Plaza De La Tres Culturas Case In Tlatelolco, Mexico

Living in the United States people have the right to speak freely and to act freely. Of course some of their actions might have some repercussions but indeed they have the right to those actions. How would you feel if one of your actions was to protest an idea or event because it was inhumane in your eyes. You felt like your voice had to be heard in order to make a change but with speaking out, the government came and not only told you, you were wrong but also decided to kill you because you went against their orders. This is the case in Tlatelolco, Mexico in October 2nd 1968. October 2nd 1968 can be referred as the day that the Plaza de la Tres Culturas was covered in blood. The blood of students, military agents and family member with their children, were there in support of students. Students were at the Plaza to protest because they were not in agreement with the Mexican government and felt the Mexican government did not care about the poor people and their needs. …show more content…
“They were spending millions of “ pesos” on stadiums, marketing, publicity and building and renovating hotels for the Olympic athletes. Students from all over the nation began to notice that the government ignored their plea to help out the needed citizens of Mexico by providing them with food and water, better housing and health care” (Miller 30). This did not sit well with students and they decided to challenge the government by getting this issue out to the world in the midst of this event by uniting and protesting at the Plaza de la Tres