HILA 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Agave Fourcroydes, Tlatelolco Massacre, Carlos Fuentes
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Carlos fuentes: premier novelist in mexico, (cid:862)death of arte(cid:373)io cruz(cid:863) metaphor for the death of the revolution, fuentes and other intellectuals began to speak out against federal oppression that they had witnessed. Causes of student protests: new progressive-left movement against the old communist dogmas associated with the. Soviet union inspired by cuban revolution: led by young people. Influenced by counter-culture, idea that younger people should be free of the constraints of the older generations. Clothing, hairstyles, music, social ideas (love, marriage, sex, etc. : anti-authoritarian culture becoming apparent. The demand of 1968 protesters: quite moderate, dialogue with the government for some sort of democratization, release of political prisoners, the protests were not very successful. Pri believed that the student protestors were being duped by cuban/communist infiltrators. Pri resiliency: government repressed peaceful elections through police/military intervention, several other massacres by the pri (in guerrero)
