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Caribbean-Latin America
Leftists pour into Oaxaca
2006-11-06
TENS of thousands of protesters trying to oust a state governor marched today in the Mexican tourist city of Oaxaca where demonstrators clashed with police last week in a deepening conflict.
"The people are demanding the Oaxaca governor goes, even though there is blood. The people are ready to die," said protester Esther Guzman, a teacher.
Soldiers searched cars for weapons and riot police unrolled razor wire in the city centre as a security measure for the protest by opponents of Governor Ulises Ruiz, who is accused of authoritarianism and corruption and refuses to resign. "The people are demanding the Oaxaca governor goes, even though there is blood. The people are ready to die," said protester Esther Guzman, a teacher.

A five-month-long local conflict in Oaxaca spiralled into a national problem when President Vicente Fox sent thousands of federal riot police to expel striking teachers and leftist activists from the street barricades they had built. Federal forces backed by armoured vehicles with water canons clashed with protesters throwing petrol bombs last week. At least one protester was killed in clashes, bringing the death toll since the conflict started to about 15, mostly activists. Today, one youth was wounded when gunmen opened fire on a university campus occupied by students. The campus contains a protester-run radio station.

In Oaxaca city's leafy central square, police donned body armor in fear of clashes with marchers. The army checked cars on highways into the city, apparently looking for firearms.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Machine guns with real bullets today means safe streets in your town tomorrow.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-11-06 12:12  

#5  Oaxaca - Mexico's "National Training Center" for future operations in LA, San Antonio, Houston, Denver, etc.
Posted by: Procopius2K   2006-11-06 09:24  

#4  Battling/Fighting to see whom will control the sidewalks + sub-streets/highways of the future NORTH-SOUTH AMER, GLOBAL TRANS-POLAR TRANS-CONTINENTAL HIGHWAY, are we??? Iff America builds it, the TIPTOE-NAKED-THRU-THE-TULIPS = REGULATORY GOVT-ism-TOTALITARIANISM, THEY WHOM MUST NOT BE SEEN/HEARD/NAMED/BLAMED BUT MUST BE OBEYED Commies-WaffleCrats will come???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-11-06 04:20  

#3  It's true that the US Chamber of Commerce had a lot of help from Rodent Party multi-cultists in promoting open borders, but the GOP is in power now and the USCofC is clearly behind their non-policy.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-11-06 01:30  

#2  With Venezuelan and Iranian petro-dollars to support them, and Venezuela as a secure base, the leftists could easily turn this into an actual civil war. The consequences for this country would be immediate and dire, starting with a massive increase in the number of illegals pouring across the open border. Mexico already has a larger fraction of its population living outside its border than any other country in the world (up to 12% depending on whom you ask). This could only make it worse. Castro, Chavez, and their Mexican left toadies are planning nothing less than a full-scale invasion of the US. If Chavez will provide them, this could include heavy weapons.
The US Chamber of Commerce's greed for cheap labor has set this up. They will have a lot to answer for if the worst happens and swinging from lampposts is not an impossible outcome for them.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-11-06 00:36  

#1  MexiCommies - suckers for Spanish Flypaper.
Posted by: .com   2006-11-06 00:27  

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