“The erection of memorials is often controversial. Citizens, survivors and families of the dead argued passionately over the design, scope and placement of the memorials marking the Vietnam War and the Sept. 11 attacks. But in those cases, the commemorations came long after the bloodshed was over.
Mexico, by contrast, remains gripped by the violence that this monument will mark. It is an achingly inconclusive phenomenon.” (Los Angeles Times)
A memorial’s a poor substitute for ending the war.
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“How to End Mexico’s Deadly Drug War” by Paul Armentano