In Mexico, over 10,000 protesters demonstrated in Oaxaca on Monday calling for the removal of federal police from the city and the resignation of Oaxaca governor Ulises Ruiz. Over the weekend, Mexican president Vicente Fox sent in thousands of special police into the city but the non-violent resistance movement remains in control of much of Oaxaca. The Zapatistas have called for roadblocks on Wednesday throughout Chiapas to show solidarity with the people of Oaxaca. They also encouraged others to stage roadblocks throughout Mexico and the United States. In addition, the Zapatistas called for a nation-wide shut down on November 20th. Meanwhile Mexico’s Senate and House have urged Ruiz to resign. Javier Gonzalez Garza, Mexican Congress member: “The House of Representatives urges the governor of the State of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, to resign in the interest of re-establishing governability, judicial order and peace in the state.”