We arrived to rural México in time for the 104th anniversary of Dia de la Revolucíon.The dirt streets of this small village whose central plaza we sit in to write this were lined with people waving flags and singing Cielito Lindo to their children, dressed as revolutionaries, on parade.
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
Canta y no llores,
Porque cantando se alegran,
cielito lindo, los corazones.[Ay, yai, yai, yai,
sing and don’t cry,
because singing gladdens,
my pretty little love (or our little heaven), the hearts. ]
The hearts here are not gladdened at the moment. México has just witnessed the largest street demonstrations in its history, complete with plainclothes agents provocateur smashing windows in Mexico City before being videotaped getting back into their police van (the official government line is that they were “anarchist infiltration”).
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