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2006 Mexican Presidential Election


This collection consists of background information and analysis of the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election. Included in this collection is material relating to Andres Manual Lopez Obrador’s two month-long legal challenge of the election results which ended September 5, 2006 when the Mexican Federal Election Tribunal declared Felipe Calderón President-elect.


-Pollsters See Presidential Race at "Critical"  [75 Kb]
-Presidential Debate: Caleron on Point, Amlo on Expectations  [187 Kb]
-Amlo Announces a Subsidies Program  [132 Kb]
-Leading Pollster Gives Edge to Amlo  [133 Kb]
-Amlo Campaign Predicts Victory (of a Sort) in Jalisco  [120 Kb]
-Final Polls Give Narrow Lead to Lopez Obrador  [111 Kb]
-Calderon's 100 Actions  [109 Kb]
-Mexican Electoral Uncertainty - Initial Market Reaction  [64 Kb]
-Election Day in Mexico: Not Over Yet  [115 Kb]
-No Winner in Mexico's Presidential Eelections Until July 5  [56 Kb]
-Media Reaction on Mexican Elections, July 05, 2006  [72 Kb]
-Mexican Vote Retabulation Unlikely to Produce Surprises  [129 Kb]
-Political Analysts and Operatives Review Election Results  [102 Kb]
-Calderon Declared Winner; Amlo to Contest Results  [87 Kb]
-Media Reaction: Mexico, Presidential Election Aftermath  [28 Kb]
-Media Reaction - Mexico, Presidential Election Aftermath  [61 Kb]
-Amlo Taxes to the Stage: Holds First Meeting with Supporters  [137 Kb]
-Electoral Tribunal Receives First Tranche of Complaints  [71 Kb]
-Media Reaction: Mexico, Presidential Election Aftermath  [34 Kb]
-Amlo's Friend Speculates on the Candidate's Post-2006 Plans  [32 Kb]
-Looking For Fraud in all the Wrong Places?  [113 Kb]
-At Mass Rally, Lopez Obrador Calls for Civil Disobedience  [97 Kb]
-Local PRD Officials Clarify Party Position on Election  [103 Kb]
-Amo Urges Supporters "To Save Democary"  [131 Kb]
-Mexican Markets Dip on Civil Disobedience  [85 Kb]
-Electoral Tribunal Calls for Partial Recount  [136 Kb]
-PRD Exploits Element of Surprise in on-Going Protests  [119 Kb]
-Sonora: Presidential Election Recount Controversial; PRD in Small Acts of Civil Resistance  [94 Kb]
-PRD Protest Turns Violent  [113 Kb]
-PRD Officials Discuss Amlo's Civil Resistance Movement  [63 Kb]
-Debunking the Myth of Fraud  [179 Kb]
-It's Official: Calderon Declared President-Elect  [130 Kb]

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