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Migrants protest outside the National Migration Institute in Mexico City after a truck carrying migrants in southern Mexico crashed last week, killing 56 people. IMAGES
Members of feminist organizations demonstrate in favour of the decriminalization of abortion on International Safe Abortion Day, in Mexico City. IMAGES
Pro-abortion rights activists demonstrate to demand the legalisation of abortion on the Global Day of Action for Safe and Legal Abortion in Mexico City. Eight of Mexico's 32 states have decriminalised abortion, but in September 2021 the Supreme Court declared several state laws banning abortion unconstitutional, effectively allowing it throughout the country. IMAGES
Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- A group of people protested Tuesday outside the Spanish embassy in Mexico City against the commemoration of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government has put the emphasis on "indigenous resistance" as it marks this year's quincentennial of the Spanish conquest, the original peoples continue to struggle against what they describe as neglect and marginalization by the present-day Mexican state. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO,
Mexico City, Oct 3 (EFE).- Thousands of people turned out on Sunday in Mexico City to march along the iconic Paseo de la Reforma avenue carrying blue pro-life signs to protest against abortion and express their displeasure over the Supreme Court of Justice's recent ruling that criminally penalizing abortion in Coahuila state is unconstitutional, a ruling that has set an historic precedent in this overwhelmingly Catholic nation."(We're here) to defend the rights of the baby, which is already alive from the first moment that the egg is fertilized. You have to save the baby and the mother because often (they abort) because they're forced to, because they're afraid, but there are options," Maria Guadalupe Cardenas, a woman attending the march, told EFE.The marchers participating in the "Supporting Women and Life" march, which was called by pro-life organizations and Mexican Catholic Church authorities, gathered in front of the National Auditorium and at 11:30 am they set out for the iconic Angel of Independence monument, where a large stage had been set up and where a manifesto was publicly read. (Camera: AMERICA NERI).SHOT LIST: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TURNED OUT TO PROTEST AGAINST ABORTION AND THE RECENT MEXICAN SUPREME COURT DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE IT IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: MARIA GUADALUPE CARDENAS, A WOMAN ATTENDING THE MARCH (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: "(We're here) to defend the rights of the baby, which is already alive from the first moment that the egg is fertilized. You have to save the baby and the mother because often (they abort) because they're forced to, because they're afraid, but there are options."
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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