Porfirio’s Perfect Moustache
Cinco de Mayo is upon us again. A pretext for a day off, a pretext for a day of drinking. A day of national pride, remembering a battle won within […]
Tag Archives: Octavio Paz
On how authoritarianism loves high-profile sports
In 1931 Hitler’s Germany hosted and won the Olympics. At the same time they were dreaming of an Aryan nation and putting Romani into camps. In 1968 Mexico hosted the […]
Disney goes South (The Three Caballeros)
I like Disney films. I don’t mean I like them in the comforting childhood memories way (although Robin Hood is pretty important to me and I have been looking for […]
Chiapas Journal part 2 (Easter in San Cristobal)
On Good Friday morning Jesus was dragged out of the church and into the Plaza de los Mexicanos, and thrown into a cage by the bandstand. Two criminals were dragged […]
Trotsky vs. the Artists
We were between meals in Coyoacan, Mexico City, and we decided to visit the Leon Trotsky house. This is a one of DF’s quietest tourist sites – a slow trickle […]
