Situation in Oaxaca

[Rolfster]

Here's a quote from the wire services regarding what's going on in Oaxaca.

People pass next to a barricaded street in downtown Oaxaca, 500 Km (350 miles) south of Mexico City, Mexico, on Wednesday, July 19, 2006. More than a month of protests and blockades by striking teachers trying to oust the state governor have forced authorities to cancel the city's famed cultural events, including a traditional dance festival and as most tourists are staying away, the protests are costing the city millions in tourism revenues.

It's no secret the teacher's union and their supporters is destroying the local tourism industry, including many of our clients who advertise with us and who are in some cases forced to close their doors for lack of business. And who can blame them with images like this:



I hope the "teachers" get their act together before they do permanent damage to the entire region, and that most of them do not share the feelings of this person.

Your opinion is welcome.

[Quién Soy Yo?]

Yes, Oaxaca is a place to avoid at the moment. I expect we'll see similar outbreaks of that type of disruption and expression of "anti" attitude elsewhere in the country should Lopez Obrador become President at the end of the judicial process now underway.

[asi va]

Originally Posted by Quién Soy Yo?

Yes, Oaxaca is a place to avoid at the moment. I expect we'll see similar outbreaks of that type of disruption and expression of "anti" attitude elsewhere in the country should Lopez Obrador become President at the end of the judicial process now underway.

Do you mean that you expect the AMLO gang to do anything possible to disrupt what-ever thy can? I don`t see the conection between the current election dilema and a teachers` strike over a state issue, but maybe that`s your point. No connections needed if people are ticked off, nervous, and just plain antsy already?

[Dr. Charles]

The gangs no doubt will do what their leader wants. Such a trouble maker would be a poor, poor candidate for any country.

[rwstreb]

I saw one article that made it sound like guerrillas had taken over the main part of the city, but another sounded like there was no big deal. What's the case? I used to hear of the occasional paramilitary shenanigans there, such as a bank robbery while I was there once. Is this a completely unrelated, nonviolent, sit-in strike? It sounded like traffic was paralyzed from one article, which could have been a mistaken impression of the normal situation, I suppose.

[brink]

It started with the teachers, but that part has been pretty much resolved. Now the travelig agitators have moved in and its APPO, AMLO and "subcomandante" Marcos.