The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Jun 9, 2011
Movement for Peace with Justice: Mexico peace tour visit spurs Durango residents to venture outside
Mexico peace tour: Visit spurs Durango residents to venture outside - CSMonitor.com: "Hundreds of people stayed out past an unofficial curfew to meet Javier Sicilia's caravan in the city square and share their stories of friends and relatives lost to the drug violence plaguing the state. ...
Some locals have set up a string between two trees on one side of the plaza and hung shoes on them. The shoes symbolise those who have disappeared or have been murdered recently. There are tags on the shoes with people's names, and families come close to add more names to them."
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