[StJacques]

I'm posting this article to let everyone know that now that APPO has been ejected from its control of the center of Oaxaca City and there are signs of businesses and schools reopening, that a minority who support Ulises Ruiz -- it would be improper to say that this is a majority view -- is once again able to come out into the open and express itself democratically. There are few things which show the anti-democratic nature of APPO, and I think the word "authoritarian" would apply to them, than the fact that they used violent intimidation to silence all opposition to their program while they held control of the city. We have had other posters bring credible information of APPO's silencing and control of the press, their threats against their opposition via the broadcasts of radio stations they seized, and even the murder of at least one dissident teacher who objected to the strike and possibly more.

This situation has not calmed down completely by any means. Tensions are still running high, as the above article makes clear. And the leftist press, especially the Mexico City newspaper La Jornada, is spreading some truly vicious poison in the rhetoric of its pieces criticizing President Vicente Fox for ordering the Federal Preventive Police to Oaxaca this past weekend. We will need to keep an eye on this situation.

[StJacques]

A Mexican Left Watch ping for you all.

Anyone wishing to be placed on the ping list may either ping me from this thread or contact me via Freepmail.

[Brilliant]

I would really like to know what Senator Chris Dodd's opinion of all this is.</sarc>

[StJacques]

Here is a pic of the anti-APPO march in Oaxaca today.





And here are two pics of businesses near the center of the city cleaning up and reopening in Oaxaca today, as things return to normal.








I just saw the Univision report on Primer Impacto and they showed the march. They also interviewed one woman who was both sad at what has happened to her state and angry at APPO. A second woman was interviewed who was distraught because her father and one other relative are both missing after the entrance of the PFP on Sunday and she seemed to imply the PFP -- or someone -- had kidnapped and done away with them.

APPO leader Flavio Sosa was interviewed and he was absolutely poisonous in his comments. He said there were only hundreds of protestors marching today, and Univision had already made clear that there were about two thousand as the above article states, and he went further in saying that these marchers "were all paid to be here," unlike his APPO members. Finally; Ulises Ruiz said he will not respond to the call of the Mexican Congress for him to either present proof of his ability to govern or resign. He stated that he was "going to defend the sovereignty of Oaxaca. These are internal affairs of the state."

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Thank you again for putting these threads up.

[norton]

It's interesting to note that the media ("even" FOX) has reported the events a day or more late - so that the police movement and confrontations seem to be taking place now, when the locals are finally coming out of their holes for fresh air. FOX, for one, also makes it seem that there was more violence than reports seem to bear out.

Did I miss something?