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Transport Groups Snarl Mexico City Traffic in Bid for Fare Increase

By MARK LORENZANA Transport carriers in Mexico City, led by the Broad Carrier Force or Fuerza Amplia de Transportes (FAT), put up blockades at various points in the metropolis Thursday, June 2, as they demanded an increase to the current minimum fare of 5 pesos. The transport protest, which began at approximately 7:30 a.m., affected almost 20 main roads in

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Mexico News Roundup

By RICARDO CASTILLO A Divided Women’s Movement On the eve of Mexico’s March 9 feminist work stoppage by all the women who want to participate, the cadre of invisible “collectives” have been joined by an apparent “fifth column,” the anti-abortionists, who now claim that this movement “underrates” women. (In military terminology, a fifth column is an infiltration of enemy troops

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