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The Estados Unidos Mexicanos of Tallahan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGnCN29Ru0

    ░░░ 𝐉𝐔𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐔𝐒

    𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐨 𝐗𝐗 - 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏 | 𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙳𝙾𝚂 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝙳𝙾𝚂 𝙼𝙴𝚇𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝚂

If there's one singular vice in Mexico that never seems to fade away, it's the state's avaricious taste for violence. It was true during the era of the Aztec empire when enemies of the empire had their hearts ripped out on top the Teocalli temple. It was true during the era of the 1st Republic when those who opposed centralism were executed by firing lines. It was true during the Porfiriato, when the regime crushed anyone who dared to challenge its power. And it is true in the modern era as the state continues this age old habit. What has changed is the method. A modern regime can't just have a blank check on violence; it has to be disguised under the guise of law and order or national security. President Echeverría was especially looking to guide the party state away from that sort of violence that had brought about the disaster that was the 1968 student movement. Open violence against political opposition had to become more covert and sutle; unfortunately for Echeverría, things were about to get very violent on the holiday of Corpus Christi. In the wake of Echeverría's presidency, many of the student leaders of the 1968 student movement were released from prison, and several more exiled in Chile were allowed to return. A gesture of good faith from the new administration towards reconciliation and healing the wounds of the past. Well, that was the idea on paper, but the move had more to do with Echeverría running damage control for his administration. More importantly, the federal government wanted to ease off the tensions and get the student movements to become passive and less likely to protest or challenge the state. Thus, some political concessions would be granted, such as Echeverría's announcement of reforms that would lead to democratic openness in the country. Such as freedom of the press, the right to public demonstration, and more political autonomy for Mexico's universities.

In the aftermath of the 1968 Movement and the Tlatelolco massacre, the original opposition movement against the state, made up of students, workers, unions, and leftist political groups, was weakened. Although not completely defunct, the opposition movement was in a far weaker position socially and politically compared to 1968. The people wanted peace of mind and entertainment, not constant political strife on the TV. None the less, the will to fight for political change was still there, and the movement wasn't willing to die out. So its various leaders began plotting out a new march to reinvigorate the movement. The march came in opposition to a current issue concerning the student part of the movement. In the state of Monterrey, students and professors of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) introduced an organic law that a joint government proposed. The state government, in disagreement, drastically reduced the budget, which upset university students, and forced the University Council to approve a new bill that practically suppressed the autonomy of the institution. Not willing to lay down, the students went on strike and called for nationwide solidarity from the other Mexican universities. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) joined the cause, organizing protests and demonstrations in support of UANL. Mass demonstrations were planned for the 10th of June on Corpus Christi Day, or the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ holiday. A public holiday that many Mexicans took off work, which would help bolster the visibility of the march.

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