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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador chances are gone

JESSE - 3-13-2004 at 05:44 PM

Hey Dave??

What do you think of AMLO meltdown in the corruption scandal in Mexico city? i think your bet for Mexicos next president is looking pretty slim.

[Edited on 3-14-2004 by JESSE]

Dave - 3-13-2004 at 06:03 PM

Well, since it wasn't Obrador sticking the cash in his jacket I think he still has a shot. His Patron is Carlos Slim who is one of the 10 richest people in the world. Whatever Carlos wants he usually gets. Besides, Mexico ain't gonna vote for the PAN and six years isn't enough time to forget about the a*s flocking it got from 70 plus years of the PRI. So....you tell me...who's left for you folks to vote for?

By the way, Slim just lost big time at the WTO for his manipulation of Mexico's telecommunication industry. It will be interesting to see if the Mexican Government has the balls to stand up to him.

What interests me personally is who will be the next President of Rosarito, Tijuana and the next Governor of Baja.


[Edited on 3-14-2004 by Dave]

JESSE - 3-13-2004 at 07:08 PM

AMLO popularity has gone down 27 point in the last few weeks! i say that gives him a hell of a lot of problems in the future, and i really doubt Slims money can make a diference, besides, AMLO wasnt popular at all outside of Mexico city.

As for Slim, he always knew he was going to lose this bet, i believe his plan was to simply drag this thing on and on for years in the courts while Telmex got stuffed with billions of dollars from these unfair fees they are charging. He has been investing those billions wisely, he now has the largest celular phone network in Latin America, and does not need the Telmex cash cow as much as he did in the past, i see this dragging on for a few years more in court, then they will have to comply, but by then he will have bought all the things he wanted in the first place, you have to admire a guy like that.

Here in Baja, unfortunatelly it will be PAN, PAN, PAN, for the forseeable future, the people are disgusted with them, but the problem is that Baja has no other alternative, the PRI has a gangster running for Tijuana, and the PRD and Verde simply are nothing in the region, we are stuck with the corrupt PAN goverment for at least 6 more years.

I'm totally ignorant on all of this.

Stephanie Jackter - 3-14-2004 at 08:07 AM

Can you recap what's going on? - Stephanie

aldosalato - 3-14-2004 at 03:56 PM

It is almost time PRD get rid of false populism and corrupt people.
They still have best chance to rule the country on 2006 but first they have to put the house in order.
Chances for Amalia Garcia to become president are increasing........(as forecasted 3 months ago).

JESSE - 3-14-2004 at 05:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by aldosalato
It is almost time PRD get rid of false populism and corrupt people.
They still have best chance to rule the country on 2006 but first they have to put the house in order.
Chances for Amalia Garcia to become president are increasing........(as forecasted 3 months ago).


Excelent opinion.

JESSE - 3-14-2004 at 05:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Stephanie Jackter
Can you recap what's going on? - Stephanie


Heres some info Steph to get you on track:

http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2213360

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/20...