Women across Mexico geared up for marches to mark International Women's Day on Monday, driven by anger that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has backed a politician accused of rape at a time when the country is suffering rampant gender violence.
Activists in recent days have displayed a purple banner declaring "no abuser in power" across Mexico City's main plaza, renamed streets with women's names pasted over signs and used purple, green and pink on social media avatars.
At the national palace, where Lopez Obrador resides, protesters painted the names of hundreds . . .
