Mexicans protest border fence with (400,000) trees
June 28, 2008
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — The first of 400,000 trees are being planted to form a “green wall” in protest of the fence the U.S. is building along the border with Mexico.
The treeline eventually will stretch for 318 miles along the border between the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas.
Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira Valdes says “our wall is of life, and it competes with shame and hate.”
The U.S. government says the fence is critical to security. Critics say it fuels animosity between the two countries and raises environmental and private property concerns.
The mayor of a Texas border town attended the tree planting in Piedras Negras. Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster opposes the ongoing construction of 670 miles of border fence.
Source. / AP / Houston Chronicle
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
I love it — we pour concrete and steel and razor wire, devastate the watershed, etc., the Mexicans plant a new forest.
Mexico Unite!
A Tale of two Countries … One rich – one poor … but which is which? The difference is culture. The Mexican Culture is defined by individuals in power tempered by Law (read abuse of prerogative). The United States Culture is defined by Law tempered by individuals in power (read review by judicial authority). How is each working out? Do we have to build fences to keep US Citizens from going to Mexico?