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To: Claude Cormier who wrote (33289)	12/10/2004 2:53:16 PM
From: Bruce Robbins	Respond to of 39344

You must mean mezcal- Oaxaca is the mezcal capital of the world: oaxaca-restaurants.com No political issues or Mexican soldiers in Oaxaca. Mexico is having a real big problem with Mara Salvatrucha- lots of murders and arrests in the last month. seattlepi.nwsource.com washingtontimes.com nagia.org fiscalstudy.com rtfcam.org and many more current stories here: news.google.com B

To: Claude Cormier who wrote (33289)	12/10/2004 4:01:07 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39344

'in Oaxaca where political issues are much cooler than in Chiapas' - oh, if only it were that simple ... there are some quite civil orderly places in Chiapas, and areas in Oaxaca and Guerrero i wouldn't go without an army .... depends on the specific valley you're in [if you're on a hill you have to deal with two valley cultures, and good luck with that!], how you hold your mouth, what you're up to, what you're perceived to be up to, and probably the time of day as well 'All politics are local' - forget who said that, but it's true everywhere, and the real gritty kind is the most local .... in México you'll be dealing with four levels of government - 1. ejidal [assuming it is ejido land, not propiedad pequeña] 2. municipal [equivalent of regional district, or county] 3. estatal 4. federal ... listed in order of declining difficulty -g- ... if you get on well with the ejido, and the ejido gets on well with the municipio, you've got it made .... or, on the way to being eventually made ....