MEXICO CITY: Authorities have erected tall steel anti-riot barriers around Mexico Citys National Palace ahead of planned protests to mark International Womens Day on Monday.
The colonial-era palace is located on the citys vast central plaza, and is where President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador lives and works.
Lpez Obrador has been engaged in verbal sparring matches in recent weeks with feminists after his Morena Party nominated a man who has been accused of rape as candidate for the governorship of the southern state of Guerrero.
Candidate Flix Salgado has not been charged, in part because prosecutors claimed the statute of limitations ran out on one of the accusations. His lawyer has denied the accusations. But the Morena party has scheduled a re-run of an internal poll to see whether Salgado should remain as the candidate.
The installation of the barricades late Thursday and early Friday was ironic, given that Lpez Obrador himself once led protests in the same plaza.
Some protesters at womens rights demonstrations have engaged in violence and vandalism in recent years.
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