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Article: Return to Oaxaca.(Travel)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2008
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Byline: Mark Stevenson The Associated Press
OAXACA, Mexico - Poinsettias carpet the carefully tended gardens of Oaxaca's arch-ringed main plaza, where smoking wreckage and barricades stood just over a year ago. Local bands and marimbas have replaced the sound of explosions, and the smell of gasoline bombs and tear gas have given way to the scent of coffee and mole sauce, two of Oaxaca's specialties.
More than a year after police evicted protesters who held the city for months, visitors to Oaxaca will find a less crowded city with more local flavor than it had before the 2006 political uprising. There are fewer tourists, more open tables at restaurants ...