Essay On The Tlatelolco Massacre

The Massacre at El Mozote as told by Mark Danner takes place El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. It shares borders with Guatemala and Honduras. El Salvador is divided into 14 departments and El Mozote is a village in one of the Departments called Morazan. According to the author, the Salvadoran Civil War 1979-1992 was a conflict waged by the Military led Government of El Salvador and coalition of left-leaning militias or guerillas called the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).The FMLN was supported by peasants and indigenous Indian people. The United States supported the El Salvador Military government.

The Opelousas Massacre was a horrifying event that occurred on September 28, 1868, in Landry Parish, Louisiana. The riot was sparked by conflict between black freedmen and whites over the political control of the state of Louisiana. This resulted in a massive killing of blacks as whites had the overwhelming advantage in numbers and weapons. What’s most interesting about this case is the mystery surrounding the accounts of deaths. No one can approximately confirm how many people were killed in this massacre. Some sources identify as few as 30 people killed. Other sources estimate killings to over 300 people. The Opelousas Massacre was one of the deadliest riots to occur against African Americans during the era of Reconstruction.

The siege, fall and ensuing massacre of nearly two hundred Alamo defenders at the hands of Mexican General, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron’s army of over five thousand was a defining moment in both Texan, and American history. For 13 days against insurmountable odds, a small, but very determined Texan garrison force fended off an equally determined Mexican Army ordered to capture it. I’ll discuss the events and political climate leading up to the siege, key historic figures involved on both sides, the siege itself, along with events immediately following the battle. The iconic phrase, “Remember the Alamo!” would later go on to become a rallying cry at the Battle of San Jacinto.

On the day of September 11, 1857, an emigrant party camped at Mountain Meadows was brutally killed by the Mormon militia aided by Indians. This essay examines two viewpoints regarding the massacre found in Sally Denton’s “American Massacre” and in “Massacre at Mountain Meadows” by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, and Glen M. Turley.

We will never truly never know the consequences of this event nor the actual amount victims that perished due to the earthquake. This is due to censorship imposed by the Government in Mexico in that year. International aid was initially rejected by President Miguel de la Madrid but when the government's capacities were overlooked, he decided to accept it.

World News: People in Mexico hurry to help earthquake victims get basic supplies. The earthquake was Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years. People from some of the poorest districts were helping high-class citizens. This caused many unlikely friendships

The 19th century wars had killed hundreds of thousands people, and with the 100 million (75% city) population was under poverty, this is show that the government did not do a good job on their role, but too bad the people in Mexico did not have the second choice, there is only one party the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, which stabilized their nation for 71 years since 1929. The political system was in the heavily corruption. Then the culture where kids grown up in crime actives, all of this make Mexico open to OC and drug cartels. The government pushed their people to become the OC and drug cartels, where the people can have protection and the stable live without scare of die in poverty. If you are living in the culture, where you lost all the trust in government and with all the crime actives around you since you was kind then you will likely turn in a member of crime.

A lot of distraction and fear walked threw the streets of Pisco, more than 1,000 people homes were destroyed. Alan Garcia, came to Pisco the next morning to asses the damage and help the people who had lost everything. Some NGO's like the La Cruz Roja were providing camps and food so the people could stay while they figured there situation. La Cruz Roja has helped a lot of people and towns all around the world in catastrophic disasters. The state gave the families, who's houses were destroyed or had lost a family member 1,900 US dollar. Making that a equivalent of 4,500 nuevos soles(Earthquake Peru). Five thousand, two hundred dollars went in repairs of the town and especially of La Panamericana, a highway that goes all threw out the coast of Peru. " We need help, the state has provided help but it is not enough" said Rosa Castillo who has lost his brother form this earthquake. As a result of this earthquake many died and some where left with nothing. Man versus nature battle, in this case nature won but the man help each other stand back

Mexico exists today because of valiant people who decided to rise against the foreign oppressors who sought to exploit the lands and enslave its people. Declaring and obtaining their independence was a long and exhausting journey that ultimately left the country in ruins. Obtaining their independence was the first challenge that they had to overcome, but now it was up to the people of Mexico to reorganize and build their country. Constant years of oppression from the upper class had left an irreparable void in the lower class population, a deteriorating economy, as well as an unorganized government with a weak infrastructure.

In the article there were many interviews about the victims of the earthquake. The earthquake killed thousands of people. When the earthquake occurred the people of Mexico could feel the ground shaking and were scared. They took cover and then saw all of the damage. The city hall collapsed during the earthquake as well. All of the natives were shocked to see the damage and did not have the money to repair. A lot of allies of Mexico are helping them get through the tragedy. The police are still searching for

While Mexico was in the middle of an economic crisis, Mother Nature did not care about their dyer situation. In fact, it turns out that she wanted to take out a bit of revenge on the people of Mexico for what they had done to the world due to their oil extraction crusade. And how did she extract her revenge onto the country of Mexico? Well, on September 19, 1985 around 7:15 in the morning, we are demonstrated on how she decided to extract her revenge, by summoning a massive earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.0, onto the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. This earthquake was recorded as one Mexico’s worst earthquake that they have ever experienced, and probably one of the deadliest of all Mexican history. However, it wasn’t just the earthquake that ruined Mexico, nor did the aftershocks as well. Since Mexico was in the middle of an economic crisis and the country had a newly elected president, Miguel de la Madrid, the government of Mexico couldn’t be able to respond to the tragedy during this time. There was no real plan for them to try and fix up the earthquake situation. Thus, this further divided the country even more. So much so that according to Esteva, the earthquake had brought in a new civil response towards their government, in which, “gave rise to a new way of doing radical politics…attributed to the network of community reconstruction groups” (58). And this is something in which Mexico still suffers to this day. Military vehicles and troopers patrolling around cities seems to be quite a common thing to see now a day.

Mexico is a beautiful country with its many cultural aspects and tourist attractions. However, in recent years, the things being associated with Mexico include death, violence, drugs, and corruption. It seems that more and more news reports keep appearing of tragedies occurring in Mexico. Recently, one tragedy that has caused great protest is the disappearance of forty-three students in September 2014 from Guerrero. Sadly, this is not the first case of mass disappearances in Mexico. This case also includes a large amount of confusion as to what actually happened that night. To this day, people are still wondering who these forty-three students are, what actually happened that night, and they continue to show there support for Mexico after these disappearances caused great impact across the world.

The Indigenous people throughout Mexico have had a tumultuous history filled with violence and repression. Their rich cultures have repeatedly been infringed upon by outside cultures, and their place in the world remains uncertain to this day. This battle to retain their culture began centuries ago, and envelopes all different types of Indigenous groups, from the old Aztecs to the Zapotecs. Their society was and remains to be very different from popular culture in Mexico and Spain during the times of the Conquistadores, and they have therefore been subjected to different persecutions and maltreatments throughout history.

This earthquake happened almost two weeks after the first one that struck Mexico on September 8, with a magnitude of 8.1, and the epicenter being on the Pacific Ocean (Chavez). Both earthquakes left a lot of damage in houses, apartments, schools, churches, and it even took human lives with the collapses of structural materials from buildings. Some schools were closed for almost three weeks for a few reasons. The first one, so that they could check the building and declare its still in optimal conditions for teachers and students to be in there without taking the risk for it to collapse if another earthquake struck the city. The second reason was that families didn’t want their children to attend school because

When we walk through the halls of a modern office building, unless there are underlying psychological issues, few wonder if today will be the day the building collapses. Few people question if the floor is strong enough for their weight, if the wind will blow over the structure, or if there are enough exits to safely get out of the structure in an emergency. Why is it that all over the world, for the most part, buildings are relatively similar? Why is it that people don’t question the structural intergrity of a facility every time they enter? The answer is standardized construction through the incorporation of Building Codes. Over thousands of years the process of regulating construction has become so engrained into society that few today question the integrity of their office building, highways, or homes.