Los Jubilados are taking a 2-week vacation in Chiapas.
The first thing we noticed was the tile roofs. We have flat, cement roofs in Querétaro. It rains a lot more here. This is a view from our patio:
San Cristobal is a colonial city, which means that the streets and sidewalks are narrow and made of stone. Traffic in the historic center is one-way--a good thing for walkers. But because of the rain, the curbs are really high, making it difficult for walkers to step off and on the curb to allow people with disabilities and babies in strollers to pass:
Back before I was jubilada, I taught a course on the Zapatista Revolution, led by a masked philosophy professor from the capital who called himself Subcomandante Marcos:
I'm not sure where he is now, but the revolution lives on the fronts of various houses:
"Stop repression of the popular movement:"
"October 2 will not be forgotten."
October 2 commemorates the 1968 massacre of students and civilians by the Mexican government.
October 2 commemorates the 1968 massacre of students and civilians by the Mexican government.
Below: "To be young and not revolutionary is a biological contradiction." Allende is dead, but some of us old revolutionaries live on.
"Stop agression against the Zapatista community:"
Tomorrow we hope to take a tour of the area where the Zapatista movement lives on.
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