| Protests against electoral fraud are taking place across Mexico after the release of the "official" results of the July 1 presidential elections by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), which declared Enrique Peņa Nieto of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) the winner. A mass march is planned July 7 in Mexico City to express the people's rejection of the IFE and the Mexican oligarchy's imposition of Peņa Nieto as the country's president. On July 2, the day after the election, more than 40,000 young people took to the streets to unequivocally repudiate the election results. Called by the student movement Yo Soy 132, thousands of young people marched through the capital and several other cities. Their chants included, "Peņa Nieto, Out!"; "Mexico has voted, Nieto has not won!"; "Peņa can you hear? The people do not want you!"; and "No to fraud!" In Mexico City, tens of thousands of young people marched through the capital's business district, and to the offices of the PRI and the IFE to denounce the electoral fraud orchestrated by the PRI, the mainstream media and the economic and political elite with the complicity and assistance of the IFE in various intrigues. Yo Soy 132 is calling on the youth to take actions to oppose the fraud and Peņa Nieto's taking of the office of President this December. For its part, the movement will hold several consultations during the coming days and adopt its plan to fight for this purpose. Similar actions are taking place worldwide, including actions in support of the Mexican people in Montreal, Washington, D.C. and at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. |