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US Embassy Documents Confirm Televisa-Peña Nieto Deal in Mexico:

The US Embassy in Mexico City in 2009 issued a series of cables indicating that Mexican political candidates, "are paying networks to provide them with television coverage" and that leading presidential contender Enrique Peña Nieto, in particular, "is paying media outlets under the table for favorable news coverage." Ref. Source 4

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Mexican Left Hoping For Resurgence : Video Report:

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the main candidate from the left, represents a serious challenge for the presidency. In a country where nearly half of the people live in poverty, Obrador is promising to end corruption and establish social equality. Ref. Source 6

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Election recount begins at more than half of Mexico polls:

Ballots from more than 54% of polling places will be recounted within 72 hours, the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) said. The figure marks a huge increase over the 9% of ballots that were recounted in the long and contentious aftermath of the disputed 2006 election. Ref. Source 4

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Mexico's president-elect shrugs off claims of vast vote-buying, coercion in election:

Leftist runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has refused to concede and demanded a new tally, alleging vote-buying and coercion by the PRI, whose seven decades of rule until it lost power in 2000 were marked by widespread allegations of vote-rigging.
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Mexican Elections 2012: When Bribery Doesn't Pay:

Enrique Peña Nieto denies that his PRI party bought votes in the July 1, 2012. But on Election Night, hundreds of people gathered outside of the PRI offices to testify that they were promised up to 2,500 pesos for their voter I.D.s and votes but that the PRI took their credentials and did not pay. Here, they tell their story. Ref. Source 1

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Mexico: Operative Group of #YoSoy132 Announces Nonviolence Resistance Training Sessions:

Since before and still after the electoral fraud of July 1, the Mexican people have succeeded in introducing a posture of protest, action and mobilization into the national panorama due to the grave irregularities of the campaign that named Enrique Peña Nieto as the imposed "president-elect" of the United States of Mexico. Ref. Source 9

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Mexican court throws out election challenge, sparking riots : ­

Hundreds of angry activists hurled stones, eggs and bottles at the police and the court building, and shouted slogans calling for a revolution. They brandished banners, saying "We demand this dirty election to be overturned," and "Pena is not our president." Ref. Source 3

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A slap in the face reveals a lot about Mexico:

A governor slaps his aide, telling a great deal about race, class, and politics in the country. Ref. Source 3

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Mexican Political Official Gunned Down in Western Mexico

Mexican city councilman Feliciano Garcia Fierros gunned down in the city of Tlaquepaque on Saturday. Mexican city councilman Feliciano Garcia Fierros gunned down in the city of Tlaquepaque on Saturday. Ref. Source 1