In Mexico, parents protest lack of cancer drugs for their children
MEXICO CITY - Street protests are a near-daily occurrence in the Mexican capital, with boisterous marchers advancing down major thoroughfares shouting slogans and baring banners denouncing anything from rampant corruption to stagnant wages to inadequate public transport.
In recent weeks, though, Mexico City has seen public grievance airing from a singularly sympathetic interest group - parents of children with cancer. They have taken to the streets to block traffic and publicly denounce a dearth of cancer medicines at public hospitals nationwide, a shortage that threatens their kids' lives.
"It's very painful to see the suffering of a child and know that neither his pain nor his life is important to the authorities," said Ricardo Solorio, 43, a shop owner from the Pacific Coast city of
