In Mexico City, hundreds of thousands of people crowded the central plaza this weekend for a massive conference of supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. With a show of hands, the crowd voted to establish an “alternative government” to oppose the administration of Felipe Calderon. Calderon was named president-elect earlier this month after Mexico’s top electoral court rejected Lopez Obrador’s claims of voting fraud. Lopez Obrador addressed his supporters on Saturday.

• Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: “It is obvious that we are not acting out of caprice or personal interest. Our decision and that of millions of Mexicans represented here is the firm and dignified answer to who the electors want.”