Mary Beth Sheridan & Luis Antonio Rojas: Underground anti-monument movement brings painful history to #Mexico City

"These “anti-monuments” aren’t just a protest. Mexico’s leaders have long tried to control the historical narrative to legitimize their rule — from the Mexican-American War of the 1840s to the Revolution starting in 1910. Now, a movement of artists, grieving families and feminists is trying to wrest that narrative away.

Mexico’s fight over monuments began in the wake of a notorious case of police abuse. On the night of Sept. 26, 2014, officers detained 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teachers college in southern Mexico as they headed to a demonstration. Then, the young men vanished."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/27/mexico-antimonuments-paseo-reforma