Lopez Obrador urges supporters to protect Mexican democracy

Sunday, July 9, 2006

MEXICO CITY -- Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on a crowd of more than 100,000 supporters Saturday to keep peacefully protesting as he went to court to challenge what he called his fraudulent electoral defeat.

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