Mexico’s federal government has reacted to seething discontent by violently shutting down popular protest. In doing so, it frequently breaks its own laws in the process. But how long can this last?
Almost all of the 30,000 Oaxacan teachers who surged into Mexico City’s Zòcalo to protest the so-called educational reform this September were veterans of the 2006 demonstrations. They knew what they were in for.
