Mexico 1968
Suzanne Bailey, who teaches in Huntsville, Alabama, wrote after hearing an NPR history report about Mexico. She thinks we should use it for teacher preparation if not as a teaching tool. I agree.National Public Radio produced a report on 1 December 2008 about the 1968 massacre of students in Tlatelolco Plaza. It has eerie similarities to the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
The report is titled Mexico's 1968 Massacre: What Really Happened?
There is an introduction which describes some of the context within which the protests and the massacre occurred.
In the summer of 1968, Mexico was experiencing the birth of a new student movement.
But that movement was short-lived. On Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before the opening of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police officers and military troops shot into a crowd of unarmed students. Thousands of demonstrators fled in panic as tanks bulldozed over Tlatelolco Plaza.
There's a link to the 22-minute radio report.
There's a link to a1968 FBI letter outlining its threat assessment.
There's a link to a Mexican government document (in Spanish)
There's a link to film footage of the massacre made by the Mexican government.
This looks like a terrific resource if you're going to use the events of 1968 as an example of how crises help bring about change -- even if it's slow in coming.
Labels: change, history, Mexico
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:15 AM
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Mexican court rules no trial for ex-president
"A Mexican court on Thursday upheld a ruling that exempted former president Luis Echeverria from facing genocide charges for his alleged involvement in a 1968 student massacre.
"The federal court agreed with a lower court's decision that while the killings did constitute "genocide," Echeverria was not involved.
"Echeverria, 87, was interior secretary in October 1968, when soldiers opened fire on a student demonstration in Mexico City's Tlatelolco Plaza just days before the city hosted the 19th Olympic Games. Official reports said 25 people were killed, but human rights activists say as many as 350 may have died.
"Echeverria, who was president from 1970 to 1976, has denied any involvement..."
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