I have arrived in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico! Yes, I was supposed to be studying in Oaxaca, but we received word on Christmas eve that the program would be held in San Cristóbal this semester due to the situation in Oaxaca (which is actually resolving as the 8,000 police troops of the Policía Federal Preventiva begin to leave the city). Luckily, our program (School for International Training - SIT) is at least somewhat mobile because we are not connected to any particular university here; we have seminars specialized to theme of Mexico Grassroots Development and Social Change, language classes, and our 1 month independent study project. I arrived on Tuesday, February 6 after a somewhat eventful travel day. During my red-eye flight to Mexico City I woke up to the plane making
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