I usually don’t spend much time walking along Crespo — the bus fumes and traffic noise are enough to have one holding one’s nose, covering one’s ears, and detouring to another street, as soon as possible! However, a (not-so-little) birdie told me to check out the stairs up to the Guelaguetza Auditorium.
Yikes!!! An improvement project has been underway from Crespo all the way up to the Auditorium since the end of April. Runners, walkers, and residents need to use an alternative route. As the sign says, “Sorry for the inconvenience.”
I spoke to one of the workmen and asked, if the project is going to be finished in time for the Guelaguetza. After all, the first performance of Donají la Leyenda is scheduled for the night of July 24 and la Guelaguetza begins the following morning — that’s less than a month away. He assured me the work would be completed.
Speaking of the Guelaguetza… Vive Oaxaca has a notice (in red, no less!) essentially saying, that because of the number of messages they have received regarding information about the current conflicts in Oaxaca, they feel compelled to announce that they have no information about the cancellation of Guelaguetza. As far as they know, everything is continuing as planned, but advise visitors to monitor official information from the Ministry of Tourism and Economic Development of the State of Oaxaca.
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View From Casita Colibrí 
Thank you so much for keeping us apprised of the latest goings on in Oaxaca. I some ways I feel that we never left Oaxaca thanks to your thoughtful posts. We can’t wait to return in mid-October.
You are very welcome!
There was a long New York Times article about Oaxaca yesterday June 28. Biased? Unbiased? Worth reading.
There is so much propaganda being generated by the government, it’s hard to know what to believe. This article puts the “education reform” in a global context (and it isn’t pretty): http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3f96762225c88327328c4476c&id=83e4eee091&e=e0bb10a496