Nude protests: Flesh pedaling to make a point in Mexico City
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Mexicans are quick to drop their drawers when their civic consciences are aroused. It’s fashionable here to protest naked over rising farm prices, political corruption, you name it.
So few people probably were startled on Saturday when hundreds of cyclists careered through Mexico City’s streets to promote eco-friendly transportation and urge more respect for their fellow pedal-pushers. Reuters story here.
‘More than 500 men and women, half of them nude, pedaled along Mexico City’s historic Reforma Avenue to the vast Zocalo square, chanting, ‘Save your planet, use a bicycle!’ ‘ ‘To combat traffic congestion and chronic air pollution in the sprawling metropolis of about 20 million people, the city’s leftist government is promoting bicycle use and building a network of cycling lanes.’ ‘Mexico City is one of the world’s most polluted capitals, along with Beijing, blighted by its thin, high-altitude air and a ring of mountains that trap exhaust fumes from buses and factories on the city outskirts.’
-- Reed Johnson in Mexico City
