Washington Post on is it safe to visit Mexico and Oaxaca

The Washington Post published an interesting interview with Mexico's tourism minister, who emphasized how much Mexico has to offer to visitors, and that the drug-gang violence that has given Mexico so much bad press in the last few years is localized to about five percent of the country.

Oaxaca's Santo Domingo church at dusk                     Credit: Robert Adler

You can read the full interview here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/mexicos-tourism-minister-wants-americans-back/2011/08/02/gIQA9dKawI_story.html