Mexico's presidential runner-up proves he commands authority within the legislature as well as on the streets to push for change.
By Sam Enriquez, Times Staff Writer
September 3, 2006 MEXICO CITY — By delivering a symbolic but stinging blow to the government of President Vicente Fox, losing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador clinched the first round in his fight for a nonviolent revolution to transform Mexico.
The leftist leader harnessed the full support of his party's congressional delegation to block Fox from delivering his nationally televised State of the Nation speech Friday, humiliating the president and raising fears over his apparent inability to exercise authority against a growing opposition.
"The question becomes, is Mexico on the brink of political crisis? And you could say after Friday that it's entered that realm," said Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, a Mexico expert for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "There doesn't seem to be a willingness to negotiate or compromise…. It's like two trains on a head-on collision course."
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