Lopez Obrador

Lopez Obrador is a former mayor of Mexico City who holds influences with the Mexican political party, the Party of Democratic Revolution (PRD). He is a vocal critic of current President, Felipe Calderon. Obrador's protege Alejandro Encinas is also a critic of Calderon, and is fighting to become leader of the PRD.

He was a popular candidate in the 2006 presidential election but lost to Felipe Calderon by only 243,934 votes—only 0.6% of he electorate.NPR: Calderon Claims Slim Victory in Divisive Election (July 6, 2006) Because of the narrow margin by which he lost, Obrador continues to publicly question the legitimacy of Calderon's presidency.

• World Mayors: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado—Mayor of Mexico City
• Wikipedia: Andros Manuel Lopez Obrador
• Google News: Lopez Obrador
• VOA News: Mexican Leftist Leader Vows to Block Energy Reform (March 24, 2008)
  • "Last week, Alejandro Encinas claimed victory in the election for party leader, over rival Jesus Ortega. Encinas was backed by radical firebrand Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City who narrowly lost the presidential election in 2006 to Calderon and who continues to claim that he was deprived of victory through fraud."
• Financial Times: Lopez Obrador Returns to Mexican Spotlight (March 20, 2008)
• Economist: The Resurrection (March 19, 2008)
• Washington Post: Radical Mexican Leftist Claims Party Leadership Win (March 17, 2008)
• The Christian Science Monitor: Will Mexico's Left Back Obrador's Radical Tactics? (March 14, 2008)
  • "The results...are crucial because if Encinas wins, I don't think we'll see a change in the direction of the PRD,...if Ortega wins, he will have a less confrontational attitude towards the government"
• Bloomberg: Mexico's Lopez Obrador Says Protests Will Shut Nation (February 24, 2008)
• Bloomberg: Lopez Obrador Vows to Block Opening of Mexico's Energy Industry (November 18, 2007)