That Last Afternoon with Octavio Paz

Like a lion caged in his own body and tethered to his wheelchair, covered by a Mexican blanket, Paz inquired with anguish as to the fate of his beloved nation
Read moreLike a lion caged in his own body and tethered to his wheelchair, covered by a Mexican blanket, Paz inquired with anguish as to the fate of his beloved nation
Read moreBy RICARDO CASTILLO No doubt about it, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Tren Maya tourist train project is a go. But opposition to AMLO’s “pharaonic” endeavor is hopelessly trying to get its progress suspended, or outright dumped, to no avail. The train is a go, but there are still opponents to it, stemming out of two fronts. Note
Read moreBy THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After a quarter-century hiatus from the eye of the global media, one of the country’s most enigmatic and controversial political entities, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), has returned to the public spotlight as one of newly instated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) most unexpected and vocal nemeses. The far-left EZLN, which began as a
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