A Good Way to stay informed about Oaxaca

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As happens so often, the bloggers are doing a far better job of reporting from the scene than media.

See http://markinmexico.blogspot.com/ Blogger Mark in Mexico for the latest daily info.

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A photo today shows that the police are using slingshots instead of guns to defend themselves from the demonstrators. From the useless media coverage of Mexico, I was unaware of this.

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Goodbye, Burger King.

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"Mexico's private Council on Tourism (CPTM -- at least, I think it's private) has instructed Mexican travel agents around the world to discourage tourist visits to Oaxaca de Juarez (the capitol city)"
2 tour buses full of French and German tourists were reportedly assaulted.

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"Oaxaca, Mexico: Bradley Will, American reporter, shot from above at close range then executed at point blank range 15 minutes later... His body was abandoned in the back of a pickup left outside the amphitheater of the State Attorney General."

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The best hotel, El Camino Real, has been attacked by battering ram and firebombs and is now closed.

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The incomplete list of buildings now badly damaged or destroyed:

The State Courts building
Teatro Benito Juarez
The Santo Domingo esplanade and garden
4 hotels
Guelaguetza Travel Agency and more than a dozen shops and restaurants