In Mexico, thousands of people marched through Oaxaca City Thursday to mark the first anniversary of a bloody crackdown on striking school teachers that sparked last year’s popular uprising. At least 15 people were killed in the months of protests against state Governor Ulises Ruiz.

Teachers union spokesperson Daniel Rosas Romero: “We can still remember the arrest warrants, the investigations prior to the arrests. We are demanding the cancellation of these arrests and the total freedom of political prisoners who were arrested during that time, on May 22, 2006, when the camps were set up.”