Episode 17: The ‘68 Tlatelolco Massacre

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The Tlatelolco Massacre that occurred just before Mexico City hosted the 1968 Olympic Games was part of the Mexican government's so-called “Dirty War.” The event helped to trigger new forms of political art and artistic expressionism in Mexico that vented the frustrations of the surviving generation. While there were some government efforts to reconcile what happened only decades later, the seemingly never-ending injustices in the following decades fomented distrust and mass migration by Mexicans seeking better lives in the U.S. and elsewhere. https://www.artesmexut.org/part17