CRS: Mexico's 2006 Elections, October 3, 2006

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Wikileaks release: February 2, 2009

Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service

Title: Mexico's 2006 Elections

CRS report number: RS22462

Author(s): Colleen W. Cook, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Date: October 3, 2006

México llevó a cabo elecciones nacionales para nuevo presidente y el congreso en Julio 2, del 2006. Felipe Calderón del Partido conservador estrechamente derrotó (según ellos) a Andrés Manuel López Obrador del partido de la Revolución Democrática de la izquierda en una elección muy concurrida. Los resultados de la elección presidencial sólo fueron anunciados después de que los cambios legales se llevaron a cabo. En septiembre 5, del 2006, el Tribunal electoral encontró que algunos grupos de empresarios ilegalmente interfirieron con las elecciones, el efecto de la interferencia fue suficiente para garantizar una anulación del voto y el tribunal declaró al candidato del PAN, Felipe Calderón presidente electo. El candidato del PRD, López Obrador quien rechazó la decisión del tribunal fue nombrado presidente legítimo (ellos ponen "" aunque sabemos lo que es real) de Mexico por la Convención Nacional Democrática en Septiember 16. ...

Abstract: Mexico held national elections for a new president and congress on July 2, 2006. Conservative Felipe Calder�n of the National Action Party (PAN) narrowly defeated Andr�s Manuel L�pez Obrador of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in a highly contested election. Final results of the presidential election were only announced after all legal challenges had been settled. On September 5, 2006, the Elections Tribunal found that although business groups illegally interfered in the election, the effect of the interference was insufficient to warrant an annulment of the vote, and the tribunal declared PAN-candidate Felipe Calder�n president-elect. PRD candidate L�pez Obrador, who rejected the Tribunal's decision, was named the "legitimate president" of Mexico by a National Democratic Convention on September 16. The electoral campaign touched on issues of interest to the United States including migration, border security, drug trafficking, energy policy, and the future of Mexican relations with Venezuela and Cuba.