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MEXICO WELCOMED ITS NEW PRESIDENT WITH MOLOTOVS AND RUBBER BULLETS

http://www.vice.com/read/mexico-welcomed-its-new-president-enrique-pena-nieto

On Saturday, Enrique Peña Nieto was inaugurated as the next president of Mexico inside the congress building in Mexico City. Outside the building—known here as the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro—we were trying our best to duck out of the way of projectiles, dodge rubber bullets, and avoid taking big mouthfuls of tear gas.

In preparation for the uproar that seems to mark political events such as this one, the congress had been surrounded by barricades and anti-riot walls for days, while protesters from all walks of life had begun gathering since the early hours on Saturday. One of the loudest group...