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Weekly Report - 02 March 2023 (WR-23-09)

Mexican protesters fill Zócalo in defence of democracy

Mexico’s Zócalo was bathed in pink on 26 February as a huge crowd of protesters gathered in the central square in Mexico City (CDMX) to protest against the election reform initiative pushed through congress days earlier by the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Not since he took office just over four years ago has López Obrador faced protest action on this scale.

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