2006-08-04

Hanging Chicos?

With the crazy stuff in Lebanon going on right now, North Korea going completely haywire, Fidel Castro's slow Chretien/Klein-like fall from power, and everything else tying up the summer, I for some reason woke up this morning with the question on my mind:

Er, what the hell happened with the Mexican election dispute? (I briefly blogged about it one month ago today)

The answer, from what I've been able to piece together from Google News, is that things are still fairly unstable and might get worse.

Here are a few of the Google News headlines on the topic from the past couple days:

Leftists block Mexico stock market, tempers rise

Mexican president asks protestors not to play with fire

Demonstrations, drugs hit Mexico in pocketbook

Sit-in more party than rebellion

Mexicans sign letter to call for defense of public institutions

Crime, unrest hurting tourism in Mexico

Mexico leftist faulted for election protests

Freak hailstorm compounds Mexico vote protest chaos

Mexico leftist threatens more protests -- of note, this is from 2 days ago before the stock market sitin/protest/invasion

Election Protests Cripple Mexico City

Mexican Vote Rift Bad for Business

Violence, political unrest in Mexican tourist spots make many rethink trips