Ah, the Plaza del Mayo… I’ve just finished reading The Shock Doctrine and all the naughty naughty things Pinochet and the CIA got up to. Did you get goose-bumpy being there? Mothers of the disappeared and all that? Martin Place aint got quite the history and gravitas of the Plaza del Mayo.
indeed … the Mothers actually came to some agreement a couple of years ago, apparently, so don’t hold the vigil anymore. But yeah certainly a passionate nation in many ways, there’s graffiti all around dedicated to Cristina Kirchner (the “new Evita” who’s just taken over from hubby as president …)
Actually you just reminded me I should have been kicking Ford cars the whole time for their support of the shenanigans …
Just like the one back home !!
Ah, the Plaza del Mayo… I’ve just finished reading The Shock Doctrine and all the naughty naughty things Pinochet and the CIA got up to. Did you get goose-bumpy being there? Mothers of the disappeared and all that? Martin Place aint got quite the history and gravitas of the Plaza del Mayo.
indeed … the Mothers actually came to some agreement a couple of years ago, apparently, so don’t hold the vigil anymore. But yeah certainly a passionate nation in many ways, there’s graffiti all around dedicated to Cristina Kirchner (the “new Evita” who’s just taken over from hubby as president …)
Actually you just reminded me I should have been kicking Ford cars the whole time for their support of the shenanigans …