A reminder to readers of Intersections that I have been posting regularly over at LA Daily, at LA Weekly.com, in my "Letter from Mexico City." Here's some new stuff.
First, check out my second wrap-up of Fashion Week Mexico at "Fashion Week, Take 2: Marvin & Quetzal line dazzles." Then read about the new street-level civil disobiendence movement against the "privatization" of the state oil company Pemex at "AMLO and the battle over Mexico's oil." An excerpt:
AMLO and his well-organized, women-led "brigades" have taken over -- again -- some streets in the Centro Historico, this time targeting the Senate, where Calderon's reform package is being considered. "They're afraid of us, because we are not afraid," they sing, while promising widespread civil disobedience.
But, to put it bluntly, the whole controversy is confusing as hell.
Also, I have a new report on the infamous Kristoff, who spoke to MTV about the wave of emo-bashings that swept across Mexico in March. (He says the attacks aren't his fault.) And finally, I submit myself to a taste test of the new Pepsi Retro soft drink. The verdict? Don't pack up your bottles of retro Coca-Cola just yet.
* Picuted above, Marvin & Quetzal, backstage at Fashion Week.