Popular leftist Lopez Obrador is the man to beat for president.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 5, 2006 ;     787 words ......mosquito-infested swamp. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the former Mexico City mayor hoping...had a place to farm. It was here that Lopez Obrador got his passion for working with the...are roots of what critics say are Lopez Obrador's crowd-pleasing rhetoric, his paternalistic...

Left-leaning Lopez Obrador barely leads Mexican presidential race.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  June 17, 2006 ;     787 words ......presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rattled off potentially high-dollar...to have to understand, the leftist Lopez Obrador said at a recent rally in conservative...The crowd, wearing yellow T-shirts of Lopez Obrador's Party of the Democratic Revolution...

Mexico's next president? Lopez Obrador is running hard.

Commonweal;  December 2, 2005 ;   Grayson, George W.;   787 words ......him: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. While it's too early to predict the winner, Lopez Obrador enjoys a 5 point lead...the campaign trail. Lopez Obrador has often clashed with...States. In contrast, Lopez Obrador zeros in on domestic...incorrectly described Lopez ...

Lopez Obrador is pushing Mexico to the edge.

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  July 25, 2006 ;     787 words ......credibility questioned by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the losing presidential aspirant who...three authorized electoral counts, Lopez Obrador again raised his conspiracy theories...expected trouble from the fiery contender, Lopez Obrador initially followed institutional procedures...

A warning to Lopez Obrador.(EDITORIALS)

The Washington Times;  July 8, 2006 ;     476 words ......his populist opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, amounted to only one-half of one percent...ballot-by-ballot recount for which Mr. Lopez Obrador has called, unless it's proved that...overlooked. It's not unreasonable for Mr. Lopez Obrador to question legitimate irregularities...

Lopez Obrador's continued protests hurt Mexico's democratic gains.

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  September 11, 2006 ;     517 words ......Friday, Sept. 8: X X X Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is acting like a petulant child whining...wants. In this case it would be Mexico. Lopez Obrador is advocating chaos instead of compromise...dismissed allegations of fraud levied by Lopez Obrador, a leftist candidate who is the ...

Mexico's Lopez Obrador raises new hopes, old ghosts of charismatic,...

AP Worldstream;  July 25, 2005 ;   MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer;   787 words ......Mexico's 2006 elections, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, resigns this week as Mexico City mayor...the country's developing democracy. Lopez Obrador's main campaign pledge _ to expand...programs. But the boyish, grinning Lopez Obrador doesn't want any imitators. He doesn...

Mexico's Lopez Obrador dealt a setback: Failed presidential candidate...

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  October 19, 2006 ;     746 words ......politically from the U.S., Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador now seems to be the incredible shrinking...narrow presidential loss on July 2, Mr. Lopez Obrador suffered a new defeat this week when...Tabasco. Weeks of campaigning by Mr. Lopez Obrador did nothing for candidate Raul Ojeda...

Lopez Obrador Widens Election Fraud Claims

AP Online;  July 14, 2006 ;     553 words ...MEXICO CITY - Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened his allegations Thursday that...candidate Felipe Calderon - publicly urged Lopez Obrador to moderate his criticism for the good...244,000 votes - a 0.6 percent margin. Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who ran...

Lopez Obrador vows a parallel government

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 30, 2006 ;   Mark Stevenson Associated Press;   787 words ...MEXICO CITY -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the...seats in Congress to block legislation, Lopez Obrador can mobilize millions to pressure his...predict his parallel initiative -- which Lopez Obrador's supporters call the "legitimate government...

Lopez Obrador Urges Civil Resistance; Mexican Runner-Up Summons Support...

The Washington Post;  July 17, 2006 ;   Manuel Roig-Franzia - Washington Post Foreign Service;   660 words ...-- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the runner-up in Mexico's presidential...force a vote-by-vote recount. Lopez Obrador's exhortation significantly intensified...special elections court hears Lopez Obrador's fraud allegations and decides...

Will Mexico's left back Obrador's radical tactics?(WORLD)(Andres Manuel...

The Christian Science Monitor;  March 14, 2008 ;   Llana, Sara Miller;   787 words ......popularity during the July 2006 election, which Lopez Obrador lost by less than a percentage point. But...can be attributed to the radicalization of Lopez Obrador - starting with a seven-week sit-in in the...denounce fraud during the electoral process. Lopez Obrador still calls ...

No-show in Mexico: political gaffe? Leftist presidential candidate Lopez...

The Christian Science Monitor;  April 27, 2006 ;     752 words ......in for leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, long seen as the man to beat in Mexico...battle for the silver medal, was how Mr. Lopez Obrador's campaign manager Jesus Ortega described...hand-picked successor. But, say observers, Lopez Obrador may have miscalculated. The ...

Lopez Obrador isn't fading away quietly.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  September 14, 2006 ;     787 words ......presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calls for peaceful insurrection against...analyst Raymundo Riva Palacio said Lopez Obrador's rejection of the July 2 election...Mexico City protests. To the degree that Lopez Obrador's strategy raises more doubts in the...

Lopez Obrador Leads Protest in Mexico

AP Online;  July 16, 2006 ;     701 words ......presidency, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador led hundreds of thousands of marchers...breeze. Police officials from the pro-Lopez Obrador city government said many as 900,000...be much smaller, though still vast. Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, is demanding...