July 3, 2012
On
the late afternoon of Saturday, June 30, scores of members of the
Mexican community of greater New York City gathered in Manhattan’s Union
Square and cast their ballots in a “voto simbólico”—a symbolic vote—for
the country’s president. Organized by the New York City area cell of
the highly creative and dynamic student-led movement in Mexico, #Yo Soy 132—which some have characterized as the “Mexican Spring”—it, too, aims for
the democratization of the country’s political system and the media.
Among those who cast ballots in Union Square, there was overwhelming
support for Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the candidate of the
Center-Left. So no doubt the members of Yo Soy 132 NY are disappointed
with what appear to be
the results of the presidential election. (It took place the following
day, July 1, in Mexico.) Regardless of the outcome, the work of Yo Soy 132 NY illustrates
the dynamic nature of the U.S.-Mexico border region, while serving as a
manifestation of the ongoing struggle to define it.
Source: nacla.org
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