Student Protests Energize Mexico’s Election Campaign

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2012-05-25

<div class='node-body'><p>MEXICO CITY - The &quot;Occupy&quot; 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>&quot;Our movement is demanding the democratisation of the media, and accurate, unbiased coverage,&quot; said Sof&iacute;a 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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