Lic. Enrique Peña Nieto, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Dr. José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Secretario de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Mtro. Aurelio Nuño Mayer, Secretario de Educación Pública
H. Congreso de la Unión
Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, Director del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
A la Comunidad Científica
A la Opinión Pública
Through the efforts of Mario Zurita et al., seven hundred colleagues based in Mexico, including me, have signed the following petition (translation is mine). The list of signatories can be downloaded here. (more…)
The eagle and the snake are a symbol on Mexico’s flag, whose origins are unclear (reminding me the origins of “gringo”). They are also the title of a revolutionary novel, written by Martín Luis Guzmán, published in 1928. The Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language asked Susana Quintanilla to compile a critical edition of El áquila y la serpiente. Today, she presented a moving account of the effort involved. During her talk, she showed what looked like a published book, although I couldn’t find evidence of its existence online. I can only recommend, instead, her article in Letras Libres (in Spanish).
If someone suggested that I would be writing about a game of football in this space, I’d laugh. I rarely watch the game (typically every four years during the World Cup and only very occasionally at other times).
Είναι σωστό και λογικό
μερικά δικά μου προβλήματα
αδιάφορη να σε αφήνουν.
Κι ούτε σε ποίμα σύνηθες είναι να γράφονται
τέτοιου είδους σκέψεις
που εδώ ακολουθούν.
Μα, ελπίζω το γνωρίζεις ήδη,
στους συνηθισμένους δε συγκαταλέχθηκα ποτέ.
Anglo Arts in collaboration with the British Council, Conaculta and the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso (lleno de murales, entre otros de José Clemente Orozco y de Diego Rivera) organised a night of poetry with Sir Andrew Motion & Owen Sheers. A wonderful opening of the Year of the United Kingdom in Mexico.
El domingo pasado se publico en el Confabulario del Universal este poema de José Manuel Recillas dedicado para Huberto Batis; quise entenderlo y por eso trato a traducirlo en mi idioma materno con la esperanza de no dañarlo.
Για περίτεχνα βιβλία και λέξεις,
———————-ανώνυμες νύχτες λαβυρίνθων,
το γράψιμο της μοίρας σ’ ενα σύννεφο
που αποκρύβει τον καθρέφτη που αλλοιώς ονομάζουμε φεγγάρι· (more…)
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