Blockade
Like I didn't need more reasons to dislike labor unions.... Mex 186 was blockaded today. Traffic on this only route between Palenque and points east was barricaded causing a huge backup that was stil...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Why is this even an issue? Demonstrators have occasionally blocked entire downtown sections of Mexico for days and hold rallies on the zocalo.
The only thing THIRD WORLD about Mexico, are some of its visitors...
We had flown into Mexico City.
We picked up a taxi at the airport. As the taxi approached downtown Mexico City he was blocked by barricades.
The driver could not deliver us to our downtown hotel.
He did the best he could, got us into metro downtown and dropped us off.
So there we were, bewildered tourists toting luggage and looking lost in downtown Mexico City.
A mob of marchers blocked our path to our hotel.
Massive protest marches had closed the streets.
Every ten minutes or so a cannon shot (probably a sail boat starter cannon) fired off, echoing through the tall buildings.
I studied the faces of the marchers as they passed.
And realized that these were mom's, dad's and regular working folk.
They were people that I would probably enjoy meeting and might even march with them given the opportunity.
I pulled out my camera and took a few photos, told my wife to get ready, and when a break appeared between the parading marches, we towed our luggage across the street and down to our hotel.
