Mexico: Oaxaca Teachers’ Strike Ends

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 19th, 2008 | Trackback

Some 20,000 teachers and sympathizers on strike in Oaxaca ended their three-week protest June 16 in part to allow the state to celebrate the Guelaguetza, the region’s premier cultural event. “La guelaguetza” is a Zapotec word meaning “offering,” and the festival features traditional dances from the seven indigenous regions of the state. The Guelaguetza takes place on the last two Mondays of July. During the three-week strike, protesters camped out in the city center, closed highways and blocked access to the airport as they did in 2006 when they demanded the resignation of the state governor. At that time the protest lasted for six months, was marred by violence and at least 20 deaths, and virtually destroyed Oaxaca’s tourism industry. This year the tourist areas are likely to be free of such extended demonstrations.

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