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WHEN: Friday, June 16, 2006, Noon
WHERE: Mexico City
An indigenous woman protests the government's violent crackdown on her community's teachers.
Teachers from the state of Oaxaca went on strike last May, taking over Oaxaca's capital in a demand for better school conditions. Parents, children and teachers camped out in the city's center. But a few weeks later, the state governor, Ulises Ruiz, sent in 750 riot police who threw tear gas in the middle of the night. One woman miscarried.
Within hours, Oaxaca's indigenous ...