#Mexico

[2goldensnitches]

I went over to the israeli embassy residence after work on wednesday to see the aftermath of the protest—tldr wasn’t pretty but at least no house got burned down

For context, the area (lomas-reforma-polanco) it’s in is residential, very posh, and several ambassadors and their staff have official homes scattered around its environs. The main russian ambassadorial home is literally around the corner to the israeli ambassador’s (curiously hardly anyone shows up to protest there), and close by are also the main irish, pakistani, thai, italian, british, norwegian, french, algerian, japanese, hungarian, egyptian, syrian, american, iranian, peruvian, palestinian (yes, there’s been a palestinian consul for ages in mexico), turkish, venezuelan, swiss, swedish, armenian, emirati, qatari, saudi, nicaraguan, indian, salvadorian, argentinian, and jamaican ambassadorial residences (i might even take pics later unless they arrest me for it lel)

For added context, all israeli attachés have been under police protection since october, with at least two squad cars guarding them. The main residence has these huge pictures of the hostages on its façade and is cordoned off by safety railing. Normal pedestrian activity isn’t encouraged so you have to use the other side of the street unless you’re there to see the ambassador. The residence is neighbour to private homes (barring the russian embassy’s) and the anglican church’s bishop (? Idk how they’re called) lives right across and also manages services there.

I took pictures and talked to a reporter from milenio news onsite about the incident. Around 16 police were injured because right off the bat hooded and masked protesters threw rocks and molotovs—the safety rails looked a little charred but not destroyed.

The worst bit was that, since the protesters couldn’t storm the embassy residence like they clearly wanted to, they vandalised the surrounding homes with graffiti, including a swastika and “zionazi”

i’m not sure how this is supposed to help Palestine other than now several families have to paint over graffiti over a war they have no involvement in and hate speech is on their walls

the walls of the Anglican Church residence were also vandalised

and after they were done, the protesters apparently moved down reforma and also vandalised a cafeteria, which, again, I’m not sure how that helps Palestine

[legendarytragedynacho]

Salma Hayek - Santanico Pandemonium - From Dusk till Dawn, 1996

[sunshineandlyrics]

🇲🇽 the details in the graphic on the exclusive merch for FITFWT Mexico City, 30 May 2024 x x x

[palestinegenocide]

The Mexico-Israel connection: repression and resistance 

While the Mexican government has looked toward Israel for help in repressing dissent, Indigenous communities and activists see a common cause with Palestine as “todos somos Palestina'' has reverberated across the country since October.

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[troythecatfish]

[mexicoantiguo]

Frida Kahlo en el Hospital Inglés, 10 de noviembre de 1950, Ciudad de México.

[cosas-de-la-wida2]

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

Oh. My. Gawd. Honey, is that the Whitefeathers nesting next to us again? I really don't think I can stand them for another season.

Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

North America & Caribbean, winters in South America

Status: Endangered (USA interior and California populations)

Threats: human disturbance, predators, extreme weather

[amarantoo]

🇲🇽 ! @amarantoo

[agelessphotography]

Maguey Field, Pachuea, Hildalgo, Mexico from the Shadowless Places, Deserts of the Southwest portfolio, Frank DiPerna, 1983

[latinotiktok]

Hoy, domingo 2 de junio, hay elecciones en México

[soyalexnajera]

Tomorrow is the mexican presidential election and we will certainly have our first woman president because the 2 leading candidates are women , it would be either Xochitl Galvez (from a coalition of the 2 main opposition parties PAN and PRI and the other one ) or Claudia Sheinbaum from Morena which means national regeneration movement (is the political party of the current president and also in coalition with other 2 parties nobody cares about),the polls suggests that it would probably be Claudia Sheinbaum who it's seen as a continuation of our current president policies but who knows..

Xochitl Galvez (the one on the left ) served as senator, also was mayor of one of the boroughs in Mexico City or Claudia Sheinbaum (the one on the right), also was mayor of one of the boroughs in mexico city and after that she was the first head of goverment of Mexico City

This elections also is the biggest in mexican history because 97 millon people are registered to vote and there are also local government elections in almost every city and we change all of the senate and congress seats so let's see what happens tomorrow, so yeah...

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS MY SECOND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELP

[httpbabygiirl]

El precio de tu amor lo pagué, si cuando te perdí me encontré

[nando161mando]

When a violent drug war results in cartels:

"I know! What if we did a violent drug war!"

- the government

[troythecatfish]

NGL the U.S Israeli embassy deserves to be the next target

Just a thought