At least 81 injured in women’s march in Mexico City
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Hundreds of women marched on Mexico’s seat of government on Monday, some carrying their children, others blowtorches, bats and hammers, prepared for a confrontation they hoped would force the country to tackle rampant violence against women. The International Women’s Day protest was fuelled by anger at the country’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has backed a politician accused by several women of rape in a country that suffers some of the world’s worst rates of gender violence. Despite a rift within the governing party over the issue, Mr López Obrador has supported the politician before June elections. As the protesters gathered around the national palace – Mr Lopez Obrador’s...
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Hundreds of women marched on Mexico’s seat of government on Monday, some carrying their children, others blowtorches, bats and hammers, prepared for a confrontation they hoped would force the country to tackle rampant violence against women. The International Women’s Day protest was fuelled by anger at the country’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has backed a politician accused by several women of rape in a country that suffers some of the world’s worst rates of gender violence. Despite a rift within the governing party over the issue, Mr López Obrador has supported the politician before June elections. As the protesters gathered around the national palace – Mr Lopez Obrador’s...
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