Mexico transformed itself into a great city
Alfredo Zalce Mexican
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Zalce’s representation of Mexico City under construction highlights the problems of urban expansion and capitalism. Huge tower blocks overpower older colonial buildings. A skeletal child at left is dying from starvation, and at right diminutive figures representing Indigenous people line up outside the entrance to a building, possibly in search of work or to be compensated for land taken from them. Two men stuff litter into sacks, reflecting the waste generated by the expanding city.
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