A ray of sunshine (not about weather)

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“A Bus Takes a Local Route to Fighting Mexican Corruption,” by Paulina Villegas. The New York Times. January 7, 2015.

Young activists in the Mexican city of Monterrey have built an innovative weapon in the fight against corruption: the Corruptour, a sightseeing bus tour that informs passengers of the corruption charges associated with local landmarks. Painted in garish colors and adorned with caricatures of local politicians, the bus is both a humorous and urgent response to the corruption epidemic that has plagued Mexico for decades. The country erupted in protests during the last months of 2014, after 43 students from Guerrero state went missing in September, having been allegedly executed by a drug gang acting in collusion with local police. While the missing-students crisis has laid bare the extent of corruption at a local level, one expert quoted in the article says that Monterey — where the Corruptour operates and which has seen success in combating local corruption — “is a perfect example of how the balance of powers can be overturned.”