Mexico City ? Supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday ended the street protest that clogged the heart of the capital for nearly seven weeks, but they vowed to find other ways to resist the incoming conservative president.

The announcement of the end of the protest camps came a day after President Vicente Fox decided to move Friday night’s annual independence celebration away from the main square to avoid the protesters. The president moved the ceremony to the city of Dolores Hidalgo, 170 miles away.

Mexican media quoted Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal as saying the feuding parties had struck a deal: Fox agreed to relocate the celebration in exchange for Lopez Obrador supporters dismantling their protest camp.

The former Mexico City mayor, who claims that his narrow loss in the July 2 presidential election was fraudulent, said he planned to travel across the country to meet with his supporters.

Spokesman Cesar Yanez said the protesters would not retake Mexico City’s Reforma Avenue and its main plaza, the Zocalo, after they have a convention there today.

“Everything will return to normal,” Yanez said.

Traffic already was flowing along Reforma, which had been blocked by tents, cars and buses since July 30 in an unsuccessful bid to force a full recount in the presidential vote.

Lopez Obrador and his supporters refuse to recognize the slim victory of Felipe Calderon, the candidate of Fox’s conservative National Action Party who is scheduled to take office Dec. 1.

Protesters started dismantling their tent city Thursday to allow the military to stage its Independence Day parade today along its traditional route.