The Lazaro Cardenas Site - Continued
 Tribuna de la Bahía - PVNN
Witnessing the ecocide that took place in what was once Lazaro Cardenas Park hurt. No one, or nearly no one, would think that a place that took over a half century to grow to the size it was, could be exterminated in one, two, or three days, less than a week.
To think that the plants, trees, palms - the flora in general - were ripped out by their roots, is sad. But they promise to respect the three parotas. The rest will be replaced by others that will live - if possible - in pots, as they appear in the scale model presented by the builders, Geminis, on the day of the demonstrations, when young and old cried, trying to contain their feelings of impotence.
The vendors whose stalls were relocated the previous day have complained that, since then, their sales have dropped to zero. Though the complaints expressed by those relocated to Venustiano Carranza Street are different from those of the vendors now on Lazaro Cardenas Street, all report damaged stalls whose cost of repair is supposed to be borne by the municipal government, but they haven’t seen one centavo to date, and their leaders have not shown any signs of life.
The Venustiano Carranza group complains about the mud that accumulates near them after each rainfall, and which dries during the daytime, resulting in foul odors, while the ones on Lazaro Cardenas Street speak of the danger posed by their position in the middle of the street where buses make their turns.
Nearby tourists take a look and prefer to go elsewhere. Although some of the vendors had been operating their souvenir stands around the park for between 8 and 12 years, they don’t even bother opening up any more. |
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News from Around Banderas Bay | August 2006 
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