Oaxaca This past summer a federal judge in California ruled that state’s sanctuary law was legal. Officials and police could not interfere with federal immigration officers’ efforts to arrest and detain immigrants in the United States, but neither were they legally required to assist in these efforts. Predictably, the decision was roundly derided by …
Month: December 2018
Political Struggle Comes Naturally to Oaxaca
Oaxaca If the only book you had ever read about Oaxaca was Oliver Sacks,’ Oaxaca Journal from 2002, as I had, you would have a sense of the environment, particularly ferns along the mountain sides at the edge of the desert, and perhaps the world-renowned culinary scene, but you would miss the fact that this …
Searching for the Monarchs
Valle de Bravo One natural phenomenon that has always been captivating, not only to me, but our entire family, has been the epic 3000-mile migration of the gorgeous monarch butterflies. Their journey ends in several states in Mexico, Michoacan and Estado de Mexico. Valle de Bravo is reputedly in the heart of the Ruta de …