Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Blockade of Highway 200

Blockade of Highway 200 (reply)

Paulf — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:06:23 +0000

We were staying at Casa Rosa and they had a taxi driver/tour guide that took us to visit the villages between Morelia and Patzquaro. Leaving Patzquaro he did not tip and was a little afraid that he did not. Returning to Patzquaro and the way the road was blocked and the number, he gave money because of what happened in Morelia. We had gone to see the butterflies the last of October not knowing the Reserve was closed.

Blockade of Highway 200 (reply)

Casa Juan — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:58:03 +0000

I am glad I did not have to witness that, had I been driving, I would have lost my temper.

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Paulf — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:54:20 +0000

It least they were not as bad when the students burned buses and blocked the tollway asking for donations in Morelia a few years back- burned a few cars because the drivers did not make the donation- the police did nothing. We were there during the strike and our taxi driver payed the donation coming back into Morelia- he was very up set with the government sitting on their hands doing nothing.

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Casa Juan — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:57:28 +0000

Sure block the main and only highway access into Zihua, teach your students that the rule of law means nothing and believe that you have the right to life time employment because you got a teaching degree? Seriously, seems more like the 15th century.

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ZihuaRob — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:01:14 +0000

Could be that they are trying to join the 21s century, for wages?

That’s in the USA. Different problem altogether.

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Curbarn — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:24:31 +0000

Could be that they are trying to join the 21s century, for wages?

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Casa Juan — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:43:28 +0000

You missed out and were able to experience a slice of the gringo life yesterday .

You were not traveling with workers like me before noon. I had to sit in the sun while my guys were on the clock with no air con. I had a guy delivering ,material waiting and about to leave without making the delivery if I did not get to the job site soon.

Meanwhile the "army" was 2000 -2500 meters away playing traffic cop and doing nothing about federal highway 200 being blocked. El Presidente is digging his own grave and encouraging disrespect for the law. That high approval rating will soon plummet. The teachers who blocked the rails in Michocan should have been removed from the tracks rather be allowed to stop a major railroad line for 45 days while their "students" are left without instruction.

Soon many when this happens again, many will miss flights etc since the "teachers" suffer no penalty from thumbing their finger at the rest of society.

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Talley Ho — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 04:53:03 +0000

Knowing nothing about the potential stoppage, we left home at 1:45 to pick up a friend at the airport.

Nothing happened, saw nothing, picked her up and drove home.

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ZihuaRob — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 04:44:32 +0000

Protest is a constitutional right cherished dearly and earned by the shedding of too much blood here as well as elsewhere. The recent movie Roma reminds us of this. I know the current US president thinks protesters should be jailed, but whether you agree with the cause or not, a Mexican considers it as sacred a right as free speech or having guns is to a U.S. citizen.

The people protesting represent a teachers’ union whose world is never perfect for which reason they seem to perpetually be striking and making life miserable for the rest of the good citizens. I believe they insult the profession. Others seem not to care: apathy is a huge problem here.

We are supposed to enjoy the right to free transit, but after several violent and bloody incidents the authorities are showing extreme tolerance. Especially because the Presidente promised he would never use violence against the citizens. He currently enjoys an 80% approval rating.

Blockade of Highway 200

Casa Juan — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 03:54:34 +0000

Both the north and south lanes of Hwy 200 between Zihua and the Aeropuerto were blocked today 3/14/19 at approx. 11:30 am Zihua time. Do not know the purpose or intention for blocking the highway in both directions but would like to learn. Sorry to any national or international visitors who missed their flights or were inconvenienced. The military check point seemed to be running business as usual, in other words no business, as far as dealing with the important highway blockage occurring maybe 2 km away. The rule of law seems to quickly slipping away in the Costa Grande.