Comments on: Trouble in Oaxaca http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca/#comment-965 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:34:41 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=638#comment-965 it would have been helpful context if that news story had talked about the buying power of US$8000 a year in oaxaca, median household income, etc. fernando's statements are hard to check.<br/><br/>well anyway, oaxaca is in the south. icky.<br/><br/> <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="alohaflower at mindspring dot com">hibiscus</a> it would have been helpful context if that news story had talked about the buying power of US$8000 a year in oaxaca, median household income, etc. fernando’s statements are hard to check.

well anyway, oaxaca is in the south. icky.

 

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca/#comment-964 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:11:31 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=638#comment-964 I live in Mexico City, and these strikes have been in the news for weeks, front pages too. It's not so much that working people are repressed, though that's true, but that US media cares very little for news fron countries less wealthy than the US, unless the headlines include the terms "vacation", "massive death toll", "war", or "cheap hot sex".<br/><br/>Also, those public school teachers are striking to demand higher wages, which can't be paid because the gov't doesn't have the money on hand. Mexico needs more money, and strikes certainly do not help. See San Mateo Atenco for more news on recent pointless strikes. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="fer_ri at hotmail dot com">Fernando</a> I live in Mexico City, and these strikes have been in the news for weeks, front pages too. It’s not so much that working people are repressed, though that’s true, but that US media cares very little for news fron countries less wealthy than the US, unless the headlines include the terms “vacation”, “massive death toll”, “war”, or “cheap hot sex”.

Also, those public school teachers are striking to demand higher wages, which can’t be paid because the gov’t doesn’t have the money on hand. Mexico needs more money, and strikes certainly do not help. See San Mateo Atenco for more news on recent pointless strikes. 

Posted by Fernando

]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/06/trouble-in-oaxaca/#comment-963 Saheli Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:17:27 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=638#comment-963 The <a HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-oaxaca19jun19,1,367050.story?coll=la-headlines-world" REL="nofollow">LA Times</a>  has a story, though it seems oddly hewn to me.<br/><br/>The sad thing is there probably just aren't very many wire service reporters or stringers on the ground. So close but so far away. Doing an incredibly quick and dirty nexis search on [oaxaca and business] I couldn't find anything that wasn't about immigration or food except a single article about some gung ho solar-energy entrepreneurs. Business is the daily bread of journalism in areas that aren't cultural centers or regular political focal points, and if people aren't thinking about doing business with a particular region, editors lack the incentive to maintain at least stringer contacts there. I think if this sort of thing went down in, say, Seoul, you'd probably here a little more about it.<br/><br/>But as a secondary effect your diagnosis probably holds. I'm not sure we always hear about these things <i>here</i> . <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://ssrdatta.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="sahelidatta at hotmail dot com">Saheli</a> The LA Times  has a story, though it seems oddly hewn to me.

The sad thing is there probably just aren’t very many wire service reporters or stringers on the ground. So close but so far away. Doing an incredibly quick and dirty nexis search on [oaxaca and business] I couldn’t find anything that wasn’t about immigration or food except a single article about some gung ho solar-energy entrepreneurs. Business is the daily bread of journalism in areas that aren’t cultural centers or regular political focal points, and if people aren’t thinking about doing business with a particular region, editors lack the incentive to maintain at least stringer contacts there. I think if this sort of thing went down in, say, Seoul, you’d probably here a little more about it.

But as a secondary effect your diagnosis probably holds. I’m not sure we always hear about these things here . 

Posted by Saheli

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