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What began in May in Oaxaca, Mexico as a simple teachers’ strike demanding better wages and basic supplies has grown into a firestorm of civil disobedience and state violence. After refusing to negotiate with the teachers union, Gov. Ulises Ruiz sent the state police into Oaxaca City’s central plaza on June 14 to remove the teachers´ protest camp with tear gas and police batons.The protests and reactionary violence have led to a drop in the area’s tourist industry impacting even those outside the teachers’ struggle.

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