Mexico stumbles toward crisis in chaotic election
The specter of political chaos hung over Mexico’s young democracy on Monday after two rival presidential candidates both claimed victory in a bitter election that divided the country between left and right. Election officials said the race was too close to declare a winner and a recount was needed, but that didn’t stop combative left-winger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and ruling party conservative Felipe Calderon from insisting they had won. Full Story