This will be my last update here from Mexico city as I will be going further south in about two hours. The camp is gone, and for now Mexico city once again looks like most capital cities.
And the change has been rapid. Since the last posting we first had the Grito with the PRD mayor of Mexico (supported and accompanied by AMLO). Although the entire Zocalo was filled with people screaming "Presidente" and "Obrador" and "¡Viva la resistencia pacífica!" in good weather, while Fox' alternative ceremony was drenched in rain, all the major TV stations seemed to have ignored the Mexico city Grito completely -- instead they did report on such interesting places as Phoenix, Arizona and the celebrations there!
The Grito ceremony requires a clock outside a balcony, so it was organized within a few hours when Fox' changes of plans became known
And the change has been rapid. Since the last posting we first had the Grito with the PRD mayor of Mexico (supported and accompanied by AMLO). Although the entire Zocalo was filled with people screaming "Presidente" and "Obrador" and "¡Viva la resistencia pacífica!" in good weather, while Fox' alternative ceremony was drenched in rain, all the major TV stations seemed to have ignored the Mexico city Grito completely -- instead they did report on such interesting places as Phoenix, Arizona and the celebrations there!
The Grito ceremony requires a clock outside a balcony, so it was organized within a few hours when Fox' changes of plans became known
15/09: Fox chickens out
Newest updates on the Grito: Fox has decided that he will not hold the Grito here and he has already skipped town to hold it a few hundred miles outside of Mexico city. The news has been well-received on the camp, and AMLO has announced that instead of him, Alejandro Encinas, PRD-member (and following AMLO to hold that post) will hold the Grito at the Zocalo. At the same time it was promised that we would remove our tents from the Zocalo, but it's not quite as easy as that...
The old Nayarit camp has been closed down.
The old Nayarit camp has been closed down.
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