According to World Travel Watch, the strikes and protests in Oaxaca, Mexico may be coming to an end.  

This is welcome news in deed.  I can hardly imagine what Oaxaxca is like now, given my experience with an easy city and wonderful people.  

I just hope that the businesses that are dependant on the tourist trade can survive until tourists start coming back. 

Mean while, consider a trip to Oaxaca in the near future.  There will be high vacancy, few crowds, and probably prices will drop a bit - tourists have pushed up the prices in that city over recent years.