posted 01-13-2004 12:24 PM
From http://www.elnorte.
com/monterrey/articulo/379461/ (Paid subscription required unfortunately). My translation is provided with the original article in Spanish at the end. In the English translation I have inserted some comments in brackets to help people understand things that those in Monterrey might not understand. I have also highlighted several phrases in boldface print.
Essentially, your heroes in Mexico are destroying and defacing public and private property.
Your heroes aren't just against free trade, they are anarchists.
The American and foreign businesses that were attacked are owned by Mexicans (at least 51% by law) and employee Mexicans.
As I suggested last night, many of the protestors are from Mexico City. You combine the "PT" party with "from Mexico City" and I can assure you most of them WERE PAID to be there.
It's fun watching what I stated last night be confirmed by today's news. 
*** ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Monterrey, Mexico (13 January 2004).- A protestor climbed with ease a wall and activated his spray: "Liberated territory" he wrote on the wall with red paint.
It was the first graffiti by the antiglobalization protsters in the Alameda Mariano Escobedo [a public park near downtown], where they setup their geranl base camp, and where the march began.
"The only thing I asked them was that they not create grafiti," said the administrator of the Alameda when he was notified of the graffiti at the monument.
The graffiti was a recurring action along the entire course of the protest, which ended near the Fundidora Park, in the Obrera neighbor, where the American Summit began yesterday with the participation of 31 heads of state.
During the course of the protest, some of the protesters--the most radical--left their marks on businesses and banks.
The "A" with a cirle around it, symbol of anarchy, was left on 7-11 and American fast food restauraunts that found themselves along the path of the protestors.
A soft drink distribution truck also received a "souvenir."
"Stop to Capitalism genocide" and "Monterrey says no to the Organization of American States" were other phrases that the protestors left on banks located on Juarez Aveue and on the curbs of Madero Avenue, where they marched, coming from collectives and groups of antiglobalization from Monterray AND MEXICO CITY.
The issue of the graffiti provoked friction with the state police that escorted the protestors. Despite positioning security forces, the agents were easily and quickly overrun by the protestors.
The passing of the protestors provoked distrust and uneasiness among the owners and employees of businesses that, at the request of police, shut their doors and lowered metal protecting doors.
The official banners of the Summit [that were hung by the city from lightposts] were also destroed by some protestors. Some of them were completely ripped from their posts and the pieces of wood [that held the banners to the posts] were used to form a security perimeter to prevent the police and journalists from entering the area.
*** ORIGINAL STORY IN SPANISH:
Monterrey, México (13 enero 2004).- Un manifestante trepó con habilidad al muro y accionó su spray: "Territorio Liberado", escribió en la pared con pintura roja.
Era la primera pinta de la jornada y los simpatizantes de la antiglobalización la habían realizado en la Alameda Mariano Escobedo, donde está montado su campamento general, y donde comenzó una marcha.
"Lo único que les pedí fue que no rayaran", dijo el administrador de la Alameda al percatarse del graffiti en el monumento.
Las pintas fueron una acción recurrente a lo largo de toda la manifestación, que concluyó en las inmediaciones del Parque Fundidora, en la colonia Obrera, donde ayer arrancó la Cumbre Extraordinaria de las Américas con la participación de 31 Jefes de Estado.
Durante el trayecto de la marcha, algunos de los manifestantes, lo más radicales, dejaron la huella de su movimiento en negocios y bancos.
La A, rodeada de un círculo, símbolo del anarquismo, quedó plasmada en los Seven Eleven y en los restaurantes de comida rápida de origen estadounidense, que se cruzaron en el camino de los marchistas.
Un camión repartidor de refrescos también se llevó su recuerdo.
"Alto al Capitalismo Genocida" y "Monterrey dice no a la OEA", fueron otras frases que los manifestantes dejaban en los bancos ubicados en la Avenida Juárez y en el camellón de Avenida Madero, donde desfilaron, provenientes de colectivos y grupos de antiglobalización de Monterrey y de la Ciudad de México.
El asunto de las pintas fue lo que provocó la fricción con los agentes de la Policía regia, que escoltaban la marcha. Pese a montar dispositivos de seguridad, los uniformados eran rebasados por la habilidad y rapidez de los manifestantes.
El paso de los manifestantes provocó desconfianza e inquietud entre los propietarios y empleados de los negocios, que, a petición de la Policía, cerraron sus puertas y bajaron sus cortinas metálicas.
Los pendones oficiales de la Cumbre de las Américas también fueron dañados por algunos de los marchistas. Varios de ellos fueron arrancados de los postes y sus palos de madera fueron utilizados para formar una valla de seguridad para impedir que policías y periodistas ingresaran a su espacio.
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