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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

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