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The Tlatelolco massacre (Spanish: La Masacre de Tlatelolco) was a military massacre committed against the students of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), and other universities in Mexico.
Tlatelolco (Classical Nahuatl: Tlatelōlco [tɬateˈloːɬko], or Tlatilōlco, modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ from tlalli - land; telolli - hill; co - place; lit. ' In the little hill of land ') is an area now within the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas (Square of Three Cultures).
Oct 2, 2023 · Un creciente movimiento de estudiantes terminó el 2 de octubre de 1968 con una masacre en Tlatelolco, uno de los hechos más dramáticos de la historia reciente del país.
Oct 1, 2018 · The massacre at Tlatelolco, named for the vast housing development where the students were meeting, decimated the student movement 50 years ago. But for those who experienced it, those heady...
Oct 3, 2023 · As many as 300 people were massacred at a student protest in Tlatelolco plaza on Oct. 2, 1968, in what the Mexican government initially reported as the lawful suppression of a violent riot just 10 days before the Summer Olympics’ Opening Ceremony in Mexico City.
Dec 1, 2008 · On Oct. 2, 1968, 10 days before the opening of the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, police officers and military troops shot into a crowd of unarmed students. Thousands of demonstrators fled in...
Tlatelolco (Classical Nahuatl: Mēxihco-Tlatelōlco [tɬateˈloːɬko], modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ) (also called Mexico Tlatelolco) was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico.
Jan 24, 2018 · Tlatelolco is important not only as a prehispanic site with an awesome pyramid complex (the calendar pyramid has some of the coolest engravings you'll see) but it's also the site of two extremely important contemporary events: the student massacre in '68 and the '85 earthquake.
Oct 3, 2023 · Fifty-five years ago, Mexico’s authoritarian government killed student demonstrators during a peaceful rally in Mexico City. It would later become known as the Tlatelolco massacre.
Jun 26, 2019 · The Plaza of 3 Cultures in Mexico City, once Aztec civilization's commercial center, now contains pre-hispanic, colonial, and modern-day architecture.
