Good News: Argentine Agricultural Export Tax Defeated
Earlier I posted on my reactions to the standoff between Argentine farmers and the government over a proposed export tax on grains of around 40%. Given the widespread reporting on…
Read moreSpaghetti with gravy
Yesterday I took two 16-year old English visitors to a restaurant in downtown Guanajuato. Pasta looked more user-friendly to them than unknown dishes called tostadas and chilaquiles and the like. …
Read moreChicha: Nectar of the Incas
“Here and there we got huge glasses of chicha, the favorite native beverage, at a cent or two each. So many travelers have pictured the making of this by toothless…
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