Neither rain, hail or security officers can stop this. Yes, it hailed there earlier.
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Thousands of protesters have blockaded the studios of Televisa, Mexico's most popular TV network, accusing it of biased coverage of the 1 July presidential election.
Shouting "Tell the truth," the demonstrators, including students and union workers, stopped employees entering the offices of the Televisa studios in Mexico City although they allowed others to leave.
The protesters allege that Televisa supported Enrique Peña Nieto, who won the election by almost 7 percentage points over leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The protesters promised to continue the blockade for 24 hours.
Televisa, which carried on broadcasting as normal, argues it covered the election fairly and gave time to all candidates on primetime news shows.
Televisa is the world's most popular Spanish language network and sells its soap operas around the globe.
López Obrador has claimed that Peña Nieto paid Televisa for favourable coverage and bought votes. He has filed a legal challenge to the vote with an electoral tribunal, asking it to annul the ballot.
The tribunal has until September to rule on the accusations and officially declare Peña Nieto as president. It is widely expected to uphold the vote.
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What's going to happen though, I feel as though nothing is happening in mexico with this. :f4:
2012-07-27, 02:02 AM
ShinkuDragon
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so peña DID win, ooh boy.
2012-07-27, 02:08 AM
VerrKol
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Originally Posted by ShinkuDragon
so peña DID win, ooh boy.
That would depend on the tribunal now wouldn't it?
2012-07-27, 02:17 AM
Loose
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Originally Posted by ShinkuDragon
so peña DID win, ooh boy.
To be honest, nobody won the elections. There was so much fraud there's no sure way to see who won. Popular belief is that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won by at least 10%. However, it's impossible to tell just be the sheer amount of illegal stuff that happened.
Unfortunately, a lot of media outlets believe the corrupted officials that have delcared Peña Nieto the winner.
Here's the thing, if Peña Nieto really won, where were the big parties in his favor? Marches in his favor? Mexicans like celebrating every little thing, we don't need much to cause a huge ruckus in the city's plazas. So, where are this guy's parades? Nowhere, just an enormous, worldwide protest against him. In fact, it's not so much a march, it's like a party against him, the PRI, Televisa, the IFE, etc. There's so much dancing, music, singing, it's a festival!
Here's a compilation of videos of marches against Peña Nieto this past weekend (July 22nd)
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I hope Mexico doesn't devolve into a dictatorship. It seems like with this Pena guy things could be going that way.
2012-07-27, 03:06 AM
ShinkuDragon
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Originally Posted by VerrKol
That would depend on the tribunal now wouldn't it?
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Originally Posted by Loose
To be honest, nobody won the elections. There was so much fraud there's no sure way to see who won. Popular belief is that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won by at least 10%. However, it's impossible to tell just be the sheer amount of illegal stuff that happened.
Unfortunately, a lot of media outlets believe the corrupted officials that have delcared Peña Nieto the winner.
Here's the thing, if Peña Nieto really won, where were the big parties in his favor? Marches in his favor? Mexicans like celebrating every little thing, we don't need much to cause a huge ruckus in the city's plazas. So, where are this guy's parades? Nowhere, just an enormous, worldwide protest against him. In fact, it's not so much a march, it's like a party against him, the PRI, Televisa, the IFE, etc. There's so much dancing, music, singing, it's a festival!
Here's a compilation of videos of marches against Peña Nieto this past weekend (July 22nd)
mind you two, i'm fully aware of both of these, i'm just saying he managed to win the rigged elections, he's got half the thing in the bag, now to rig those who want him out is probably what he's gonna attempt, and who knows if that will succeed or not
2012-07-28, 09:57 PM
Loose
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Originally Posted by Moonlapse
I hope Mexico doesn't devolve into a dictatorship. It seems like with this Pena guy things could be going that way.
It's already been one for 70 years. But it's harder to hide it now, thanks to the Internet and people giving a pomegranate.
An update for this story: A couple of live shows had to be replaced with reruns and some nearby events were cancelled. Also, protest in London during transmission of Olympic Games:
The movement #YoSoy132 succeeded. Not only was the blockade at Televisa Chapultepec successful - to the point that the station was forced to change their production - but it also inspired similar protests that interrupted the production of Televisa Deportes in London.
First, the protest forced Televisa to suspend production of their programs and change the location of their news transmissions. According to Radio Formula, the affected were:
1. The TV show "Hoy", with Maxine Woodside, had to be cancelled and replaced by a rerun.
2. The TV show "El Mañanero", with Victor Trujillo, was forced to relocate.
3. Productions of various soap operas had to do make-up in another place and then send people to the production site.
Forcing the largest broadcast station in Latin America to do that is no small feat.
Second, even though the media of Mexico chose not to give coverage to the protest, the blockade made it into the news of various countries. #YoSoy132 posted a list of media that transmitted the news:
