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 MEXICO CITY (AP) - Bitter political rivalries flared at independence celebrations in Mexico for a second year in a row.
Mexico City's central plaza was the scene of competing celebrations on Saturday — divided by metal fences and thousands of police officers, as the nation continues to struggle with last year's hotly contested presidential election.
In keeping with custom, President Felipe Calderon was to mark the start of Independence Day by stepping out on a National Palace balcony at 11 p.m. (midnight EDT) and crying, "Viva Mexico!" Mexicans gathered below in the Zocalo, or main square, traditionally answer the president's shouts in unison.
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