Saturday June 26, 2010
An Uprising of Bones
John Ross
Counterpunch
Under the martial cadence of muffled drums, the bones rolled solemnly up the elegant Paseo de Reforma atop a dozen military vehicles. Four skulls could be spotted in one large glass urn.
"Look Papi, there goes Hidalgo!" a small boy pointed excitedly - one of the skulls is purported to be that of Miguel Hidalgo, the country priest who rose in rebellion in 1810 to initiate Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain, an event whose bi-centennial is being celebrated this year.
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