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Mexico Mennonites Face Government Education Demands
A 7000 strong Mennonite colony in Chihuahua faces school mandates under Mexico's socialistic education push. They refuse to teach Spanish, geography, or history, prompting closures and a mass move back toward Canada. Leaders stress religious schooling and nonviolence amidst pressure from agrarian protests and local industrialists who fear losing fertile land.
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Marshall
Air Service
Villa Cuauhtemoc
Mexico
Canada
America
Old Colony Mennonites
Bustillos
Sierra Madre
Chihuahua
Mexico Northwestern
el Paso
Jean
Mennonites
Anid. Fy
Juan, Rivas
Zertuche
Obregon
Cuauhtemoc
Dyck