Foreign Native

Contrary to what the papers may suggest, people in Mexico City are not particularly aggressive, not that is, until they get behind the wheel of their cars and set out into rush-hour traffic. “Rush hour” is actually a bit of an understatement. It starts at about 6 in the morning and runs through to 10, [...]

“Ni son todos los que están, ni están todos los que son” is a compact expression which contains a number of Spanish grammatical features as well as philosophical connotations, particularly in the matter of separating sheep from goats. Translated literally – “Neither are all those that are, nor are all those that are” – it’s nonsensical. But among [...]