the rest of us

Latin America is a colorful place.

Garish bold paint covers teetering adobe, unplumbed cinderblock, and

structural poverty.

Festive colors celebrate life against a backdrop of so much unnecessary

death. Structural poverty. The politician's smile peels back to reveal

another face.

Yes, everything is for sale to the Gringos. Infant mortality, suicide, and

illiteracy have increased since NAFTA. The President of Mexico is a

former Coca Cola corporate executive.

"They're worse than the Nazis," Eduardo Galeano wrote of the politicians

in a neighboring Latin American country. "At least the Nazis were

nationalists."

-Daniel O'Donnell