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Mexican president defends three-metre barriers to wall off female protesters

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said a metallic barrier to wall off the presidential palace ahead of a planned women's march on International Women's Day was to avoid provocation and protect historic buildings. In a country where femicides rose nearly 130 per cent between 2015 and 2020, critics said the decision to erect the 3-metre barriers was symptomatic of Lopez Obrador's apathy toward the crisis of violence afflicting women.
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