New year’s morning… 9:00 AM… music coming from the Plaza de la Danza. Sheesh, only a few hours after the booms, bangs, and hisses from fireworks that announced the arrival of 2014 had finally quieted. Thus, sleep deprived, I was moving slowly. However, speeches joined the music and I thought I heard mention of Mexico’s current president, Enrique Peña Nieto… AND there was cheering. Hmmm… I showered, dressed, and headed up Morelos.
Military…
Tubas…
Monos…
Marmotas…
Canastas…
and crowds…
heralded the inauguration of Oaxaca city’s new mayor, Javier Villacaña Jimenez, a PRI-ista, political party of the state’s former (much-hated) governor and party of Mexico’s current president. Oaxaca’s current governor was elected July 4, 2010 by an alliance between the PAN, PRD, and a couple of other left-leaning parties, whose primary goal was ousting the PRI from its 80+ year reign in the state of Oaxaca.
This ought to be interesting…
Mexican Peso Converter
A clash of philosophies in the making? Most interesting. I realized as a result of your post that I have keen interest in the political goings on here, But, unlike back home in Canada, I can’t get involved and can be as interested as I like. Makes for a lighter, more objective witnessing, Buddhist-like, e.g engaged but detached). What a party place!
I know what you mean. Though, I’ve got to say, the political complexities here (local, state, and national) are mind-boggling. As they say in the movie, “Party on, Garth!”