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In protests and online, a youth movement seeks to sway mexico'selection by efwegbe erergeer
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But is the label, Mexican Spring, a misnomer? Here s a look at the questions and what experts are saying are thechallenges facing the movement, along with arguments that it couldserve as an important voice the next president will need to listento even if it fails to sway voters. Can a Leaderless Movement Succeed? IT WAS A SCENE RIPE for satire: speakers who were described as student representativesfrom 74 universities took turns grabbing a microphone in auniversity quad, savoring his or her under-two-minutes of fame.Remaining anonymous, they cited the name of the school they wererepresenting, pledged their support to the movement, and each addedthe phrase: "Hasta la victoria siempre!" We re all 132!" It was the movement s second assembly and their objectives wereclear: to define how they would organize, what they would fight forand what approach should be used. Nearly 12 hours later, they cameaway with no clear leaders and 250 declarations, proposals anddemands everything from more podcasts to a trial for PresidentFelipe Calder n to the creation of an official #YoSoy132 newspaperto increases in funding for science. Most people seemed excited to be a part of something, in the sameway as many of the protesters involved in the Occupy movement.
Butwhat? Whereas the demands of the Arab Spring were more clear, experts sayin Mexico there is nothing limiting the movement more than itsmultiplicity of demands and adherence to a horizontal managementstructure that makes everyone and no one a leader, similar to theOccupy movement. Manuel Gil Anton, a sociologist at El Colegio de Mexico, offered anespecially astute critique of this all-inclusive approach in a recent interview where he noted that the approach creates issues of ownership. In short, if one of the 74 spokesmen is interviewed by the media,others will get jealous; if another focuses on a pet proposal whilefailing to mention the 249 other declarations, anger rises. YoSoy132 is fragile, Mr. Gil Anton said, because they do not havea structure.
This could lead not just to confusion and conflict.It could also allow the group to be hijacked by outsiders, maybeeven PRI supporters. There will be tension, he said, undoubtedly, and thepossibility of infiltration by groups that are paid is quite likely conducting violent acts that discredit the movement. THE MOST OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE between YoSoy132 and the movements in the Middle East and NorthAfrica is the context in which they have emerged. While the toolsand messaging are similar – "I am 132″ isborrowed from the successful Facebook page in Egypt called "We are All Khaled Said ," that helped propel people into Tahrir Square — thegoals are the product of different circumstances.
Protesters in Mexico are trying to influence an election, not oustdictators. The fundamental situation is different, said Shannon K. O Neill , a Latin American Studies fellow at the Council on ForeignRelations. Tunisia, Egypt, etc., were authoritarian regimes. Guillermo Trejo , a Mexican political science professor at Duke University, saidthe rise of social protest during an election cycle should not besurprising.
Protests increase by 30 percent during Mexicanpresidential elections. The rise of a university student movement should not besurprising either," he said. "Students have a prominentplace in Mexico s dissidence hall of fame. AND SO FAR, THE STUDENTS' POWER has proven to be limited in swaying voters. Mr.
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