Foreign Native

In Spanish double negatives are valid when referring to the absence of people and things. “No hay nada,” — literally, “there isn’t nothing” — is a multi-purpose expression which can mean the fridge is empty, no one showed up for the game, or nobody knows anything about this. It can also mean “there’s nothing.” Likewise, [...]

Stray dogs are still part of the Mexican landscape. The number of street dogs has diminished substantially over the years with the work of the catchers, but strays – mongrels for the most part – can still be seen hanging around the markets and street stalls, where their scavenging for food has a greater chance [...]