Saw this story and it brought a smile to my face. You don't hear about many leftist/marxist/communist terrorist groups anymore. It reminds of the good old days back in the cold war when all we had to worry about were a few reds.....
The irony is that this kind of stuff hurts everyone from rich to poor and does nothing. Do they really think they're going to bring Pemex to their knees? But I can tell that many Mexican nationals feel that the state run monopolies funnel off the funds from the oil and gas to various corrupt sources. There's a great deal of resentment there, so I'm not surprised...
You dont think to danger posed by the USSR equates with the current threat? You are mad that was a much greater threat where one country has enough WMDs to incinerate the planet compared to a group of guy in the hills who got lucky. Lets not forget all the proxy wars that both sides conducted maybe you should ask the peoples of say South/Central America Vietnam, Angola? Just because a major war was averted doesnt mean there was no threat