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Category: Oaxaca

  • La manifestación de los maestros en el zócalo

    The semi-permanente teachers’ protesta occupying el Zócalo, the main town square. Note 28 Dec 2014: The above line shows what happens when you try to type in English while the Español keyboard — and therefore, the español spell-checker — is active on your phone.

  • The Night of the Radishes

    Leer en español: La Noche de los Rábanos By my count, there are nine nested squares in the Zócalo on The Night of the Radishes: Outermost: the sidewalk cafes, mostly connected to expensive hotels but including a few mid-priced and low-priced chains ( Subway, Italian Coffee Company, places that use English words in their Spanish brand names. In the outdoor seating of the elegant restaurants, the waiters shoo away the street vendors and beggars; in the cafés of […]

  • Arte en la Calle

    Political graffito in the style of Banksy. I think this one appeared since I’ve been here.

David Brendan O'Meara on substack

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