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Will the yellow vests take over Mexico?

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10/03/2019 |10:21
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Will the yellow vests take over Mexico?

An organization that calls itself “Yellow Vests MX ” has called for a “national pacific protest ” through WhatsApp . The protest is allegedly taking place this morning in 24 cities throughout Mexico , to protest against President López Obrador , in the wake of his first 100 days as Mexico's President. How many people will attend the protest ? Will they be able to replicate the French movement that made Emmanuel Macron sweat? The following fact could be telling: in January, the same group called for protests against fuel shortage ...and nothing happened. They haven't had an impact yet.

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We've been told that after President López Obrador 's order to open the Cisen's archives , the workers of the General Archive have been really busy lately. The employees told EL UNIVERSAL that the workload has increased exponentially. They say that “the visits that we had in three months are now the same we have in three days.” The explain that not only national media outlets want to see the archives and find out who was spied, but also international media outlets have visited the archive.

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