López Obrador ignited the smoldering emotions of his followers alleging for the first time that Mexico's electoral commission had rigged its computers before the July 2 election to ensure the 1/2% point victory of Felipe Calderón, a champion of free trade. López Obrador called Calderón "an employee" of Mexico's powerful upper classes and said a victory by his conservative opponent would be "morally impossible." |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.