Radio Doc - Massacre of ‘68, Mexico City, Mexico
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Make sure to tune into NPR’s All Things Considered today at 4:30 p.m. (ET), or listen online following the broadcast at www.radiodiaries.org, as Radio Diaries airs its “most ambitious story of the year” titled MEXICO 68: A Movement, a Massacre, and a 40-Year Search for the Truth .
We’re excited and proud to see (and hear) former Arts Engine colleague Anayansi Diaz-Cortes doing her thing. Anayansi is the Producer of this half hour piece and currently works at Radio Diaries with Joe Richman.
Read more about the story below and remember to check their website for more details and photos.
The Massacre of Tlatelolco has become a defining moment in Mexican history, but for forty years the truth of that day has remained hidden.
In the summer of 1968, students in Mexico began to challenge the country’s authoritarian government. The short-lived movement, lasting less than three months, ended on October 2, 1968, ten days before the opening of the Olympics in Mexico City when military troops opened fire on a peaceful student demonstration. The shooting lasted over two hours.
The next day the government sent in cleaners to wash the blood from the plaza floor. The official announcement was that four students were dead, but eyewitnesses said hundreds were killed.
