Angry Mexico teachers storm political party offices
Source: AFP
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico — Teachers angered at education reform stormed the offices of political parties in southwestern Mexico, breaking windows and setting fire inside the ruling party's local headquarters.
Thousands of members of the CETEG teachers' union, joined by farmers and student groups, marched in the capital of Guerrero state, Chilpancingo, while groups wearing masks took their anger out on the offices of four political parties.
Plumes of black smoke billowed from the rectangular-shaped office of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the state capital after masked protesters broke into the building and tossed chairs, papers and plants out of windows.
...
The latest demonstration erupted one day after the Guerrero state legislature approved an education bill that fell well short of protesters' demands to water down the federal law, which requires teachers to pass periodic tests to get jobs and promotions.
Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gbbJoVLZ-TZW446xbmGD58OdI9KA?docId=CNG.c7fd24727c1b7547d205d10f2a84da0f.211
= new reply since forum marked as read
