas is far from accidental.
Guerra explained this is the result of a series of mistakes, a lack of strategy, experience and a median and long term plan giving Latin America its rightful place.
Mexico should be the country demonstrating the least interest
In Mexico, a man and his 'Penguin' seek office
SAN CRISTĂ“BAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico This is the oddest political campaign to emerge in Mexico in many a year.
The candidate is a Marxist rebel leader who once started a civil war, wears a ski mask, smokes a pipe, keeps a crippled chicken as a mascot and is not on the ballot for any political office.
Yet the six-month national tour led by the man who calls himself Subcommander Marcos has all the earmarks of a run-of-the-mill campaign for political office: slogans, chants, partisan songs, rallies large and small, a campaign
Mexico-style campaign hits hurdle in Los Angeles area
Manuel Espino looked at a sea of empty chairs in the South Gate High School auditorium Saturday and contemplated the magnitude of the challenge facing Mexico's political parties.
Espino, the leader of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, was here to court Mexicans who in June won the historic right to vote by abBut nothing was going as planned.
A powerful politician whose appearances in Mexico command big crowds and thundering applause, Espino expected supporters to fly in from all over the United States to talk about the immigration plank in his party's campaign platform.
Diary Note Mexico: Amnesty International Secretary General to visit the country
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a High Level Mission to Mexico between 8th and 10th August 2005.
Amnesty International’s delegation will include Susan Lee, Director of the Americas programme; Rupert Knox, Researcher on Mexico; Monica Costa, Campaigner on Mexico and Judit Arenas, Head of the Office of the Secretary General.
The delegation will visit the city of Chihuahua and Mexico City and will meet state and federal authorities and members of civil society. Amnesty International has invited representatives of the main political parties to a public discussion ahead
Rubbersolutions to Run Six Recycling Plants in Mexico
Rubbersolutions Pty Ltd has announced the “signing and receipt of deposit” for six tyre recycling plants in Mexico with Recycling Planet. All tyre-recycling facilities will incorporate new grinding technology aimed at reducing whole tyres to -80-mesh powder as well as the Patent Pending Tread Stripping machinery recently introduced by Rubbersolutions. This includes the revolutionary new mining tyre tread stripper/cutter.
At a recent launch representatives of all major Mexican political parties are reported to have supported the move. Recycling Planet managing director, Mr Alberto Frost commented that the company had conducted “worldwide explorations into tyre
