The January 2007 “Tortilla Riots” in Mexico. Really?
I’ve been biting my tongue (or restraining my fingers) for months now. But yesterday an article in the New York Times once again took the protests in Mexico City against…
Read moreGood 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 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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