State Department Relaxes Warning for Oaxaca City

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  01.18.07 | 9:54 PM ET

imageInstead of completely avoiding the Mexican city of Oaxaca, travelers should use caution there, the U.S. State Department now says. Translation: The place is beginning to return to normal after the protests and violence of last year. For those Oaxaca visitors ordering tasty mole in restaurants, we say: Exercise no caution. Go crazy. That stuff is good.

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