Thousands Protest Utility Privatization
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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of Mexicans took to the streets Thursday in a massive protest against President Ernesto Zedillo’s proposal to privatize the electricity industry.
The protesters, mostly workers from the Mexican Electricians Union, marched down the capital’s main boulevard in heavy rain. Officials say Mexico was forced to act by the certainty that its current electricity supplies would be inadequate to power growth beyond the next couple of years.
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