Comments on: Learning about the Massacre in Tlatelolco

By: RiverGirl

RiverGirl — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:32:59 +0000

The movie was in Spanish but I think we were able to find a copy with Spanish subtitles which helped me enormously. It’s a pretty simple movie really, most of it happens in one apartment and there aren’t many characters, so it’s easy enough to follow. Not like Amores Perros which has multiple stories and infinite amounts of slang…

By: Working Gringa

Working Gringa — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:17:04 +0000

I assume the movie was/is in Spanish. Was it hard to understand? I’ve avoided a lot of movies that I’d like to watch because I get frustrated when I can’t understand what they are saying… and at the end of a long workday, I don’t like to be frustrated

By: Human

Human — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:15:52 +0000

My uncle was there when the shots started. He was one of the few hundreds of students that were lucky enough to ran in the right direction in the right time, and didn’t stop running for years, while the gunfire was still behind them. To the date, he does not have any college friends. Not alive, at least.
Yes, that’s why we can’t trust our government. When they are able to kill 3500 students (some say more… government says 300) and go unpunished the rest of their lives, you kind of fear and hate them. Now they come back to say “We need to give all the power to the institutions, for they are the basis of our democracy…” and they believe we don’t have memory. Well, we don’t, but we won’t forget it all.
And when exactly 20 years later things are getting a bit better and then Salinas “wins” the “elections”… it is then when you remember what they say… “The enemy within” is what they say…

By: Gary Denness

Gary Denness — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:37:48 +0000

My wife’s dad also has stories from ’68, and I can relate the incident to people’s views on government today too. I think it’s fair to say that the earthquake of ’85 rather pushed it into a corner of the national psyche, but it’s still there nonetheless. I’ve visited the square a couple of times….it’s a stop off on the Teotihuacan tour route.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:25:17 +0000

I will look for the movie. Sounds really interesting. I think that it is great that you are able to understand your husband more!

By: Jonna

Jonna — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:50:44 +0000

I have a friend from Puebla who is the same age as sub-commandante Marcos and he describes both of them as the little brothers of Tlatelolco, los hermanitos de Tlatelolco. Too young to be there or in the Universidad but old enough to listen and understand and worship their older brothers. I too think it has shaped many generations of Mexicans. I would very much like to go to the new museum about it in DF.

By: laura

laura — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:49:42 +0000

Very interesting! Will look for it here in Coz.

By: CancunCanuck

CancunCanuck — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:49:57 +0000

Very interesting, will have to look for the movie. Did you get it at Blockbuster? I think it’s great that you are able to have a better understanding of your husband’s childhood, particularly such a significant event. Hubby is telling me right now how much he loved that movie. Thanks!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:40:28 +0000

In the 60Â´s it was easier for all governments to cover things up. Tlatelolco was the Mexican Kent State–Army vs Students. The whole truth of it from the point of view of both sides will never come out. But it is indeed an important part of Mexican history and psyche.

By: arr

arr — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:48:12 +0000

there are many videos in you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBu8o6AlQlA