Inside the Fight to Save the Che and Fidel Statues (Mexico City)
Hey,
Bit of a late upload here. Here's some quick coverage that our Canal Cinco correspondent, Andrea, did about the ongoing dispute in Mexico City about them mayor's decision to remove the states of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara from a public park where the two once hung out and plotted the Cuban Revolution.
Best,
AC
Comments (27)
Revolución o muerte
Personally, I am against the glorification of any human being; the less statues of any human, the better. This opinion comes from growing up in communist Cuba and seeing murals/statues/quotes/pictures of Fidel,Ché, Camilo... in every single corner. Idolization is a dangerous thing... I sympathize with the protesters, just like I sympathize with my grandmother's patriotism. Relieve did reign my mind when seeing that the majority of the protesters were from an older generation. May Idols be a thing of the past and may the next generation question every ideology that gets put in their way. Sincerely, just another Cuban waiting in vain
amazingly narrow world view
I'd love to have a quick breakdown of this video in the next 5Cast. I'm catching the big names like Zapata but i'd love to know more about all these things the protesters are referring to
amazing coverage!
lmao wtf is their major injecting in her ass? botox ??lmao wtf
too much spanish. our intelligence executed che the retard anyway so he was lame and not a revolutionary. just got popular among stupid liberal kids in america because hot topic made tshirts with him on them.
username does not check out
If they are taking status down of slave owners in the states then take the status down of commie murders in Mexico
oh noo not the slave owners getting killed
Nah fuck that, remove them damn statues. I don’t give a shit about the history. These people did such horrible things to the people of Cuba. It’s so insane that people fall for these stupid ideals. They’re not Cuban heroes. These people are delusional, best thing I can compare them to is the extreme right trump idealism that exists here today. The guy they interviewed with the red shirt is wearing a Hugo Chavez shirt. It’s insane.
“Red scare pilled” funny you’d say that. I don’t like to assume but I would like to in this case. You’ve probably never experienced any sort of reprimand and extortion by t your government like the people of Venezuela and Cuba have. I would never wish you or anyone to experience something like what I have experienced because it’s just horrible. I hope you and yours have the space to say this like “red scare pilled” and don’t get jailed or persecuted for saying things like that (something countries like Venezuela and Cuba do to people who express disdain and contrasting views to those of the government.) Glad they covered this though, shows that insanity stills lives in this world.
Amazing how well educated these folks in Mexico are about their revolutionary history. People in the US don't know a speck of history in comparison.
This is the coverage I want to see of Latino America. The stories that mainstream media in the US will not show
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How is that tie not in the merch store?
Respect, we are the ones socially responsible for what our children's generation looks like.
Where' s Hamilton
damn, thats dumb A F. VIVA LA REVOLUTION
What was the mayors 3 reasons? I replayed a few times and feel like I'm missing sumn
There really isn't a good reason the people want the statues there and they've been there since the 60s. It's similar to the Civil War statutes in the states but it appears that the average person wants to keep the statutes as a symbol of history. In the Civil war example the statutes are seen as a symbol of hate, not widely popular and the confederates lost.
Gracias Andrea!
International expansion, 5.
Thx Andrea!
Hey, just a quick note, when the old man calls the mayor "de pacotilla", it's not the name of a literal place but a figure of speech in Spanish that means "of low value" or "of low quality". It's a colloquial way of calling someone or something shitty.
Big up the mandem