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Enormous interest and support for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Appeal to the next US President exists in Mexico thanks to the support of the former mayor of Mexico City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. He was also a candidate of the Coalition for the Good of All in the 2006 presidential election, in which the results were contested.

Mexico City rally where the NAPF Appeal was introduced

Recognized as a social fighter through peaceful means and a watchdog for the policies of the administration of President Felipe Calderon, Mr. Obrador presented NAPF’s Appeal during one of his rallies that brought hundreds of thousands of followers. Commenting on the petition, he said “We agree, support and take as our own this important petition in order to free the world from the nightmare of a nuclear holocaust.”

Many relevant personalities have joined forces with the peaceful movement of Mr. Obrador in his struggle for a better Mexico, including: award-winning writers Elena Poniatowska (Tlatelolco Massacre, Gaby Brimmer) and Laura Esquivel (Like Water for Chocolate); filmmaker Luis Mandoki (One Day Before Hiroshima, Angel Eyes); world reknown painter and sculptor, Jose Luis Cuevas; peace activist Rosario Ybarra de la Piedra (the first woman in Mexico to run for president, in 1982); Alejandro Encinas, former Mayor of Mexico City; and many other members in all aspects of Mexican life.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signs the Appeal to President-elect Obama

A day before the US elections, Lopez Obrador arrived at the Chamber of Deputies to present his Program in Defense of the People's Economy from the Broad Progressive Front (Frente Amplio Progresista). In an interview with the media, he stated that Barack Obama was his preferred candidate to be the next President of the United States.

The office of Mr. Obrador is working very closely with Ruben Arvizu, NAPF’s Director for Latin America to coordinate an official ceremony to deliver the signatures collected in many places of Mexico to Dr. David Krieger.