Another day, another protest

Yesterday, while on our way to the Oaxacan Garden Club meeting in Teotitlan del Valle, we ran into a blockade causing traffic to come to a standstill.  Well, I did not actually run into it, because I saw it in the distance. stopped the car, threw it into reverse, backed up and took off on the ubiquitous dirt side road that everyone else was using.  This is just normal driving here.  There are blockades and there are ways around the blockades.... most of the time.  If you look at a map you can see there are very few major roads in and out of the city, really only three, so blocking them is a pretty effective statement.  In fact, depending on where they are placed, they can shut the system down.  So it is either turn around or wait for hours.... or find the seemingly always present dirt road around the mess.  No problema.

What were they protesting?  The re-installment of four dismissed workers and better working conditions at the Pemex plant.  Here is the full story and a photo from El Impacial.