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June 26, 2012

López Obrador Gains in Polls Ahead of Mexico Elections 
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Mexico is in the final week of campaigning before next Sunday's
presidential election. Former Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López
Obrador has surged in the polls to challenge frontrunner Enrique Peña
Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. López Obrador narrowly
lost Mexico's 2006 elections by less than a percentage point to outgoing
Mexican President Felipe Calderón. In an address to supporters, López
Obrador called for addressing inequality in Mexico.

Andres Manuel López Obrador: "If we don't combat poverty and
inequality, we will not be a nation at peace. Frustration will continue
and the culmination of hate that we have seen recently will continue.
Insecurity and violence will continue. "

 

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