The other day I looked at the webcam of Mexico City's main plaza, the Zócalo, and I was surprised to what appeared to be a "tent city" occupying one half of the square.
I asked Alejandro about it last night, and he told me that it was a protest by an organization called FRENAAA - Frente Nacional Anti-AMLO - the National Front Against AMLO. (AMLO is the commonly used acronym for Mexico's President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.) They are protesting the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of the populist President and are demanding his resignation.
The protestors were originally denied access to the Zócalo, and had spent five days camped out along Juárez Avenue, one of the principal streets in the center of the city. A judge issued an injunction against the government permitting FRENAAA to occupy the plaza. However a metal barrier has been erected across the Zócalo keeping the protestors away from the National Palace where AMLO has his offices.
The protestors say that they will remain at least until November 20th, or longer if AMLO does not resign. Additional members of FRENAAA are expected to arrive from other states of the Mexican republic.
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