http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/03/mexico-oaxaca-at-a-standoff/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:52:24 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/03/mexico-oaxaca-at-a-standoff/comment-page-1/#comment-328908 Jaime Aguila Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:56:39 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/11/03/mexico-oaxaca-at-a-standoff/#comment-328908 Fox cannot fix this problem because it is as old as Mexico itself. This is an issue of poverty, but maybe more importantly this is a struggle between local autonomy and fading federal hegemony. The absence of the PRI and its long reach is also influencing events in Oaxaca. The PAN leadership does not have the mechanisms or the knowledge to meet the demands of the poor South. The PAN is a norteño party with norteño points of view, which are incompatible with México Profundo to use the words of Bonfil Batalla. Fox cannot fix this problem because it is as old as Mexico itself. This is an issue of poverty, but maybe more importantly this is a struggle between local autonomy and fading federal hegemony. The absence of the PRI and its long reach is also influencing events in Oaxaca. The PAN leadership does not have the mechanisms or the knowledge to meet the demands of the poor South. The PAN is a norteño party with norteño points of view, which are incompatible with México Profundo to use the words of Bonfil Batalla.

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