The indictment of Mexico City's Mayor [Updated]

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Saturday April 09, 2005 · 9:52 AM PDT

2005/04/09 · 09:52

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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Children abused in Abu Graib (sp?)

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Tuesday July 13, 2004 · 3:06 PM PDT

2004/07/13 · 15:06

Check this link for information about children kept prisoner in the infamous prison:

http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/mtarchives/week_2004_07_04.html#001637

The author of this entry is not sure about whether the children were tortured, but in the German original they use the word 'mishandelten' which would correspond to 'abused.' Authorities in Norway ponder in light of this information if they will remain in the 'coalition of the willing.'

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