In Mexico, thousands of students marched against President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto on Sunday over accusations of electoral fraud. Nieto’s critics have accused him of buying votes and rigging media coverage in his victory over second-place candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Protester Jaime Sanchez Barrios said public protest is the only way to counter the Mexican media’s bias toward Nieto.
Jaime Sanchez Barrios: “This is our only way to counter the manipulation of media outlets. They own the television screens. They only say what is convenient to them. That’s why the people are here, those of us who aren’t willing to conform, which is the majority, even if they do not want to recognize that. This is the only way we can make them feel our discontent and let them know we do not agree with what is happening, that they want to impose the next president.”