Wednesday, December 12, 2012

'The Day That an Imposition Was Legitimized'

Posted By on Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:37 AM

The day Enrique Peña Nieto took power as president of Mexico, there were actions throughout Mexico that turned violent. News reports of what took place that day were, at best, mixed; at worst, clueless.

However, here's a report from Waging Violence's Martha Molina that explains what occurred that day and who was involved.

You can read the entire post here. Snippet:

At 1:09 p.m. Peña Nieto finished his speech at the National Palace, while someone wrote “Revolution flows in our hearts” on the ground at the entrance of the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The imposition had been legitimized and EPN announced his 13 goals and five core ideas. The first: “a Mexico with peace and justice,” a vision that contrasted strongly with the repressive violence outside.

That day in the media bubble, a new televnovela began in which Peña Nieto is the president. Meanwhile, in the real world, the day ended with a press release from the Allied Artists Yo Soy 132 on the day’s demonstrations, in which they affirmed their respect for the different forms of dissent expressed by the organizations present, emphasizing that “today, the members of #YoSoy132 act absolutely peacefully.”

The chronicle of a Mexico without a president didn’t end after 20 hours. December 1 was only the first paragraph in a larger story of struggle against an imposition that has only begun.

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