 Left-wing protesters and riot police have again clashed in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. Some of the several thousand of protesters hurled rocks and fireworks, vowing to retake the city centre a day after police moved in to restore order. Striking teachers and leftist activists have been demanding for months that the governor of Oaxaca state, Ulises Ruiz, be sacked for abuse of power. Mexico's federal lawmakers have called on Mr Ruiz to step down. Senators unanimously approved a resolution calling on him to "consider resigning from office to help restore law and order" in Oaxaca. The Senate's motion came hours after a similar measure was approved by the lower house of the congress. Calls for Mr Ruiz's resignation have been at the heart of a drawn-out protest by Mexican teachers and left-wing activists, who accuse him of crushing dissent. ...
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