The Oaxaca - San Francisco Connection

We want to draw attention to some news, that our beloved town of San Francisco is showing more support for Oaxaca, with Halloween/Day of the Dead activities at the Mexican Consulate (we spent plenty of time there getting our vehicle permit the day we left.) We also note that the folks in Berlin, Germany are also showing their support in a big enough way that we would find out about it here in the middle Mexico.
This week has been extremely difficult for the Oaxacans. Imagine a town that was totally peaceful, but grumpy about the corruption of their government. In less than 6 months, that town turned into a war zone. Think about your own town, as you read.
As for local news in the Bahia of Mexico, all the headlines of all today's newspapers (and much of the week's headlines actually) showed pictures of Oaxaca, buses and cars burnt out and the barricade fires out of control (not enough bomberos/firefighters) and reports of drive by shootings of the random and dangerous type have occured.
(These photos included in this post are from Oaxaca, taken on 2,3 November 2006)


Read the blog article by clicking here regarding how Oaxaca gets support from SF