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 Business News | May 2006 
US Business Group Says Little Effect Seen from Mexican Boycott
 AP
| | Demonstrator Lubian Piedras holds up a sign while wearing a sombrero at a planned protest in San Diego, California May 1, 2006. In what organizers called 'A Day Without Immigrants,' rallies across the country closed hundreds of restaurants, shops and factories. (Reuters/Fred Greaves) |
Mexico City - The boycott of US businesses in Mexico, timed to coincide with the "Great American Boycott" in the US, apparently had little effect except at the border.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico says the so-called "Day Without Gringos" in Mexico had little impact, and business is normally reduced on the May Day holiday in Mexico anyway.
It appeared to be business as usual in Mexico City, with customers streaming into Wal-Marts and McDonald's.
There were reports of people briefly blocking the entrance to at least one US-owned store.
But in the border city of Tijuana, several hundred pro-boycott protesters blocked traffic on a bridge leading into the states, forcing many drivers to turn back.
The action transformed the world's busiest border crossing into a vacant lot for about two hours. |
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