Continuation and conclusion of Book Fair Special Mexico.
Certainly the level of violence in Mexico reveals the shocking extent the power of crime and the drug mafia. While justice should apply to end impunity. While the government must come clean among police officers, the traffic cop at the head of intelligence, were caught in corruption.
But the outburst of killings, abductions, extortion and assault with weapons must be seen in perspective.
is precisely what many Mexican authors invited to the Book Fair. At first glance, their discourse on the responsibility of the clique government in the worsening violence in Mexico can be shocking. We rarely hear that perspective in the media Mexican feast on the videotaped police operations where Jack Bauer to fight the mustache and bottomless drug trafficking.
Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectuals engaged in support of leftist candidate in the last presidential election, has harshly criticized the government of Felipe Calderon. Under its little princess good bet, Poniatowska has not hesitated to declare that " its policy of war against drug trafficking has spawned a lot of insecurity, while we are still waiting profits. Crime figures have actually increased since the deployment military in the north.
Carlos Fuentes, 81, patriarch of Mexican literature has reminded him of the responsibility northern neighbor who buys and sells weapons to the drug. " Mexico has no monopoly on drug trafficking and corruption, we must also see what is happening in other nations. Violence in Mexico is of a lesser degree compared to the U.S. intervention in Iraq. Do not forget the many people who was scammed by Bernard Madoff, more corrupt than any other .
The foresight of the writer has really confirmed at this show. It was good to hear another speech, a more distanced. This does not preclude humor, derision and earthiness as shown by the excellent. See in this connection a portrait of fellow, made by yours truly, with Lucia
;-) For the writer, far from being confined in a bubble, is often a sounding board, more or less faithful to is real (it must be as faithful as possible to reality in my opinion). The proof in pictures, with the story of a kidnapping weapons, lived and told by Martin Solares , editor and author of a thriller writer translated: The black Minutes . It started while waiting for his uncle in his car downstairs from him ...
Review of the show: + 20% increase in attendance with nearly 200,000 people, conferences filled to the brim and + 20 to 40% increase in sales of books with 20,000 copies sold of Mexican literature. ¡Viva México
Cabrones !
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