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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2006 
Leftists End Mexico City Street Protest
 Associated Press
| | Supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador were tearing down their tents in Mexico City. (Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press) |
Supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ended their street protest Friday that has clogged the heart of the capital for two months, but they vowed to continue their civil resistance campaign.
Spokesman Cesar Yanez told The Associated Press that the protesters won't retake Mexico City's Reforma Avenue and its main plaza, the Zocalo, after they hold a convention on Saturday.
"Everything will return to normal," Yanez said.
Traffic was already flowing along Reforma, which had been blocked by tents and parked cars and buses by demonstrators demanding a recount in Mexico's tight July 2 presidential election.
Lopez Obrador and his supporters have refused to recognize the slim victory of conservative Felipe Calderon, claiming fraud and meddling by President Vicente Fox skewed the results.
Supporters started dismantling their protest city Thursday to allow the military parade to follow its traditional route Saturday for Mexico's Independence Day celebration.
Immediately after the parade, protesters plan to stage a "National Democratic Convention" in which they could "elect" Lopez Obrador as president of a parallel government to challenge Caldron's administration.
Calderon, of Fox's National Action Party, takes office Dec. 1. |
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