Suitcases, contrary to what you may think, seem to have their own lives and control their own destinies. They make us believe we control where they are going.
THE SECRET LIVES OF LUGGAGE
THE CHILDREN OF WAR
LEOPOLIS, Ukraine – Nothing like a war to learn geography, history and how fragile we are. I’ve spent the past few days watching thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the brutal Russian invasion. But it is the children who literally broke my heart.
VAXXED VS. UNVAXXED
LOS ANGELES – The Uber driver who took me to the restaurants was totally protected.
TRAPPED IN PARADISE
MAHE, Seychelles Islands – Who hasn’t said it? “I want to be on an island with nothing to do.” I said it many times, especially in times of too much work, stress and conflict. Well, it happened to me.
The best of 2021, and a hopeful 2022
If 2020 was a cursed year, 2021 was one of disillusionment, because it promised more than it could really deliver. Even so, I am betting on a hopeful 2022.
THE SATURDAY FUTBOLITO
At first we didn’t even know how to greet each other. From a distance, or with a handshake? With the mask on or off? My Argentine friends, who usually kiss on the cheek, had it even more complicated.
BANNED BOOKS AND COURAGEROUS PUBLISHERS
(This is part of my speech during the ceremony for the Voltaire Prize awarded by the International Publishers Association during the marvelous Guadalajara Book Fair)
HOW TO TOPPLE A DICTATOR
Everything went wrong for the Cuban dictatorship. It thought it was going to win when it militarized the island and blocked the marches and protests scheduled for Nov. 15.
I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A METAVERSE
Mark Zuckerberg can be accused of many things. But not of timid ideas. The founder of Facebook thinks big, and has managed to get nearly 3 billion people to connect monthly to his social platform, the biggest in a planet that has about 8 billion people.
LESSONS FROM 35 YEARS ON TV: BE A SURFER, NOT AN ANCHOR
On November 3rd, I will mark 35 years as the anchorman for the Spanish-language Univision network’s daily newscast (Noticiero Univision) in the United States. That was never my plan.