European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Battered Mexico City associated pressm aria Ramirez de Munoz stands in the makeshift Kitchen at a Waist High wooden table in Mexico City grinding onion for a hot Chile sauce. Behind her Strung to a tree hangs a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe. We Don t have our houses but we have our lives says mrs. Munoz s husband Ycidro. Looking at the picture. We believe in her " the Virgin of Guadalupe a manifestation of Mary. The Mother of Jesus is revered by roman catholics throughout Mexico. She is looked to particularly in limes of crisis and need. Her name has been invoked constantly since sept. 19, when the first of two earthquakes ravaged whole neighbourhoods and turned thousands out of their Homes. The survivors now live in homemade tents in Grassy boulevards or Parks in their neighbourhoods. The Walls Are bedsheets solid Pink Here a Blue print there. A gust of wind sends them flapping. The Root is of plastic or. If the occupants have been Lucky. Corrugated tin. The floor is Earth and in the Cool night shivering children huddle close to their parents. The Virgin of Guadalupe has been Given a special place in Many makeshift Homes. The painted virgins look Down on jumbles of pots and pans sacks of Beans and Rice and bundles of clothing tucked into Corners. One woman dusts the bread crumbs from the torn seat of a Kitchen chair and offers it to a visitor. Thanks for  she says. Irnia Herrera and her 10 Young children sit on the Cool ground inside their tent. Eighteen people occupy this 8-by-6 foot dwelling. I m worried most about Rny  she says trying unsuccessfully to hold Back tears. They Coli Edget  Volunteer medical students who Are trying to control health conditions in the tent City estimate that More than 300 people live there. Franciso Rev Ella one of seven doctors or medical students who have donated their services said he was most concerned about sanitary conditions. Restrooms Are scarce and garbage collection nonexistent. A Pany woman Carr from  poor to the of rfcs Gover am cot Munfor and t other no Torch a on in the Humb conf Divide Baths but fit apart Cema place people met Tovac Duran a to the Walls i the had i her a out Hardi a Sta help fix week earthy by Dee injure City. The Well Exoe been a Sam $5 it Pem an a Tattrie Lem  so. Tit up to looking i the stars and stripes