Thousands protest against government in Mexico City

Thanks, Rob, for your point of view. Generally, I put a great deal of faith in what the BBC reports. However, their article and others from other sources left me a bit unsettled. A demonstration against violent crime quickly turns violent? I don't pretend to understand Mexican politics and it appears many other outsiders are in the same boat as I am.

I just keep praying that someday, we will see the folly of the so-called War on Drugs, aka Prohibition 2, and we will remove a significant portion of the cartels' income. As has been argued on this forum, it may be too late.

"Poor México. So far from God, so close to the United States." -- attributed to Porfirio Diaz

In the demonstrations there were groups of thugs well prepared with cutting tools and huge petardos like small grenades. Some tried to enter the Supreme Court building. Others tried to harm the Catholic cathedral. There are even suspicions the U.S. government lent a hand in order to disrupt our government. I have no doubt the criminal regime would love to harm the reputation and stability of the extremely popular humanist and progressive government at their border. I grew up watching the same crap from various conservative U.S. governments as they meddled in Mexico's and other governments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, especially under Nixon and Reagan. Remember Chile, Guatemala, Panama, and many others. Our popular female-led government makes the USA's look bad.