Wal-Mart owned store spurs protest in Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Wal-Mart owned store spurs protest in Mexico
Facility going up only a mile from ancient pyramid

Chris Hawley
Republic Mexico City Bureau
Oct. 18, 2004 12:00 AM

TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - Hundreds of Mexican protesters, many of them in Aztec tunics and headdresses, demonstrated Sunday against construction of a discount store owned by Wal-Mart just a mile from the world's third-largest pyramid.

The protesters are outraged over a new Bodega Aurrera store near the 2,000-year-old ruins of Teotihuacán, about 20 miles north of Mexico City.

"This is a sacred place, and we should keep it sacred," said Everardo Lara, a 49-year-old accountant from Mexico City who was among about 200 demonstrators outside the gates of the historical site. About 100 others marched down a nearby highway before joining them.

Bodega Aurrera is owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, Ark. The company began construction in June on a commercial street in the gritty town of San Juan Teotihuacán, and the store is expected to open in December.
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1018mexico-walmart18.html

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. An analogy:

Imagine a Wal-Mart in St. Peter's Square, or by the Temple Mount, or the Golden Temple, or on the banks of the Ganges.

In a book I have about world religions, consumerism is mentioned as a 'new religion'. This story seems to indicate that the authors of that book may have been correct.

[Deja Q]

3. Or Mount Rushmore

:scared:

[Blue Gardener]

2. Yet another reason to stay away from Wal Mart

What they are doing in Mexico is just shameful.

[donsu]

4. good luck to the Mexicans fighting back

don't let Wal-Mart get a hold on your country.