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Home > Uncovering Mexico > Archives > 2006 > September > 14 > Entry
Fox backs down on “grito”
President Vicente Fox blinked first and announced Thursday that he won’t give the traditional “grito,” or shout marking Mexican independence, in the Zocalo Friday night. In a direct challenge to Fox, losing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had planned to give the grito in the Zocalo at the same hour, promising a chaotic scene.
Fox had been adamant all week that he would give the grito in the Zocalo, as is tradition for the sitting president. The dueling gritos became a game of chicken between the two leaders, who share a personal as well as political animosity. Fox changed his mind hours after senators from his conservative political party urged him to give the grito somewhere else to avoid a confrontation.
Fox will instead give the grito in Dolores Hidalgo in his home state of Guanajuato, where Miguel Hidalgo gave the original “¡Viva Mexico!” in 1810.
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