Mexico- Leftist Lawmakers BLOCK Vicente Fox's State Of Nation

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Mexican lawmakers block Fox's speech By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY - Vicente Fox was forced to forego the last state-of-the-nation address of his presidency Friday after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage of Congress to protest disputed July 2 elections.

It was the first time in modern Mexican history a president hasn't given the annual address to Congress. Instead, Fox handed in a written copy of his report, and his office said he would address the nation in a televised speech later Friday.

A text of the speech Fox had planned to deliver to Congress called on Mexico to mend deep divisions that he said threatened the country's newfound democracy.

"Whoever attacks our laws and institutions also attacks our history and Mexico," he said, a thinly veiled reference to leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060902/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_elections

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1. It was on TV