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June 2, 2015

Mexico: Teachers Protest Education Reform, Seize Election Offices 
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In Mexico, 10,000 people took to the streets of Mexico City to protest
the neoliberal education reforms of President Enrique Peña Nieto. The
protests came after the Mexican government announced it would suspend
plans to implement teacher evaluations following mass opposition.
Meanwhile, teachers' union members ransacked election offices in
southern Mexico, stealing and burning ballots, seizing 11 offices in the
state of Oaxaca and blocking a storage facility of the state-run oil
firm Pemex. The teachers have announced a strike to protest the
education reforms and boycott Sunday's midterm elections.

 

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