[ Alejandro Carrillo R. ]
Just recently throughout the country commemorating the Cry of Independence Home Mexico number two hundred. Was a celebration that began with the suspension of administrative work by all levels of government, which joined the public educational institutions and all banks in the country from Wednesday 15 to Friday 17.
This was followed in the Zocalo plaza in Mexico City (the second largest in the world), the preparation of a massive parade and incredible to commemorate the bicentennial, which certainly did raise more than one, the pride of being Mexican, highlighting the amazing history and culture of Mexico. In every state, every city and province of the republic, was careful to make a major holiday despite the problems that might be happening.
The party managed to be what you expected, or even what anyone could have imagined, showing the world that Mexico is a big country, bigger than their problems (as would the advertising slogan): together, happy, without violence and of course, celebrating.
But (and as always there is a but) "The fact that it deserves two hundred years into the event that gave us home, we gave 'freedom' and 'independence', have the maximum event, only the party of 15 and 16 September?, Was not perhaps the opportunity to transcend as a country and society?
This was a unique opportunity for the country. It was an opportunity, in which more to blame only the government ('death to bad government "), all domestic firms, and most importantly, we as Mexican citizens and society, we should have made this celebration again this revolution country. A revolution without guns, without violence or clashes or offenses, a civilized revolution, in which the pattern would progress in a country better, happier and proud of himself.
And Foremost, the opportunity was gone, we have the memory for maybe some few to achieve anything at this time, and that good deeds may have been prompted by the spirit of the Bicentennial.
The reality is that architects, engineers and planners, may have heavily modified this event into something totally transcendental. And in a way that minimum and searched, but without success. The famous' Arco Bicentennial, "the Tower of Light in the Mexican capital as part of commemorative works that are gone, they will not be ready until some time later. The creation of endless 'Bicentennial Park' in the states where it started Mexico (Guanajuato and Queretaro in particular), of which most are never confirmed and only a few were built. Bicentennial Refinery in the state of Hidalgo, the petroleum macro work that is still in doubt. And this, perhaps until the end of 2011 or more we can do materialize. Expo only rescues the Bicentennial Guanajuato, which is only ephemeral architecture.
And trying to generate actions to commemorate Mexican Independence, governments desperately sought and wrong, put all the actions and works of this year already set to take place, the suffix 'Bicentenary', Bridges Bicentennial City Bicentennial Bicentennial Avenue, where only the little word is what will remain of this date. Pure works arising from a sharp necessity, not simply because of commemorating our history and make improve the present and the future of the nation. Perhaps
opportunity to transcend the works that will be built and represent a real reason to change, to improve and look to our history will be up to the tercentenary, when most of us might not be here, or we will be able as a society to do much earlier. Resta
look at what other Latin American nations, who also met its Bicentennial are doing, and think if you can do better, or if it really was enough.
Image: Vector of the winning Bicentennial Arch, Image edited by Alejandro Carrillo.
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