TLATELOLCO MASSACRE: DECLASSIFIED U.S. DOCUMENTS ON MEXICO AND THE EVENTS OF 1968 Mexico’s tragedy unfolded on the night of October 2, 1968, when a student demonstration ended in a storm of bullets in La Plaza de las Tres Culturas at Tlatelolco, Mexico City. The extent of the violence stunned the country. When the shooting stopped, […]
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Tlatelolco Massacre – The Secret Archives: Courtesy of the U.S. National Security Archive Document 1 3/28/68 CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate Security Conditions in Mexico Secret In preparation for a visit to Mexico City by Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the CIA issues a special assessment of security conditions in Mexico. Written several months before the […]
Continue ReadingRevolutionary Worker #976, October 4, 1998 When the Tlatelolco Women Boiled Water– But Not for Dinner (Part 1: The Youth Revolt) As battles between youth and security forces became more and more pitched–and as supporting the movement became more risky–more sections of the masses stepped in to join them. This happened most especially in the […]
Continue ReadingRevolutionary Worker #977, October 11, 1998 This is the final part of a three-part series. Part 1 described the rising movement of the students and others in the days before the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Part 2 was an account of what happened on October 2, 1968 at the Plaza of the Three Cultures in the Tlatelolco […]
Continue ReadingRevolutionary Worker #975, September 27, 1998 Thirty years ago, Mexico was shaken to its foundations by a fierce upsurge of the people–with rebel youth at the forefront. On the evening of October 2, 1968, the Plaza of the Three Cultures in the Tlatelolco apartment complex in Mexico City filled up with thousands of students and […]
Continue ReadingObrero Revolucionario #977, aa de octubre, 1998 Este es el último de tres artículos sobre el 2 de octubre de 1968 en México. La primera parte describió el desarrollo del movimiento estudiantil y de otros sectores en vísperas de las olimpiadas en ciudad de México. La segunda parte describió lo que pasó el 2 de octubre en la plaza […]
Continue ReadingObrero Revolucionario #976, 4 de octubre, 1998 Parte 1 Cuando las mujeres de Tlatelolco hirvieron agua… pero no para cocinar A medida que las batallas entre los estudiantes y las fuerzas de seguridad cobraban furia–y el apoyo era más arriesgado–más sectores del pueblo tomaron partido con los estudiantes. Eso ocurrió muy especialmente en la unidad […]
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The child, they said, was old enough to collect leña — kindling — from the rugged Chiapas hillsides and to mount and ride a burro. His peasant parents called him “hombrecito” — “little man” — and trusted him to care for the few chickens and goats that provided the family with sustenance. One moonless night, awakened by the barking […]
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ROMANS in Mexico? I’ve always tried to maintain an open-minded attitude towards history, but even I was incredulous when I first heard this suggestion. And you certainly won’t find it in most history books! Could it possibly be true? The evidence comes from the Mayan site at Comalcalco, in the swampy Gulf coast state of Tabasco. […]
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Strange but true; the bird now so closely associated with many festive meals is a direct descendant of the wild turkeys still found in many parts of Mexico. How is it possible that a Mexican bird acquired the name turkey? Turkey The most likely explanation derives from the fact that the merchants who traded in […]
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