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All has been fairly calm in Oaxaca, just silent protests to the zocolo after the two weeks of commercialized Guelaguetza`s. Just quiet marches down from the auditoriom, where the t-shirt sellers camp out...just 100 pesos. APPO t-shirt anyone? Apart from the radical group bombing the local Sears last week, no altercations have taken place. Thanks to all of you who wrote your concerns, but my response was "what bombing?", since it made the international news before I checked the local newspaper...Not to make light of it, as this group has been going around the country bombing gas stations - and bombs and gasoline do not mix - but it`s all in response to Carlos Slim, who owns half of Mexico, being named the richest man in the world...the wealthiest lives in one of the poorest - and this inequality is just what generates all this protest.

I enjoyed the markets and the ruins and I finally feeling like I am making some progress with this challenging tonal indigenous language. Kuni mee ka'an tu'un savi va'a. (!Quiero habler Mixteco bien!/I want to speak Mixtec well!) I am now in the neighboring state, in Tlapa, Guerrero, visiting a small pueblo for a few days, where I will practice the language and visit families who have family in New York. More soon.
Saludos.