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A subsequent peaceful blockade of the airport left the building daubed with graffiti demanding Peña Nieto's resignation.

Their faces streaked with paint and with people carrying hunting shotguns and ceremonial spears, they formed a peaceful blockade of Peru's largest oil facility.

If this were not enough, the government introduced an anti-terrorism law in July 2009 with provisions so broad that a peaceful blockade of public services or incidental damage to property during a public protest can be construed as terrorism.

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"Historically speaking peaceful blockades are a lot more effective than anonymous bombs," suggested Alex Hundert.

To make matters worse, local indigenous leaders have also have been kidnapped and threatened for their opposition to the mine, gun shots have been fired outside the offices of anti-mining community organizations, and peaceful blockades have been violently ejected by police.

And while the cleaner air and absence of horns honking has left the city more peaceful, the blockade is beginning to cripple the country.

The authorities claimed an initial attempt to negotiate a peaceful retreat of the blockade failed and police only began shooting when they were attacked by thousands of radicals, some of whom were armed.

But he also said that if the fuel supplies and electric service did not improve significantly, he would organize peaceful demonstrations, including a car blockade of the occupation authority's headquarters.

But so, he admits, are the present forms of resistance.Attempting a different path, Palestinians staged a peaceful march on March 12th to dent the blockade between Birzeit University and Ramallah.

As a testament to the quality of local Swiss newspapers, their coverage focused more on the blockades left behind than the peaceful closure of what had been one of Zurich's most unique and culturally significant public spaces.