Teacher Protests Force Date Change in President's State-Of-The-Union Address Associated Press
go to original August 29, 2013

Teachers of the CNTE organization protest outside the Senate of Mexico with a marionette with the images of the former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and current President Enrique Peña Nieto. (Luis Ramon Barron Tinajero/Demotix)

MEXICO CITY - Teachers' protests that have snarled traffic, blocked government buildings and caused the cancellation of sports events in Mexico City have prompted President Enrique Pena Nieto to change the date of his state-of-the-union address.

The address traditionally delivered around the start of Congress' fall session was scheduled for Sunday. That's the same day a dissident teachers' union plans the latest in a series of protests against the president's proposed education reform ... His office said that the speech would be Monday.

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