Angel Moriera is not a knife murderer on bike, but an afilador, or knife sharpener. As in some other parts of Latin America, afiladors ride along on their bicycle playing a little pan flute to announce their services. Once stationary, a cylindrical grinding stone is hooked up to the bike pedals so that Moriera can […]
Archives for June 2015
Foto of the Week — Obaca for President
Billboards on the streets of Buenos Aires promote Omar Obaca, who wants to be Argentina’s first black president. On an election year, the ‘Argentine Barack Obama’ upholds an appealing, if ridiculous, platform. On the transportation front, he promises a bullet train to Ezeiza from downtown Buenos Aires. Instead of undertaking the grand task to clean […]
