Mexico's elite rebellion
The students of the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City have introduced a new tourist walk in the campus. They call it the Peñatour. Visitors follow the path taken by Enrique Peña Nieto in May, when he was running for the presidency. The climax is the toilet where Peña Nieto sought refuge from hundreds of protesters.
The university (known as Ibero) is one of the country's most exclusive private education centres; it is where the Mexican elites educate their children. It is hard to describe the national shock that was felt when students of that university angrily confronted Peña Nieto, accusing him of violently repressing the peasants of San Salvador Atenco in 2006, when he was governor of the state of Mexico.… Seguir leyendo »