Mexico leftist election favorite likened to Chavez

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico leftist election favorite likened to Chavez
Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:08 PM ET

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A leading candidate for Mexico's presidential elections next year likened the leftist front-runner to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday, in one of the strongest attacks so far in the campaign.

Roberto Madrazo, the hopeful for Mexico's main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, said election favorite Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador resembled the Venezuelan leader.
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"They have very similar attitudes. I see authoritarianism in them both, they think they possess the absolute truth and are in permanent conflict with capital," Madrazo told a news conference for foreign journalists.

He said Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, and Chavez both did not respect the rule of law and said foreign investors would shun Mexico if Lopez Obrador came to power.
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The leftist leads opinion polls for the July 2006 election by some 10 points ahead of Madrazo, whose Institutional Revolutionary Party ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century before losing elections to Fox in 2000.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-14T220809Z_01_MCC479650_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEXICO-ELECTIONS.xml&archived=False

[Judi Lynn]

1. Mexican not to sever diplomatic ties with Venezuela: FM

Mexican not to sever diplomatic ties with Venezuela: FM

MEXICO, Nov. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista said Monday that the Mexican government has no intention to suspend diplomatic relations with Venezuela for now and it will take time for the ties to return to normal.

"Severing diplomatic relations is an extreme choice and the Mexican government does not intend to do so for now," Derbez said in an interview with a Mexican television station.

The foreign minister softened the tongue over a dispute between Mexican President Vincente Fox and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez.
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In an interview with CNN earlier in the day, Fox warned that he would consider halting diplomatic ties with Venezuela if the latter continues to launch verbal attacks.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/15/content_3784393.htm

[readmylips]

2. The Rule of Law...used as easily as the Love word....

Now criminals claim the rule of law on their side.

[K-W]

3. I hope he is right.

The people of Mexico could use an elected official who cares about them.