Chicago mural calls on Mexican immigrants to vote

Chicago March 9 (IANS) A mural painted by artist Alexander Tadlock on a wall in Chicago urges Mexican immigrants living in the US to exercise their right to vote from abroad in this year s general elections.

"Mexico is where you are " the mural in La Villita neighbourhood says.

The 27-year-old Tadlock was commissioned by the Mexican National Electoral Institute (INE) to travel to the Windy City and paint the mural Efe reported.

"It s a mural intended to remind Mexican immigrants that they can vote from abroad to inform them about the proposals and who the candidates are " Tadlock said on his tenth day of work in Chicago.

"We want to have people informed aware that the immigrants themselves can make a difference that they with their vote can change life in their own country " Tadlock a Mexico City resident said.

The mural 8-meter-long and four meters tall depicts four hands raised two of them with the thumbs up sign another with a clenched fist and the last holding an open book.

"The hands mean to send the message that only education and arts can change a society " Tadlock said of his mural which is part of an INE project that has also covered walls in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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