"Lo malo de la gran familia humana es que todos quieren ser el padre."
Someone described her to me as the “Argentine Charlie Brown, only more political.” She’s pretty cute, and shows up around town on kioskos or the Subte.
Her author is Quino, who stopped producing Mafalda comics in 1973 and moved to Milan (hmm, I wonder why?)
Evita
You could write a novel about just what happened to this woman’s corpse, so I’m not quite sure how to sum her up other than slapping on a big ‘Controversial!’ label. Born an illegitimate child in poverty, former showgirl and radio star, wife to the first and most influential dictator Perón, fought for women’s suffrage and worker’s rights, died young from cancer in 1952; her body ended up in the ritzy Cemeterio Recoleta (I went for a visit) and the leftists during/before the Guerra Sucia of the 70s used her image as a banner – instead of that of the still-living Perón’s second wife Isabel. Oh, dear.
One week until the program's over, most of my friends here have gone, and my family arrives; two more weeks in Buenos Aires; one month until I get back to Montana and all its American-ness; two months until I arrive at Wes once again. What a semester!
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