Posted on Aug 25, 2023
Part of Berlin Wall finds new home in Tijuana
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A 3-ton portion of the original Berlin Wall found a new permanent place in Tijuana, just a few feet away from the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall was installed Aug. 13 on the Mexican side of Friendship Park.
In many ways, it is an ideal location, said Marcos Cline-Marquez, an L.A.-based producer who helped bring the Berlin Wall to Tijuana.
“You draw parallels between the Berlin Wall, a wall that was built to divide not protect, and the wall on our southern border,” he said.
In many ways, it is an ideal location, said Marcos Cline-Marquez, an L.A.-based producer who helped bring the Berlin Wall to Tijuana.
“You draw parallels between the Berlin Wall, a wall that was built to divide not protect, and the wall on our southern border,” he said.
Part of Berlin Wall finds new home in Tijuana
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Tijuana
Cold War
World History
Berlin
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The placement at Friendship Park is also significant. The park was the only section of the U.S.-Mexico border where people who could not cross the country legally could visit family members on the other side. Cross-border visitation was stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic and has not been restored.
During the Trump era, the border wall was expanded, and its height grew from 18 feet to 30, which has led to a dramatic increase in fatalities from people falling while attempting to cross illegally."...
..."The placement at Friendship Park is also significant. The park was the only section of the U.S.-Mexico border where people who could not cross the country legally could visit family members on the other side. Cross-border visitation was stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic and has not been restored.
During the Trump era, the border wall was expanded, and its height grew from 18 feet to 30, which has led to a dramatic increase in fatalities from people falling while attempting to cross illegally."...
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The Berlin Wall was about forcing Communism on people who lived behind it, and not allowing them to leave. What is the parallel at the U.S. border except for a political movement that wants to reclaim the part of U.S. that was originally Mexico until after the Spanish-American War? Is that what a piece of the wall might suggest to those folk . . . a divided Mexico?
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