‘Pink Tide’ insults academics; asks to take away CNTE from the Zócalo

Mexico Metropolis. Opposite to the earlier march in protection of the Nationwide Electoral Institute (INE) the place he walked alongside the attendees, on this event the opposition candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Xóchitl Gálvez, accompanied by the candidate for the top of Authorities of the Va X coalition Mexico Metropolis, Santiago Taboada, left the Majestic Lodge, within the Historic Heart, to go to the temple positioned a number of meters from the capital’s Zócalo, the place a whole lot of supporters had been already ready for them.

GALLERY: The “pink tide” manifests itself in a Zócalo segmented by the CNTE

Throughout their tour, individuals chanted his title repeatedly: Xóchitl, Xóchitl, whereas each candidates superior escorted beneath a robust safety machine.

#VideosLaJornada The presidential candidate for the Pressure and Coronary heart for Mexico coalition, @XochitlGalvezleaves a resort within the capital’s Historic Heart to go to the Zócalo, the place a whole lot of persons are already gathered for the rally of the #PinkTide.

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From the stand, the audio system insisted that the board of the capital’s Zócalo be evicted from the academics of the Nationwide Coordinator of Schooling Employees (CNTE) who stay in a sit-in.

Even after 8:30 within the morning, after the navy raised the Nationwide Flag, members of the pink tide They insulted the academics for occupying a part of the plaza within the capital’s Zócalo.

#VideosLaJornada Supporters of the #PinkTide They tried to position a #bandera monumental on the flagpole of the Plaza de la Constitución, however they weren’t allowed. Minutes later, components of the Military got here to place it.
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A gaggle of people that attended the march of the pink tide They tried to take away the fences that divide the world the place academics from the Nationwide Coordinator of Schooling Employees (CNTE) are holding a sit-in.

Earlier than Xóchitl Gálvez started his scheduled speeches at 11 within the morning, there have been individuals, primarily aged, who started to withdraw as a result of robust rays of the solar.

#VideosLaJornada Members of the #PinkTide They broke the fences that divided the entry to the capital’s Zócalo for the sit-in of the varsity academics. #CNTE.
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Attendees wore designer garments

The primary contingents arrived in vans or buses subsequent to the Palace of Effective Arts.

From there the protesters, principally accompanied by a coordinator, started strolling to the capital’s Zócalo.

Some attendees carried Mexican flags and wore white and pink shirts or T-shirts.

Among the many attendees are members of the federal police “United for democracy and peace.” They proceed strolling alongside Juárez Avenue to hitch Madero or 5 de Mayo, till the primary sq. of town.

#VideosLaJornada Supporters of the #PinkTide They collect on Juárez Avenue to maneuver in the direction of the Zócalo of CDMX. Among the many attendees are members of the federal police “United for democracy and peace” and residents who march for justice.
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Mexicans in Madrid categorical their help for Gálvez

Round 100 individuals, most of them wearing pink and carrying posters alluding to the candidacy of the coalition headed by Xóchitl Gálvez, gathered at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol to precise their help for his or her favourite candidate forward of the elections. subsequent June 2nd. The one second of stress was when a small group of defenders of the political venture of the present President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, crossed one another and after they shouted “Lengthy stay the 4T!!” or “It’s an honor to be with Obrador!” They had been berated with every kind of insults, akin to “murderers,” “ignorant,” and “fats.”

The so-called “pink tide” additionally manifested itself in Madrid, within the central Puerta del Sol, the place a number of dozen individuals responded to the decision from social networks, a few of them vacationers, however the majority Mexican residents residing in Madrid, who wished to precise their help for Xóchitl Gálvez. In reality, probably the most heard cry was the chanting of the title of the opposition coalition candidate.

One of many protesters, a lady in her 70s, defined in her personal manner the rationale for her presence there: “We don’t deserve what’s going to occur to us on June 2. And from then on we’ll solely have the Nationwide Electoral Institute (INE) to stop a dictatorship like that of Venezuela.” One other PRI activist was displeased that at one of many protest heads there was the Mexican flag subsequent to one of many PAN and instantly grew to become lively, additionally demanding “a PRI flag so that there’s equality.” However nobody had any. When requested how he sees the competition forward of June 2, he merely twisted his face and confirmed his resignation with a phrase: “It is extremely, very troublesome.”

After shouting slogans like “Morena Get Out!” or “Down with the narco-president!”, a Morena activist who was strolling by way of the middle of Madrid confronted the protesters and shouted on the high of her lungs that “It’s a pleasure to be with Obrador!” and “Up with the 4T”. One other girl, who was carrying two dolls in her arms, considered one of “amlito” and one other of the candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, hugged her to congratulate her and thank her for that “courageous gesture.” Each had been expelled from the middle of the rally with shouts of “assassin,” “ignorant,” “fats,” and “ugly.”

Considered one of them, Iriana de la Vega, defined to La Jornada that she traveled from Paris, the place she lives, to advertise a marketing campaign known as “the best way of hope” and that it consists of filling the environment of the Mexican diplomatic delegations in Europe. , which can in flip be the voting facilities for the presidential elections, with small posters caught on the poles or on the partitions with the determine of Claudia Sheinbaum and in help of her candidacy and the 4T. “How to not be with Obrador from anyplace on the earth. Wherever there’s a Mexican household, we’ve got to defend the 4T to definitively take away the corrupt from energy, who, amongst different issues, handed over the nation’s pursuits to the world’s giant multinationals, particularly the Spanish ones.”