Ayotzinapa
- Description:
- In a program entitled "Ayotzinapa: Carvana 43," family members of forty-three students kidnapped from the Mexican College of Ayotzinapa bring attention to the September 2014 tragedy. Maria de Jesus Tiatempa Bello talks about the event, the struggle to find the missing students, and why they have formed the Caravana. Cruz Bautista Salbador talks about the discovery of bodies in a mass grave and demands for a scientific analysis in the face of government attempts to sabotage the investigation. The speakers answer questions from the audience. The speakers are introduced by Caravana coordinator Julio Cesar Guerrero. Michigian State University Librries Asociate Director Peter Berg convenes the event. MSU Librarian Diana Rivera talks about the artist book created by Lorena Velazquez commemorating the event and its addition to the MSU Libraries' Special Collections. Dr. Shelia Contreras discusses the efforts to bring attention to the tragedy and the purpose of the Carvana. English to Spanish translation can be heard. Sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the MSU Chicano/Latino Studies Program. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-04-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Place:
- Mexico, Iguala de la Independencia, Mexico, and Iguala de la Independencia
- Subject Topic:
- Disappeared persons and Kidnapping
- Subject Name:
- Velázquez, Lorena (Artist)
- Subject Title:
- 43
- Language:
- English and Spanish
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- URL:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57p8vp9p