Huge crowds march to support Mexico City mayor (Hundreds of thousands)

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5716794&cKey=1114372239000

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans marched in silence on Sunday against a government campaign to put a popular leftist politician on trial in a battle that could knock him out of presidential elections.

Protesters crammed into Mexico City's vast central square and narrow streets in the historic downtown, many waving banners condemning the legal case against Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

"Don't let democracy die," read one banner. Others vilified President Vicente Fox as a traitor and dictator.

Elderly men and women stood shoulder to shoulder with young families, middle class professionals and students, a sign of the feisty politician's broad appeal.

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I have been out all day. Has this been reported by any of our phony cable news networks?

[Rose Siding]

1. Pictures

Thousands of followers of Mexico City's left wing Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador march in Mexico City, April 24, 2005. The march is against the impeachment and impending prosecution for contempt of court. Mexico's government has ruled out a pardon for the country's most popular politician in the event he is found guilty in a land dispute case, which would prevent him from running for president next year. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

[Kagemusha]

2. Yikes.

I knew they'd be big, but SEEING them has a different effect...

[Judi Lynn]

18. Unbelieavable photos. It really overwhelms you.

Later in this thread Bemildred provides a Bloomberg article which claims there were "hundreds of thousands."

WHY are the right-wingers so determined not to admit how desperately disliked they are? Practically ignore the millions standing right in front of them.

I really hope this massive, peaceful protest all over the world doesn't attract some wholesale bloodshed from the right-wing monsters who have seized the reigns of power nearly everywhere.

[madrchsod]

3. people marching in the streets

revolution! another bush but buddy is going down south of the united states. you know it would really be nice not to piss off this side of the world wouldn`t it? oh well that is america-"land of the free-and little pink houses for you and me"

[K8-EEE]

4. Vicente Fox Is A Thug....

No wonder he's so cozy with Culture Of Thugs leader GWB. Bolton, Rummy, Wolfie, all the bigwigs in BushCo, they don't heve to be RIGHT; they just have to be bullies and that's enough to get them promoted in the CULTure.

God bless the Mexican people. I pray they can have some actual democracy. BushCo is all up in arms about Venezuela but completely unconcerned about the Mexican people being so exploited by their government and the totally unregulated capitalist class structure there.

[never cry wolf]

5. OMG, my premier wet dream

A similar demonstration in DC, we are at least the banana republic as Mexico.

[Zorra]

6. Politically aware democracy supporters in Mexico are not happy.

And Fox, the PRI, and the rest of the globalists have no intention of letting Mexico be taken over democratically, and then be democratically reformed by Sr. Lopez Obrador, the Mexican version of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

"The global power of the financial centers is so great, that they can afford not to worry about the political tendency of those who hold power in a nation, if the economic program (in other words, the role that nation has in the global economic megaprogram) remains unaltered. The financial disciplines impose themselves upon the different colors of the world political spectrum in regards to the government of any nation. The great world power can tolerate a leftist government in any part of the world, as long as the government does not take measures that go against the needs of the world financial centers. But in no way will it tolerate that an alternative economic, political and social organization consolidate. For the megapolitics, the national politics are dwarfed and submit to the dict ates of the financial centers."

http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/mexico/ezln/1997/jigsaw.html

[burrowowl]

7. Viva Mexico!

Hundreds of thousands: Xocalo and Reforma filled. I say over a Million!

[kineneb]

8. Look at the crowds. Holy good god aunt Martha!

As grandma would say. I am impressed. I would like to see this in every major city in the US. And marching in silence- ooo, scary.

[glitch]

14. Silent marches are much more powerful than chanting, IMO.

Beautiful pictures!

[TroglodyteScholar]

9. This is what happens when people *really* want change.....

Certainly our nation can do the same without having to become quite so desperate first....can't we?

[NNN0LHI]

10. More than 1 million rally to support Mexico City's mayor

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11479867.htm

MEXICO CITY - (KRT) - More than a million people overflowed Mexico City's streets Sunday to protest the prosecution of mayor and presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Mexico City police estimated that 1.2 million protesters joined the so-called "March of Silence," which would make the protest the largest march for democracy in Mexican history. They wore white masks over their mouths and carried signs with the mayor's picture that read, "We are with you" and, "You're not alone."

Opinion polls have given Lopez Obrador a large lead in advance of Mexico's 2006 presidential election. Lopez Obrador advocates reducing Mexico's dependence on the United States, criticizes free trade and emphasizes creating jobs for the 40 million Mexicans who live in poverty.

However, he's been in political limbo since April 7, when Congress voted to strip him of political immunity so he could be charged in a murky land expropriation case.

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[Rose Siding]

11. I just came in here to add that

Isn't it something?

Silence from the Bushies. Must have been bigger crowds in Ukraine :sarcasm:

[NNN0LHI]

13. Silence from our media too. Wonder why that is? n/t

[Algomas]

12. Gracias to Mexico..

for showing us how an informed and outraged citizenry should behave. If only we had some of their spirit here.

[burrowowl]

15. Viva Mexico!

and :kick: :kick: :kick:

There are real DEMOCRATES down there, where are our democrates and the people?

[bemildred]

16. The "Brown" Revolution?

Viva Mexico.

Bloomberg has it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aM93blcVRAa4&refer=latin_america

[burrowowl]

17. Thanks for link

Our local rag headline: 1000's March
underneath in the body of the article: hundreds of thousands ...