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Baja California Says No to Water Privatization, Gasolinazo
Baja California’s governor Kiko Vega recently signed a bill privatizing this state’s water, bringing with it a 27% price increase to consumers.
Thousandsmarched this Thursday in Mexicali to demand the resignation of the governor. Protesters also closed the state building, abruptly ending a legislative session.
Photo credit: Victor Medina, La Crónica
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Thousands Call for Resignation of Baja Calif. Gov. Kiko Vega
In Mexicali, Baja California, loud chants of “fuera Kiko!” filled the air as an estimated ten thousand demonstrators marched to the city’s civic center Thursday in a call for governor Kiko Vega’s resignation.
Neoliberal policies have hit the residents of the state of Baja California particularly hard, and many are upset. Recent protests have included intense clashes with police in Rosarito, the taking of a border crossing in Tijuana, and the taking of a Pemex plant in Mexicali.
As of January 1, these new policies came into effect:
- Privatized water, 27% price hike
- Cooking and heating gas cost increase, 110 pesos price hike
- Gasolinazo, 20% price hike
Video via Adela Navarro, Zeta Magazine
Burn, baby, burn!
Trump and Peña Nieto burn in effigy in Mexico City’s Zócalo at the culmination of a massive anti-gasolinazo march this evening.
Photo credit: Jose Roberto Guerra
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Gasolinazo Protests Intensify in Rosarito
Protests continued in Mexico for the seventh straight day over the gasolinazo, a 20% gas price hike. While thousands marched in Mexico City, in TijuanaandRosarito, Mexicans took more direct action.
As seen in the video above, a truck rammed into a police line Saturday afternoon. 14 injuries were reported, including journalists and 4 police officers.
Local residents have been occupying a Pemex plant since Monday. The Federal Police were called in to remove demonstrators by Baja California governor, Francisco Vega, reports said.
