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Posted in Uncategorized, mexico on Oct 3rd, 2009
The 2016 Olympics location is due to be announced today, with Rio de Janeiro as the front-runner. Perhaps coincidentally, today also marks the 41st anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City, in which up to 300 students were massacred by the police ten days before the Olympics were held there. If Rio wins, it’ll [...]
Posted in history, mexico, revolution on Apr 11th, 2009
To celebrate the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who was assassinated 90 years ago today, here’s another look at a entry I posted last year after visting the Zapatista autonomous town of Oventik, in Chiapas, Mexico.
The city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, located in the Joval valley of the Chiapas highlands, was named [...]
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