Rail blockade ends in Mexico after 60 days of protests

A record-breaking rail blockade that cost the Mexican economy more than $140 million in lost trade has ended after almost two months.

The end of the blockade has freed key rail lines connecting to the Mexican seaport of Lázaro Cárdenas on the Pacific coast that had been disrupted since late September.

Officials with Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior said on Monday they reached an agreement to sit down with teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers Union of Michoacán (CNTE) to...

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