Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the mayor of Mexico City and possible Presidential candidate in 2006 for the PRD, the leftist party in Mexican politics. He's a very popular politician and consistently leads the polls of the presidential candidates.
Lopez Obrador currently faces a possible loss of immunity from prosecution due to charges that his government ignored a court order. If indicted, electoral regulations disallow his eligibility to register as a presidential candidate.
He was desaforado (gotta love that word), that is, stripped of his immunity, on April 8th.
You've heard of magical realism in the works of authors such as Isabel Allende and Gabriel García Márquez. But let me tell you, living within such a world is, well... hard work.
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