Desinformémonos
Americas Program Original Translation
Present during a police operation that the government of Michoacán launched against the normal schools in Tiripetío, Aretaga and Cherán on October 15, Camilo, a student and son of a farmer, tells how a young person’s life changes upon entering this institution.
TESTIMONY RECORDED BY ADAZAHIRA CHÁVEZ IN MEXICO CITY
My name is Camilo Ceja Durán, I come from the community of Tzintzuntzan, near the lakeshore of Pátzcuaro. My mother is a homemaker and performs seasonal work in the field; like the majority of students in rural normal schools, I am the son of farmers.
I decided to study in the Normal School because the economic resources in my family are not sufficient to enter the university, I wanted to study a major like Accounting or Law. The other issue that influenced me was seeing the teachers in the community, they are impressive, we worship them because they have greater knowledge. In my community there are teachers that deserve the respect to truly be called teachers, they are role models for families and the community.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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Oct 17, 2012
Protests erupt in Mexico as Senate mulls labor reform bill
Global Post: Alex Pearlman October 17, 2012
Violence leaves over one hundred people arrested and schools shut down, as the Mexican legislature attempts to pass controversial labor reform laws.
A tense raid took place yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state, as student protesters faced off against police after repeated hijackings and more than a week of protests against curriculum changes.
Police stormed three campuses, where students held buses and delivery trucks hostage, according to the BBC. Over 100 people were arrested and both protesters and police were injured.
According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, students also set 13 vehicles on fire in the latest and most violent of the many protests sweeping across Mexico since late September.
The students were protesting a planned change in the curriculum of their schools, known as normal schools, which prepare students for careers in teaching. They say learning English and computer science shouldn't be priorities for the rural areas they'll be working in, and had taken control of three sister campuses earlier this month. Read more.
Violence leaves over one hundred people arrested and schools shut down, as the Mexican legislature attempts to pass controversial labor reform laws.
A tense raid took place yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state, as student protesters faced off against police after repeated hijackings and more than a week of protests against curriculum changes.
Police stormed three campuses, where students held buses and delivery trucks hostage, according to the BBC. Over 100 people were arrested and both protesters and police were injured.
According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, students also set 13 vehicles on fire in the latest and most violent of the many protests sweeping across Mexico since late September.
The students were protesting a planned change in the curriculum of their schools, known as normal schools, which prepare students for careers in teaching. They say learning English and computer science shouldn't be priorities for the rural areas they'll be working in, and had taken control of three sister campuses earlier this month. Read more.
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