Archive for July, 2007
Video: The Dangers for Journalists in Mexico
Mexico has become the western hemisphere’s deadliest country for the press, according to Reporters Without Borders. A total of 32 journalists have been murdered and seven disappeared since 2000. With nine journalists murdered in 2006, it ranked second only to Iraq worldwide.
Living La Lucha Libre
Despite my best intentions, I failed miserably on Friday in getting media access to La Lucha Libre. Not only did they ignore my requests for a pass, but they confiscated all of the recording equipment – dictaphone, mobile phone and camera – that I tried to sneak in. Worry not – I will bring you a multi-media Lucha Libre experience if it is the last thing I do. In the meantime, here is a sense of the experience:
Clementi, a builder by trade, waits for work in Mexico City’s Zocalo
Clementi is one of the many tradesmen to make his living from the edges of the Zocalo in Mexico City. A builder by trade, he awaits potential clients on the outside of the fence that rings the Cathedral.
People come to the square to contract builders, he explains. If they employ him, Clementi then contacts a [...]
A spirit of adventure
Sitting here in Gatwick departures, awaiting my flight, your humble correspondent has been attempting to drum up some words of profundity with which to set the tone of this exciting venture.
Of course, none were forthcoming, so I’ve ‘borrowed’ someone else’s!
This is a quote from Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the youngest members of Robert Falcon Scott’s [...]
