In Mexico City for the SEM conference, we passed a small but loud street protest this evening, flanked by many police cars. It came out of nowhere and none of us knew the protesters’ cause. Apparently these are very common – as in, more than daily – around here.
Fair warning: Posts during the conference will be a bit more tossed-off than normal. I generally don’t like posting about things I can’t explain at least somewhat credibly, but that’s not likely to happen much this weekend. Feel free to comment with context/translation.
Several reasons for the protests in Ciudad de México this past weekend: labor (http://tinyurl.com/yc7htj7), flooding in southern cities (http://tinyurl.com/y8r6eme), and election turmoil/shadow governments (http://tinyurl.com/yf2akxc) – this last one was the protest we witnessed on Sunday. These issues, coupled with the anniversary of the revolution, made for quite a tense city.
Thanks for the context, Scott. I left Sunday morning – how big/loud were the protests yesterday?
Not sure. The buses were parked outside the hotel Sunday morning, but I believe the protests were taking place in the Zócalo.