Revolución?
There's deafening silence in the MSM about the tense situation in Mexico. The country is on a knife edge of probabilities after massive vote fraud last month. Just a quick search around news sites netted only only two Mexico stories - a change in border policy concerning illegal immigrants and a piece about Aztecs killing and eating some conquistadors.
In Mexico City tens of thousands of Obrador supporters have been protesting the attempted theft of the presidential election on July 2. They're camped along a 7 mile stretch of la Avenida de la Reforma which basically cuts the city in half. The mood is getting increasingly ugly as the disputed vote drags on with no resolution and president Fox is clandestinely sending army convoys to the area. There already are 3000 kevlar clad federal police surrounding the congress armed to the teeth with water cannons and tanks. People are worried that this could be a replay of autumn in 1968 when Gustavo Diaz Ordaz slaughtered over 300 striking students in the nearby Plaza of Three Cultures.
Meanwhile, violent protests in Oaxaca province in Mexico's south are adding to the overall tension. A grassroots teachers' strike has spread outward into a broad social movement.
"They have shut down highways, taken over five radio stations, burned more than a dozen buses, blocked off the city’s historic square, seized government offices, destroyed the stage for an annual cultural fair and barricaded tourists in their hotels. The state government has lost control of the center of the city, including its own offices, and is working out of improvised quarters with cellphones."
There seems to be a class war brewing down south with widespread dissatisfaction of the status quo. Since Mexico is the fifth largest oil producing country in the world, the overlords won't look too kindly at rising social expectations that might upset the apple cart. But the people are fed up with the heavy hand of authoritarian rule maintained by stolen elections. Mexicans have shown in the past that they have more cojones than their northern neighbors, which is probably why the MSM isn't in a rush to cover their courage.
In Mexico City tens of thousands of Obrador supporters have been protesting the attempted theft of the presidential election on July 2. They're camped along a 7 mile stretch of la Avenida de la Reforma which basically cuts the city in half. The mood is getting increasingly ugly as the disputed vote drags on with no resolution and president Fox is clandestinely sending army convoys to the area. There already are 3000 kevlar clad federal police surrounding the congress armed to the teeth with water cannons and tanks. People are worried that this could be a replay of autumn in 1968 when Gustavo Diaz Ordaz slaughtered over 300 striking students in the nearby Plaza of Three Cultures.
Meanwhile, violent protests in Oaxaca province in Mexico's south are adding to the overall tension. A grassroots teachers' strike has spread outward into a broad social movement.
"They have shut down highways, taken over five radio stations, burned more than a dozen buses, blocked off the city’s historic square, seized government offices, destroyed the stage for an annual cultural fair and barricaded tourists in their hotels. The state government has lost control of the center of the city, including its own offices, and is working out of improvised quarters with cellphones."
There seems to be a class war brewing down south with widespread dissatisfaction of the status quo. Since Mexico is the fifth largest oil producing country in the world, the overlords won't look too kindly at rising social expectations that might upset the apple cart. But the people are fed up with the heavy hand of authoritarian rule maintained by stolen elections. Mexicans have shown in the past that they have more cojones than their northern neighbors, which is probably why the MSM isn't in a rush to cover their courage.
posted by nolocontendere at 10:15 PM
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