Mexican Opposition Defends Indigenous People
Mexico
Feb 10
Opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reaffirmed his commitment to defending the rights of the indigenous people, because they are the poorest and forgotten ones in the country, during a visit to Zapatista territory, in the state of Chiapas, on Saturday.
On the second day of a tour of Chiapas, Lopez Obrador warned that Mexico would not overcome backwardness if the movement of true change boosted by millions of people throughout the country does not triumph.
He added that poverty and marginalization are escalating, and only a minority enjoys privileges, so he ratified his struggle for a homeland for the poor and the humiliated, not for only few people.
During his visit to Sabanilla, Chiapas´ second poorest municipality, Lopez Obrador asked for support for the municipal presidential candidates for the Frente Amplio Progresista, made up of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), the Labor Party and the Convergence Party.
Eight months before the elections to renovate the state´s mayors, Lopez Obrador urged the people of Sabanilla and Chiapas not to sell or trade their votes.
The people demand justice, they don´t want charity, he said, referring to the distribution of supplies, construction materials and cash during the election campaigns.
Feb 10
Opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reaffirmed his commitment to defending the rights of the indigenous people, because they are the poorest and forgotten ones in the country, during a visit to Zapatista territory, in the state of Chiapas, on Saturday.
On the second day of a tour of Chiapas, Lopez Obrador warned that Mexico would not overcome backwardness if the movement of true change boosted by millions of people throughout the country does not triumph.
He added that poverty and marginalization are escalating, and only a minority enjoys privileges, so he ratified his struggle for a homeland for the poor and the humiliated, not for only few people.
During his visit to Sabanilla, Chiapas´ second poorest municipality, Lopez Obrador asked for support for the municipal presidential candidates for the Frente Amplio Progresista, made up of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), the Labor Party and the Convergence Party.
Eight months before the elections to renovate the state´s mayors, Lopez Obrador urged the people of Sabanilla and Chiapas not to sell or trade their votes.
The people demand justice, they don´t want charity, he said, referring to the distribution of supplies, construction materials and cash during the election campaigns.
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
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