Ex-Mexican leader's statue felled

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Source: BBC

Opposition protesters in Mexico have torn down a bronze statue of the former president, Vicente Fox, just hours after it was erected.

They threw eggs at the monument in Boca del Rio in the state of Veracruz, before putting a rope around its neck and pulling it to the ground.

Many of the crowd were reported to be supporters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.

It lost power after more than 70 years when Mr Fox was elected in July 2000.



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sic transit gloria mundi

[MadMaddie]

1. Wanna bet that * has a little (contra like activity funding going on)?

[robinlynne]

4. on the other side. Bush helped put vicente fox in with a fraudulent election.

He even sent choicepoint down to mexico to cage voting lists.

[MadMaddie]

5. whoo... good point...but now that Vicente has put out his book

and basically has mocked *.....

most interesting..

[robinlynne]

6. I dont know anything about vicente's book. what does he say about bush?

[MadMaddie]

7. He was on Bill Mahr's show and said that when *

visited him in Mexico...Vicente has this huge black stallion...and you know * says he's a cowboy....Vicente asked him if he wanted to ride the horse....* said no thanks and instead went to pet the horse and his hands were shaking....

When Vicente went to visit * in TX he said that * had a big Truck..Vicente said * wanted to show him he could drive that big truck....


Bwa..haw..haw..truely pathetic....but it follows a lifelong pattern doesn't it?

[robinlynne]

8. ok. But he didn't say anything serious... Bush put him into office. millions

of people protested the stolen election. They found boxes of ballots thrown in the garbage. The supreme electoral court decided the election. It was so sad.

[MadMaddie]

9. No actually in his book he goes into detail about other political

issue disagreement that he has with * but not stolen elections.

[Joanne98]

12. That's what i think. More CIA paid protesters. Bush sending Fox a message!

[krispos42]

2. Must have been his appearance on Bill Maher that did it

On a related note, Vicente Fox speaks better English than Bush does.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Of course in Veracruz

Fucking rebels!

:applause:


They would have torn it down, no matter what party put it up.

[burrowowl]

10. Veracruz! that was bombed by the U$ Navy and Marines

early in the 20th century? They seem to have a sense of history!
Fox got a lot of 'support' from the U$.

[KaptBunnyPants]

11. Good. The man is a scumbag.

Anyone can call Bush an idiot. It takes a good person to care for his people, which this asshat never did.

[EFerrari]

13. That's a very fair statement. n/t