Massive Rallies Across México

Tens of thousands of Mexicans protested Sunday against the current US President, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and his depictions of them as “rapists” and “criminals” and to demand “the respecting of México”.

“México must be respected, Mr Trump,” said a giant banner carried by protesters in México City, who waved a sea of red, white and green Mexican flags as they marched down the capital’s main avenue.

In what is shaping up to be México’s biggest anti-Trump protest yet, over 20 cities joined the call to march. Dozens of universities, business associations and civic organizations are backing the protest.

“It is time we citizens combine forces and unite our voices to show our indignation and rejection of President Trump, while contributing to the search for concrete solutions,” said the coalition behind the marches.

Protester Julieta Rosas was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of the U.S. Republican president sporting an Adolf Hitler mustache.

“We’re here to make Trump see and feel that an entire country, united, is rising up against him and his xenophobic, discriminatory and fascist stupidity,” said Rosas, a literature student at the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM).

“We are all migrants. We are all one. This is a time to build bridges, not walls,” said 73-year-old protester José Antonio Sánchez, who was marching with his nine-year-old granddaughter.

Common Dreams