The fifth and sixth line of this sonnet speak of the abuse that can no longer be sustained and the lack of will to continue to conform to foreign laws, which alludes to Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla‘s call to revolution against the Spanish on September 16, 1810 when he rang the church bells and issued the Cry of Dolores in the then city of Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo la Cuna de la Indepdencia Nacional), Guanajuato. [read post]

No hay oraciones que valgan, no sirven los sermones ni las parábolas mansas, la tierra nos llama, nos llaman los hombres que pasan hambre y necesidad, apelan a nuestra conciencia los desheredados, los desplazados, los marginados, los que nunca supieron del esplendor sobre la yerba ni la gloria de las flores. [read post]