Raise crows

Raise crows

Without a doubt, the word of the week has been mango, whether referring to the clothing store you can find on any central street identical to any major capital in the world, or as the first person singular present tense of the verb mangar. It has been very curious…

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Bambi mango

Bambi mango

All those who stayed with Disney’s Bambi cannot believe what is happening with Zapatero. In that story, we saw how a mother gave birth to a fawn with friendly eyebrows, destined to assume, already with antlers, the role of the Great Prince of the Forest (Felipe…

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When chaos rules

When chaos rules

Xi Jinping has received Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in less than a week at his palaces in Beijing. It is normal for the official Chinese press to boast and consider that their country “is at the epicenter of world diplomacy.” More distant with the former and more affable with the…

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Is being old being wise?

Is being old being wise?

I interviewed Nelson Mandela in May 1994, a few days after his inauguration as the first democratic president of South Africa. He gave me some news. That he would serve one term and, at 80 years old, retire from politics. That is how it was. He did not fall into the temptation of staying forever in…

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