IPS - The social and political conflict that has the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in check, with the local government accused of corruption and human rights violations, reached the streets of the country’s capital city Monday.
Some 3,000 delegates of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) walked for 21 days from Oaxaca to Mexico City, where they are adamant that they will remain until their demands are met.
Simultaneously, representatives of the government of President (…)
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MEXICO - Repression of Opposition: Fuse for Oaxaca’s Conflict
Diego Cevallos, IPS
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MEXICO - Oaxaca Protesters on Red Alert
Diego Cevallos, IPS
5 de octubre de 2006, por Manuela Garza AscencioIPS - In the heart of this southern Mexican city, protesters grouped in more than 350 different social organisations, who have been camping out in the parks and on the streets for over four months, are governing through people’s assemblies and running radio stations that they have taken over, while their own security guards keep watch.
The movement, which began with a routine teachers’ strike for higher wages, has expelled all public officials from their local government posts, demanding (…)