In Mexico, an electoral tribunal has rejected calls to conduct a vote-by-vote recount of the recent presidential election. Presidential runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for protests to continue in Mexico City to demand a full recount.

• Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: “We are not in agreement (with the electoral court decision) because we are clearly demanding that all the votes be recounted, vote by vote, ballot box by ballot box.”

Over the past two weeks, supporters of Lopez Obrador have virtually shut down parts of Mexico City by setting up street blockades and tent cities in the middle of the capital city. On Sunday thousands of supporters of Lopez Obrador took to the streets to form a human chain along miles of Mexico City’s streets. Lopez Obrador’s chances of being declared the winner are not over. The electoral commission has agreed to conduct ballot-by-ballot recounts in about one-tenth of the country’s polling places.