Mexico is seen empty as tents are built (pics)

[cal04]

Mexico is seen empty as tents are being built as part of the 'resistance camps' being set up by supporters of Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday July 31, 2006. Lopez Obrador spent the night in a tent in the city's main Zocalo plaza and has set up camps throughout Reforma Avenue paralyzing the city's financial district and refusing to leave until the top electoral court rules on demands for a recount in the disputed July 2 presidential race.






Pedestrians make their way to work on foot during rush hour along Mexico City's Reforma boulevard July 31, 2006. Supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution, blocked the principal stretch of the avenue to protest against the results of the July 2 general election.

Buses and cars move slowly along the streets in Mexico City, Mexico on Monday July 31, 2006. Hanging protest banners from sculptures and pitching tents in the middle of Mexico City's historic Reforma boulevard, supporters of the country's leftist presidential candidate paralyzed the city's financial district Monday and refused to leave until the top electoral court rules on demands for a recount in the disputed race.



more pics added
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060731/wl_afp/mexicovote_060731173411

[Joanne98]

1. Good! K&R!

[QuettaKid]

2. what might have been.

Why couldn't the people in the USA have done the same thing in 2000?

[ronnykmarshall]

3. You read my mind.

[bvar22]

17. The BIG difference is...

...in Mexico there is a LEADER who said "Join ME in the streets. I will stand with YOU until there is justice."
THEN, the people showed up.

[babylonsister]

4. Thanks, cal04! How historic is this! Nom! nt

5. exciting n/t

[citizen snips]

6. Good post

I am glad to hear that Lopez Obrador is staying with his people in their greatest time of need.

[Nimrod2005]

7. I have been on these same roads many times, it is hell going just

five miles...When Mexicans say oh it is only 15 minutes, plan on one hour. Always, day and night.

To see these streets empty is amazing!!!

Well done!

[MuseRider]

8. LOL Me too!

It is amazing. I am loving it as long as nobody gets hurt. I can't believe how empty it is.

[EFerrari]

10. It would be impolite to tell you the unvarnished truth.

That fact should be in all the guidebooks.

lol

[EFerrari]

9. No se rajen! LOL! Beautiful!

:applause:

[fasttense]

11. I'm taking notes. n/t

[malaise]

12. 1968 here we come again

Go Mexico!

[cal04]

13. how much loyalty Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador commands

(snip)
That hundreds of leftist protesters in the capital agreed to spend a chilly night outdoors when their leader asked them to stay put is evidence of just how much loyalty Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador commands in his battle to get a vote recount.

"We slept on the ground. We weren't prepared -- all this was a surprise, we brought absolutely nothing," said Blanca Chaides, 49, who came by bus from Zacatecas state and spent the night of Sunday to Monday under a giant awning in Mexico City's Zocalo square.

Some supporters lay on flattened cardboard boxes or foam mattresses and snuggled up together to keep warm in the middle of the city's cool rainy season.

(snip)

Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, is highly popular with the capital's elderly for introducing a monthly pension of around $70.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060731/wl_afp/mexicovote_060731173411

[freedomfries]

14. AP Reuters Slide Show - 164 pics -

if you have time watch the whole slide show at the link posted by Cal04 (top left of the article).
It really very happy and colorful!
Thanks a lot for posting Cal04!

[Rex]

15. Mexico wants Democracy...wants to set the example

in good hopes that America will follow in 2006 and 2008. Mexico is now the more democratic country.

[goclark]

16. Go Mexico!! Go! Taking it to the Streets! nt

[cal04]

18. Lopez Obrador backers slow Mexico City

Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is seen gesturing inside his tent where he spent the night in Mexico City's main Zocalo Plaza on Monday July 31, 2006. Lopez Obrador spent the night in a tent in the Zocalo plaza and has set up camps throuhout Mexico City's main Reforma Avenue paralyzing the city's financial district and refusing to leave until the top electoral court rules on demands for a recount in the disputed July 2 presidential race.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060731/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_elections_12

[cain_7777]

19. I wish US citiziens cared this much about democracy

Maybe Gore would be President like that SNL video.