Chapter 3 MIDDLE AND SOUTH AMERICA

Controversy in Mexico's Close Presidential Elections

After watching the Controversy in Mexico's Close Presidential Elections video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The protesters insist that if their candidate, Lopez Obrador, is not declared the winner

They will go home

They will appeal to the supreme court

They will ask the congress to declare him the winner

There will be a revolution

2. In the presidential election, the percentage of voters who showed up to vote was

10 percent

50 percent

60 percent

75 percent

3. Protests about the election have been mounted by

Conservatives

Leftists

Maoists

Zapatistas

4. Protesters argue that they must take their complaints to the streets because

Mexico has no mechanism to resolve disputes about elections

Mexico's election-resolution apparatus is ineffective

Mexico has a tradition of revolution

None of the above