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coweatman
04:39 / 10.10.06
has anyone been following this at all? i don't know that much about it but it sounds interesting and exciting.
 
 
Baz Auckland
05:50 / 10.10.06
What exactly sounds interesting and exciting about it? What have you heard exactly? Please provide more information if you can...

BBC News says today that they've marched on Mexico City now...

Thousands of protesters from Oaxaca have marched to Mexico City to demand their state governor's resignation.
They accuse Ulises Ruiz, governor of the southern state, of rigging elections and using brutal forced to put down protests.

The protesters have been involved in a bloody struggle with security forces in which five people have died since May. Mr Ruiz has denied any responsibility for the violence and has refused to step down.

The demonstrations started as a demand by teachers for more pay - but it has since become a much wider campaign.

The demonstrators have walked from Oaxaca city, waving banners and shouting slogans. They carried effigies of the Oaxaca state governor, Ulises Ruiz, and coffins - one with the words "the bad government is dead" written on it.

By marching to the country's capital city, the protesters believe they can pressure the Senate into forcing Mr Ruiz to quit. President Vicente Fox says he wants the dispute to end before he leaves office in December.
 
 
Glandmaster
02:36 / 30.10.06
The Assassination of Brad Will and the White Owl of Oaxaca

A Report from Oaxaca by the British Journalist Who the Radio
Declared Dead for an Hour After Brad Was Gunned Down


By John Dickie
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
October 29, 2006

'Finally, the question has to be asked: does a gringo always have to die for the world to act?'

Sadly it seems so...
 
  
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