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The Long March: Would you walk to Stand Up?

by clorenz1 | October 10, 2006 at 12:56 pm

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After marching 280 miles from Oaxaca demonstrators have demanded that Ulises Ruiz step down as governor. I have been watching this story unfold.

Both Mexico City and Oaxaca have been in the news and now they have been brought together and out into the streets... This began with protests by teachers and their supporters, but it has transformed into so much more. All is on the table, playing out in the streets as corruption, present and past murder, tourism, and strong economic influences from abroad are being challenged, even blockaded.

The regional government as well as the federal government is meeting the people whether in Oaxaca or in Mexico City...

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.

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clorenz1

at 13:08 on October 10th, 2006

Also this was reported on DemocracyNow regarding Oaxaca,

Oaxaca Protesters Storm Mexican Senate
"In Mexico, thousands of protesters from the state of Oaxaca tried to
force their way into the Senate in Mexico City to demand the
resignation of Oaxaca governor Ulises Ruiz. Hundreds of federal police
officers blocked them from getting inside. The protesters arrived in
Mexico City after taking part in a 280-mile march from Oaxaca."