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03/30/2006:

"Chavez a Hot Topic in Mexican Campaign"

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's presidential race has gone sharply negative with attempts to tie the front-runner to Hugo Chavez and portray him as a leftist revolutionary in the same mold as the Venezuelan president.

After weeks of leveling unsubstantiated allegations that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign has been infiltrated by Chavez supporters, the conservative National Action Party went even further in a TV ad aired this month.
yahoo.com

'Negative'? This will probably ensure Lopez Obrador's election.