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Maradona suffers another health scare The soccer legend was hospitalized in Buenos Aires today after experiencing abdominal pains, doctors said. This was just two days after he was released following a two-week clinic stay for alcohol-related ailments....Tags: Energy Resources, Structural Failures, Elections, Dog (animal), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Mexico's Subcomandante Marcos makes a rare appearance
Who was that masked man? Fifteen years after his uprising shocked Mexico's status quo, and a year after he more or less dropped out of public view, Subcomandante Marcos had made a comeback appearance. At least, it seemed to be Marcos. He was, after all,...Tags: Government, Drugs and Medicines, Justice and Rights, Elections, Defense
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Mexico's capital, 9 states vote on nation's oil industry
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA bitter debate on how to rescue Mexico's troubled state-owned oil company went directly to the people Sunday as residents of the capital and nine states voted in a nonbinding referendum on President Felipe Calderon's plan to open some portions of the...Tags: Energy Resources, Government, Elections, Los Angeles Times, Referenda
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Tension Builds Over Mexico Vote
Times Staff WritersThe official count of votes in Mexico's increasingly fractious presidential election began today, with the two leading contenders separated by less than 0.6%. Already, disputes are emerging over how the tally should proceed. A final result could come...Tags: Government, Elections, Regional Elections, Television Networks, Referenda
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A turbulent border, a cooperative spirit
The ever-challenging relationship between the U.S. and Mexico is not quite as pretty as Presidents Bush and Vicente Fox painted at their two-day summit meeting in Cancun last week. Indeed, it was difficult at times to reconcile their mutual praise and...Tags: Government, Los Angeles, Saddam Hussein, Elections, Tuberculosis
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Lopez Obrador Rouses Supporters
Times Staff WriterMEXICO CITY — This week, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has declared himself president, threatened to close roads and airports with mass demonstrations, and accused the nation's electoral board of ignoring the law. And the week's not over yet....Tags: Government, Univision (tv network), Elections, Corporate Crime, Judges
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PRD Backers Left Feeling Cheated
Times Staff WriterMEXICO CITY — Maria Gutierrez couldn't contain her outrage. After a night of watching election coverage of polling station tallies that gave her candidate, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a slim lead into the wee hours of Thursday, she awoke...Tags: Cartoons, Elections, Corporate Crime, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration
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In Mexico's New Politics, Wealth May Be a Liability
Times Staff WriterMexico's leading presidential candidate, the leftist former mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, lives in a 1,500-square-foot apartment in the heart of the city's university village. Conservative free-market candidate Felipe Calderon lives in a 2,900-...Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Elections, Death, Executive Branch
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Weak Showing Will Complicate Victor's Task of Uniting Nation
Times Staff WritersMEXICO CITY — If his narrow victory withstands a promised legal challenge, Felipe Calderon will take office as a weak president of a Mexico more bitterly divided than at any time in nearly a century. A little more than 64% of the electorate voted...Tags: Government, Society, Elections, Interior Policy, Indigenous People
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Mexico Conservative Claims Win as Chaos Fears Ease
Conservative candidate Felipe Calderon appeared close to victory today in Mexico's presidential election, but leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not yet concede defeat. With 97.6% of polling stations reporting, Calderon led Lopez Obrador...Tags: Government, Elections, Death, Referenda, Local Elections
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President's bold start stirs hope in Mexico
Felipe Calderon's enemies cannot so easily dismiss him anymore as el chaparrito, or "the short man." A month ago, Calderon's inauguration as Mexico's new president threatened to break down into a fist-swinging melee, with opponents determined to stop him...Tags: Labor Legislation, Elections, Defense, Armed Forces, Crimes
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