[narconews] Davies: Connecting the Dots on a Not-So-Local Local Election in Oaxaca
 
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:47:25 -0500 (CDT)


July 30, 2007
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Dear Colleague,

As Oaxaca's corrupt and repressive governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz faces a
continued popular movement to unseat him, one test comes next Sunday,
when the people of Oaxaca vote for state legislators and, in the
capital city, for a new mayor.

Nancy Davies, in a new commentary from Oaxaca, looks at how economic
interests like those at stake in "Plan Puebla Panama" are at play in
the coming vote:

"Upcoming elections for the state legislature on August 5 are wide
open and complex. PRI control of all three branches of government
might finally crack... Some from the Movement opposed to
participation in the elections still speak out; others point out that
the lower the voter turnout, the better the chance for PRI victories,
because the hardcore always vote.

"...Two presidents, Fox and Caldersn, although elected by the PAN in
opposition to the PRI, have permitted various PRI governors to run
their business-as-usual repressive states without intervention. In
Oaxaca, two governors, Jose Murat and Ulises Ruiz Ortiz have been
tolerated, first by Fox and now by Calderon. One can think of them as
enforcers, doing the dirty work of the gentlemen. Caldersn now
supports Ruiz in the on-going 2006-2007 repression.

"I believe this is because of the necessity of controlling local
populations who oppose the Plan [Puebla Panama]."

Read Davies full commentary on the situation in Oaxaca City online at
Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

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