Problems South of the Border

Our friend and ally to the south, Mexico, is in the grip of a major ideological division that may threaten the country's democracy itself.

The leftists, led by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, contested the recent results to Mexico's presidential elections where they lost. Mr. Obrador has been using every dirty trick imaginable to steal the Presidency away from the rightful winner. He's been organizing violent protests, organized mobs and manipulation of the judicial system to get his way. And now that those attempts have failed (and in the case of the Mexican Supreme Court, proved that he was indeed the loser), the leftists have resorted to more drastic measures.

For the first time in modern Mexican history, the President's State of the Union address was canceled due to the leftist legislators storming the Congressional stage. This is a maneuver right out of the Marxist handbook. It threatens the peaceful transition of power, and puts democracy in jeopardy. More any more, politicians are flouting rules of decency and fair conduct to grab power at any cost. We saw it here in the US during the 2000 election dispute, and now we're seeing it in Mexico on a much larger scale.

Things are coming to a boil in Latin America. Mexico may fall prey to the socialist wave that is sweeping South America, under the hand of Dictator Hugo Chavez. Surely, as respect, law and order break down in this part of the world, and indeed, democracy itself, we will see more and more of this type of behavior. It will roll right onto our doorsteps.

And when Latin American countries fall to a mass leftist dictatorship one by one, the disgruntled immigrants in this country will be in a prime position to bring this nation to it's knees. The stage is set. Watch and be ready.

AP Reports:

Mexican Lawmakers Block Fox's Speech

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Vicente Fox was forced to forego the last state-of-the-nation address of his presidency Friday after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage of Congress to protest disputed July 2 elections.

It was the first time in modern Mexican history a president hasn't given the annual address to Congress. Instead, Fox handed in a written copy of his report, and his office said he would address the nation in a televised speech later Friday.

A text of the speech Fox had planned to deliver to Congress called on Mexico to mend deep divisions that he said threatened the country's newfound democracy.

"Whoever attacks our laws and institutions also attacks our history and Mexico," he said, a thinly veiled reference to leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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