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MEXICO THE BLOOD OF OUR BROTHERS

THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY KILL THEIR BEST CHILDREN

CHEERS FOR MEXICO

MEXICO 68' A YEAR OF REPRESSION

DON'T DISCUSS MEXICO WITH A RIOT!

A STRANGE ENEMY

Which one?

Weren't you supposed to know?

Fuck it. All of them, then?

Good.

Very good.

What the hell?

Toña!

Toña! The water!

Toña!

Toña?

How come there's no water?

There's no water in the kitchen either.

Wash this tablecloth, it's dirty.

Please, ask the neighbors if they also don't have water.

-Right away, ma'am. -Please.

-What's going on? -She's on her way!

They said they'd come hours ago.

The whole block doesn't have water.

We had to go to each and every home.

-Come in. -Thank you.

Could you take us to the kitchen, please?

-Yes, follow me. -Thank you.

Excuse me.

Could I use your bathroom?

I really have to go.

The powder room is here under the stairs.

-Thank you. -Come with me.

Come in, please.

I'd like to talk to you about something personal.

Nothing related to the office of the presidency.

You and I want the same thing.

A quick and peaceful resolution

to the student conflict.

My stance regarding the conflict and the government's role

is very clear.

Yes, I know.

And that's exactly what we have in common.

We cannot allow this to escalate.

Corona del Rosal is capable of using force

against the students, any time now.

Simply to satisfy the President.

But you and I could go ahead

and solve this through dialogue.

The government went too far.

For God's sake, bazookas?

Things got out of hand.

And that's why I am asking you to work with me.

Let's not get confused, Doctor.

You want the presidency, and I respect that.

But my priority

is to keep my institution safe.

I understand. And I am willing to help and support you.

But for now, we should work together

to find a better solution.

One without violence.

As the Dean, I can communicate with the students.

But the NSC will have a life on its own.

The Doctor really waited before revealing his cards.

That's fine.

Now that we know his intentions, we will know what to do.

If the Doctor...

really wants to negotiate,

we can stir up the students earlier on.

It's a possibility.

Or we could just do nothing.

Excuse me?

If Martínez Manatou wants to be soft and seek dialogue,

and Corona del Rosal uses force to shut them up,

all we'll need to do is find a spot,

the best spot for us.

And we'll just let them fight it out.

If we manage to get people to go out and protest,

the Dean will have less control,

and it will be harder for the doctor to negotiate.

Very interesting, Major.

Yes?

Of course, let me talk to him.

This should be your chair.

Sir, how are you?

You are the one fixing the problems. Remember.

What can I do?

You'll put him as President,

so he can later make you President.

-Excuse me, Major. -Yes, of course.

Excuse me, Mr. Secretary.

Leave me the tape.

You know that was a mistake, right?

The riot police thing.

That was too much, Gustavo.

All of that about San Ildefonso...

will ruin the government's image, and yours.

I'd deny it if I was in a trial.

But you are right, it was too much.

I know you weren't doing it alone,

but, you must control your cabinet.

My cabinet is going crazy, Jesús.

They are only thinking about the succession.

I'm alone.

They couldn't even wait until after the Olympics,

those assholes.

And look at the issue with the students.

Neither Manatou, Corona or Echeverría

are trying to fix things. No one is capable of doing it!

And I'm supposed to pick one of them as my successor?

I don't envy you at all.

Really.

Look at my options.

It should be you.

I'm serious.

Article 82, Gustavo.

Laws aren't written in stone. They can be changed.

I know, I'm also a lawyer.

But it's not going to happen.

But don't worry. I'm with the party.

I'll always be here.

Oh, and by the way,

congratulations!

I didn't just come to complain.

-You'll go to the party, right? -Yes.

I didn't want to, but Lupita insisted on celebrating.

-Why celebrate? -Come on, open it.

Nice!

Turn it around.

Oh, well!

Why did your father have to be born in Spain?

If Reyes Heroles was born here,

you'd be the next president.

It seems we finally have a good proposal for our petition.

Check it out.

What's wrong with it now?

This is the same as our first 10 versions.

This isn't a reflection of our speech.

It doesn't have balls.

Fuck it, we've been dealing with that all night.

If you really want it to have balls, write this down:

We demand that the government,

the police, and even my parents

allow us to do whatever the fuck we want.

Sincerely, the students.

You're funny.

Beto, we have to concentrate,

it still has to be reviewed by the committee.

I know.

The Dean already walked with us the other day, right?

Our teachers are on our side.

What we need is people.

We can't just write something so skimpy.

It needs to be longer.

We haven't talked to the other schools.

We have to write something for now.

Let's stop now.

How are we doing

with the pamphlets for our march on the 13th?

Good. We've given them all out.

And donations?

You are such a pain, I've told you, it's all fine.

People on the streets are really cooperating. Look.

In fact, grab a little bit for the taxi.

Don't touch that, that's for NSC.

"Don't touch that, that's for NSC."

I'll be back.

There he is.

-And your hair? -It's good.

Let's go get a beer.

-Let's go. -Sure.

Let's go then.

Wait. Wait.

Everything hurts.

Sons of bitches.

That was done quickly.

There are other students in there that had it worse.

I suppose they want to clean their image.

After the Dean's speech, they'd want to keep things calm.

Even better for you.

But they must be watching you, even in Guadalajara.

Can't we go somewhere else?

But the National Strike Council is happening right here.

And I've been invited.

Hey.

Javier. How long have we been talking

about changing things?

Hmm?

This isn't just about students.

It's for all of us.

I want us both to be able to go out without fear.

And that's why we have to do this now,

when people are mobilizing.

They should be happy to have you.

Jalisco's hero.

Your boss has told me great things about you.

Thank you.

I'm honored that Mr. Legorreta allowed me to work on your case.

This boy will be presiding from the Supreme Court one day.

Then I'm glad he's on our side.

I took the liberty to start reviewing the contracts

and the expert opinions.

We'll have a solid defense

if they review the legal rulings.

I told you, he's the best.

From now on, you'll be on Saldaña's team.

And you'll work on my proposition.

But... I also wanted to have this meeting

to introduce you, for a different reason.

I would like to have your support

to coordinate a meeting between Mr. Garza and your dad.

We want to have his opinion regarding a couple of things.

Well... yes.

I'll see what I can do, Sir.

Perfect. Thank you.

OK.

Nice to meet you. And if you are ever in Monterrey,

please don't hesitate on calling me,

and we'll take good care of you.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

Very good, Enrique.

I don't know how you got to this, but this is crap.

I tried to include every petition,

we could make it better after the march.

-I... -That's wrong.

This is the time to be accurate, and make a better document.

The more specific our petitions,

the better we'll connect with others.

Remember, we aren't only talking to students

and the government.

We should unite the working class,

farmers, everyone.

This isn't just happening here in the capital.

They killed medical students in Tabasco.

Teachers in San Luis were beaten.

We have to unite our voices. We need to speak to all.

I think we can do that with 9 or 10 points, right?

Less. Half of that.

We have to be concise, so we can talk to those

in other schools.

Don't be a liar.

If you want to unite voices,

shouldn't you consider us too?

True students will always be welcome here.

When FENET stops receiving money from the government,

and stop being the Poli's moles, they’ll be welcome here.

Why don't you give me names, dude?

Why?

You already know who the other moles are.

-David. -Stop! Stop!

-Right, Rubén? -What do you know, fag?

-Stop! Stop! -Stop! Don't fight here.

-Relax. -Don't start.

Only what they say about you in jail.

-Go fuck yourselves, fags! -Better a fag than a traitor!

Fucking moles.

Fucking moles!

Excuse me, Mr. Secretary.

-I thought it was empty. -It's no problem, Doctor.

I came to hide from everyone.

But I left my wife in charge.

She's much better at parties than me.

I understand completely.

I had to hide so I could do this.

If my wife sees me smoking, she'll kill me.

-Go ahead. I'll keep the secret. -Thank you.

I was surprised when the President

decided to celebrate his birthday.

Especially the way things are going.

It's a delicate situation.

There are solutions, but we need a consensus.

Yes, Sir.

Only together can we fix these things.

I was just thinking about that.

Wouldn't it be better...

if we arranged another meeting between Barros Sierra

and the president?

To get the dean involved, with no middlemen.

It could be, but right now we should consider

giving an answer to their petitions.

Between us, Emilio,

if we agree with all of their requests,

do you honestly think that the students would calm down?

Because I don't.

Sooner or later, NSC will have its own life.

Well, we'll see about that.

-Cheers. -Cheers.

Be careful, please.

Interesting.

It's Russian.

I'm not surprised they've been spying on me.

Thank you for everything you did for me.

But I was surprised

that you look for us for an issues like this.

Why didn't you go with Major Barrientos?

Wouldn't that be logical?

Please. He would've planted three more bugs

while he searched for this one.

Yes.

Doctor. We know what you're doing.

We know you are interested in becoming President...

And we could help you.

But we have to keep open communications.

And we need to know...

that we share the same political interests.

Understood?

I will make sure that in the future,

our work together

will continue without any bumps.

Very good.

Look. It's best to have allies like ourselves.

It's easy to judge and write from over there,

without dirtying your hands.

Are you saying this country is perfect

and it's best not to say anything?

That's not what I'm saying.

Mexico isn't perfect,

we have a lot to learn, many things to change.

But let's be objective. This isn't Brazil.

-This isn't Paraguay. -Of course not...

We have no military dictatorship.

Elena. Elena.

Look, you sound like a paid speech written

for a politician.

Really.

And what about those projects

they commissioned from you for the Olympics?

-That's not relevant. -Of course it is.

-Who's paying for those? -People.

-Through their taxes. -People?

And what about that trip to Europe?

Did you pay it with government money?

The government you love?

-I paid it with hard work. -Really?

Yes.

Oh, he's alive.

What a surprise.

We start talking about the government, and he wakes up.

And you smile because you also love your government?

Our government.

No. No.

This government doesn't represent me at all.

Even though we act like you aren't here,

we know who you are.

-Relax, Marco. -Relax about what?

We rarely get to have a dictatorship's officer

so close to us.

Fine. Stop.

I want to ask you about

your opinion regarding the treatment

-of students... -Enough!

Why don't we change the subject?

Have you tried the wine? It's extraordinary.

Let me see.

It's always hard to talk about torture and murderers.

I wouldn't know.

I've only heard about that on your TV show.

Really?

I didn't think you understood what I talk about on it.

Leave my house, please.

-Elena... -Get out!

Good evening.

-Yes, it is. It's great. -Yes.

Cheers.

Cheers.

I thought about it three times before inviting him.

And look how he behaved.

Don't worry about it.

He's harmless.

Are you still upset?

Very.

Hey.

How can I...

show you my gratitude for defending me?

Like this.

Why don't you ask your dad for help?

He could fix it.

Don't scare me, Mom.

He would want to throw them in the garbage.

If I can do it...

we could tell if I'm his son, or the milkman's.

You're so rude, Armando.

Who bought those speakers for you?

Do you know them?

Yes, but I've never heard their music.

Hold on then, Mom.

You'll see how great they are.

Here, put these on.

Let's see.

-Ready? -Yes.

The song is great.

I told you.

Where do you get money for all those discs?

Mom, I almost never buy them.

Alfredo gives them to me once he's done with them.

You should see his collection.

Do you ever talk with Alfredo about his dad?

About the things his father says?

What do you mean?

He doesn’t tell you what his dad says about the country?

Well, his dad is the President,

he must tell him something about what's going on.

Of course not! He hates politics.

He's only into music.

And couldn't you talk to him?

Ask him to ask his dad about his thoughts on his people?

To know who he's thinking of leaving as the next President.

-Just to know? -Yes.

Are you asking me to tell my friend to spy on his father,

the President?

-No. -No?

What I'm saying is you should use that

closeness to help your dad.

No, Mom. I'm not getting involved with that.

And I won't involve my friend either.

If you want to be my dad's secret police,

you have to do it by other means.

Listen to them. They'll give you the answer to everything.

They'll tell you who the next President will be.

See you later, Mom.

Look, I'm going to take you to Cardenal,

so you can eat something different.

Some Motuleño-style eggs, or something else.

But...

there's something I don't understand.

Why didn't you...

ask for your friend's advice, Fidel Castro, instead of us.

Excuse me?

Look.

You asked for our opinion

regarding Díaz Ordaz's successor, right?

-Yes. -And I gave you our opinion.

But it seems you really don't care.

I don't know where you're going with this.

Yes you do.

-I'm only doing my job. -So am I.

But we do not like this environment.

And we specially do not like what creates it.

We don't like revolutionaries, communists, nor spies.

Unless you control them.

Be careful.

You know what it means to have us on your side.

But you couldn't even imagine

what it means to have the agency against you.

-Good afternoon, Major. -How's everything?

With lots of movement.

They elected a lot of leaders for the NSC.

And what about the march on the 13th?

There's a lot of pamphlets.

-We're doing good. -Good?

Are those pamphlets in the trash?

Or are people really getting them?

We need to help that march so it doesn't end up lonely.

I wanted to ask you about something.

-What? -David Alba.

He has a lot of pull.

But he's making a lot of noise.

He could get us in trouble.

Maybe he needs to be a little scared.

Scared?

Like Antonio?

Do you think David Alba got out of jail by mistake?

I got him out.

Because I need you to have a real leader, to guide you.

OK?

What, you didn't like him outshining you?

It's not about that.

I just want to know what to do about him,

and my place at the council. That's all.

Beto.

Your place at the council is being my eyes and ears.

And you will do whatever I tell you to do.

Yes? I told you.

Stick with him.

He needs to be your friend.

One way or another. If you have to blow him, blow him.

Understood?

Get going, it's getting late.

The investigation...

Once we get back home, we need to do homework.

Excuse me.

What happened?

...youth...

Too many people at the concession stand.

-I bought one of everything. -Thank you.

Want some?

Are you sure you don't have to go to the office?

I love watching this.

In all theaters in our city,

the comedy we were all waiting for.

Finally on the Silver Ribbon...

Fernando, this isn't for children.

Romeo against Juliet...

Let's cheer, to being alive.

-For us. -Yes. Cheers.

Romeu Contra Julieta...

Well...

What movies do they have at the other theater?

I think it's Planet of the Apes, I'm not so sure.

...with rhythmic music...

Let's go by 16 de September Street,

we'll be by the main square, at around 6 p.m.

I don't think so. We'll see how many people show up.

If there are as many people as we would want,

I'd say at 8 or 9p.m.

More or less.

Want some?

We could camp at the main square.

You think they'll let us camp at the main square?

It's not like we'll ask for permission.

The riot police will also not ask for permission

to beat the crap out of you.

Stop, Joaquin.

I just don't want anyone to end up in jail.

Well then...

So that's what we'll do.

Yes.

We'll let everyone know the route.

Understood.

We'll bring our tents, and...

-I'm not saying... -there we camp.

Look, I'm not saying it's a bad idea.

But the way things are going, it's impossible.

We'll figure it out when it's time.

Can I have one?

Thank you.

Do you think it'll be full?

I don't know.

Otherwise, I have an idea that could help us.

-Which school are you in? -What?

-Which school are you in? -Political Sciences.

The one with the Hemicycle?

Yes. I'm also at San Ildefonso.

It was a mess.

We had no organization. We needed a leader.

What's your idea?

I have an uncle that works at STIC.

What's STIC?

It's the syndicate for those working in the film industry.

-My uncle is a projectionist. -So what do you propose?

Imagine our pamphlet, but on a huge screen.

Everyone goes to the movies, right?

Hi, Marco.

What's up?

Nothing, stay in.

-Everything fine? -Yes, stay inside!

Sit.

Does your wife watch your show? Your children?

It doesn't matter.

I do. And this is what you'll say tonight.

Don't change a single word.

Dry yourself, you're getting it all wet.

Very good.

You did great.

The government gave permission for this, right?

But of course. This is what we agreed on.

Great, thank you.

This is the moment where

the President of the Republic will come out.

During this trajectory, all social strata...

-I don't think they'll show it. -Yes, they will.

And contrary to...

OK, that's enough, Mali, thank you.

Be ready, in five.

It's hot. Let's wait.

It seems like we're always in winter, right?

Major.

We need help from the KGB.

Having problems?

No, it's fine.

But we could use an extra.

Just in case a copy gets lost, we don't want it in the news.

We are ready.

Three, two...

Good evening. Today, in Cultura a la Carta,

I'd like to talk about an important event

that requires the support and the help of all citizens.

See!

AUGUST 13th EVERYONE TO THE STREETS

Yes! They are showing it!

-Everyone, to the streets! -To the streets!

I appreciate the invitation extended to me by the syndicate,

and I want to use this opportunity

to talk about the regrettable events

that a group of subversives

planned to attack peace,

order and our country's stability.

JOIN AGAINST REPRESSION

Take that thing out of there, how do you disconnect this?

Take it out, I didn't give you permission to put that in.

Who else has a copy of this?

No one.

But because of that,

I should get something extra, and let this just be between us.

-I should've thought of it. -Yes.

It's what's fair.

We cannot allow these enemies of our nation

to continue affecting

our values, and our youth.

What do you need, Major?

For now, a helicopter,

and weapons that can't be traced.

It's this city's obligation

prosecute the guilty

and to investigate to the fullest extent of the law.

Did you hear? We're instigators now.

Thank you for coming.

He even called us the enemy.

Remember that this city's government

is always with the working class.

This time they'll have to hear us, because we're sick of it!

Right? We're sick of it! To the streets!

This time, what will you do for us?

For now, only this.

For now.

The Student's March

will happen August 13th.

It's an unprecedented event that we as a society

have to support, why?

Because it is about our youth.

-Wait. Wait! -Here's your extra.

A gigantic student march,

in this case, the march was orderly, and well organized.

We saw with disgust the racial disturbances in the U.S...

-Adela. The bell. -The riots in the Caribbean,

the rebellions in Latin America,

and we said, trusting:

"This would never happen in Mexico."

But unfortunately, it happened.

Hi, Enrique. What a surprise!

Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening. Come in.

-Thank you. -I'll tell Laura you're here.

Yes.

Good evening, Sir.

-I hope I'm not bothering. -No, son.

I'm just watching while I see our country break down.

Laura, Enrique is here!

Yes, I heard it on the radio.

What does your father say about all of this?

He's worried. He's working a lot.

Excuse me.

-Hi. -Hi.

I just finished a meeting I had nearby,

and wanted to stop by.

Are you staying for dinner?

I can't, thank you. But I'll take some water.

I'll bring it to him.

-Want to come with me? -Sure.

They want the destruction...

How barbaric.

Those people... It's crazy.

Wait.

Your water...

I came from signing the rental agreement.

We'll have it in two weeks.

-So soon? -Yes.

I thought you were only going to see it again, not to sign.

We haven't told anyone.

Don't worry about it, I've thought about it all.

Next week, we'll all go to dinner,

and we'll tell them both the news.

OK, but...

We should do it at a restaurant,

so my father doesn't make a big scene.

Right?

And what's going on here?

Good.

He's fine.

Or she's fine.

Come on, let's go.

This march, on August 13th, we'll be part of history.

We have never...

-Why did you turn it off? -It's enough.

Want to go eat out?

Would you rather go to the movies?

As you wish.

Would you rather go with me or with Elena?

Armando told me.

-Esperanza. -That was not the agreement.

Behind closed doors, it doesn't matter,

but in public, without me, is a lack of respect!

Our agreement

was also for you not to go twice to the same hotel,

but you went again to the Royal.

Or did you think I wouldn't find out? It's my job!

I hadn't gone to that hotel in nine months!

And I've always been very discreet!

You're right.

I'm sorry.

I'll take care of you, and you'll take care of me.

Please, let's go have dinner together?

Where?

Wherever you'd like.

Or, let me surprise you.

Nando!

Do you know who Urho Kekkonen is?

He's the president of Finland.

He sent me a letter today,

and he says he's doubting sending his

athletes to the Olympics.

Especially because of the recent events in Mexico City.

Do you...

understand the magnitude of this?

If Finland doesn't come, who's next?

France? Italy?

The United States?

I want this issue with the students

to be closed, right away.

We have already established communications

with the student body, Mr. President.

We hope to have a resolution for this very soon.

Instead of negotiating,

we should have an announcement against this subversion.

From the Secretary, we could have a statement,

condemning all of the events happening in Mexico City.

I agree, Mr. Secretary.

But this announcement

should come from the city's government.

-The message would be clearer. -I don't know.

Where the announcement comes from doesn't matter.

What matters is how strong the announcement is.

We have to be aware of the situation in Mexico City.

I agree with you again.

And believe me, we'll make it very clear

that this government won't tolerate this mess.

I'm sorry, but I must insist.

We should look for dialogue

with the students.

The message will come from the City's Government.

And you, Doctor, if you can solve this peacefully,

go ahead.

But we have to end this, immediately.

Gentlemen.

Excuse me, Mr. President.

Very well. We need to prepare the camera.

We are ready.

Everything OK.

In the camera.

Very well. Thank you.

Are we ready?

It's working, right?

They're war, and we are peace.

Then, we'll be war, while they'll be peace.

That's how we'll get in position.

But remember who's the boss.

Whenever you're ready, Mr. Secretary.

Good afternoon, my fellow citizens.

I'm talking to you regarding recent events,

and to explain the stance of our Republic's Government

regarding the skirmishes occurring between students

and police forces from the Federal District.

From the Secretary of State and the Presidency,

we are looking for dialogue and peace.

We condemn any

-excessive use of force... -Of course I'm surprised.

Just like you, Javier.

You know Echeverría.

When has he been willing to dialogue?

Therefore, the government is willing to talk

to representatives

of the student body, and of faculty.

Thank you very much.

Call Echeverría.

"We are willing to establish dialogue

to satisfactorily solve

a conflict that our country doesn't deserve."

Mr. Echeverría's play was very interesting, right?

He has gotten ahead of Martínez Manatou,

and said he's in favor of dialogue.

But at the same time, he blames another party

for the violence.

I mean, yourself.

Very smart, right?

I maintain my same stance.

We cannot allow chaos to grow in this country.

Of course not. I agree.

The problem is that while you try to keep a heavy hand,

you stand alone, and further away from the Presidency.

There's still time to go back.

Yes. And we will support you.

But again, if you want to keep a heavy hand,

you'll have to do it no matter the consequences.

And perhaps

it won't even be necessary to wait until the elections,

to make all the changes needed in this country.

It's time for a good military man

to take over the country.

Isn't that right, General?

A coup d'état?

With the support of the government

of the United States.

Think about it.