Leftists protest at Mexico tax office and TV station

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Aug 11, 2006 — By Frank Jack Daniel

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist demonstrators claiming electoral fraud blocked access to Mexico's main tax office on Friday, hitting the government in the pocket for backing conservative presidential vote winner Felipe Calderon ...

Several hundred Lopez Obrador followers protested outside the news studios of Televisa network, and pasted a poster reading "No To Lies" over an entrance ...

"We need the goodwill and support of those in the international community with a personal, philosophical or commercial interest in Mexico to encourage it to do the right thing and allow a full recount," he said in an editorial article in The New York Times ...

"They are not going to get rid of us with an earthquake. The ones who are suffering a political quake are the PAN, the government and Felipe Calderon," Lopez Obrador's campaign manager Jesus Ortega, told Reuters ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2302321

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1. Viva Obrador!

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2. kick

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