Mexico's Lopez Obrador, Fiery Leftist Leader, Suffers Heart Attack Tracy Wilkinson - The Los Angeles Times
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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, then a presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party, speaks during a news conference in Mexico City. (Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s fiery leftist leader, suffered a heart attack early Tuesday and was hospitalized in stable condition, doctors said.

Lopez Obrador, a two-time presidential contender, former mayor of Mexico City and an increasingly contentious figure in Mexico’s political scene, was “progressing satisfactorily,” Dr. Patricio Ortiz, a cardiologist, said in a brief news conference at the Medica Sur hospital. He will remain hospitalized for two to five days for recovery, Ortiz said.

Just two days earlier, Lopez Obrador led a huge rally in Mexico City’s Zocalo, the historic downtown square, to protest government plans to open up the oil and gas industry to private and foreign investment. He has called it the “robbery of all ages” of Mexican natural resources.

His son, Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, thanked supporters for their well wishes but quickly urged followers to proceed with plans to surround the Senate building when legislators debate the energy plans.

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