Student Protests Energize Mexico’s Election Campaign
<div class='node-body'><p>MEXICO CITY - The "Occupy" movement has spread to Mexico, where thousands of university students have taken to the streets, bringing fresh air to a superficial and flat election campaign and forcing political parties to pay attention to a long-ignored segment of the population.</p>
<p>"Our movement is demanding the democratisation of the media, and accurate, unbiased coverage," said Sofía Alessio, one of the protesters, who belongs to the organising committee at the private Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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