Soccer Is A Feast For The Eyes

Globalization Has Considerably Accelerated In Recent Years Following The Dizzying Expansion Of Communications And Transport And The Equally Stupefying Transnational Mergers Of Capital. We Must Not Confuse Globalization With "internationalism" Though. We Know That The Human Condition Is Universal, That We Share Similar Passions, Fears, Needs And Dreams, But This Has Nothing To Do With The "rubbing Out" Of National Borders As A Result Of Unrestricted Capital Movements. One Thing Is The Free Movement Of Peoples, The Other Of Money.

I Am Not A Historian. I Am A Writer Obsessed With Remembering, With Remembering The Past

Nothing Can Be Defined Or Derided On The Basis Of Its Origin. The Important Thing Is What Is Done With It And How Far A Community Identifies With Something That Symbolizes Its Favourite Way Of Dreaming, Living, Dancing, Playing Or Loving. This Is The Positive Side Of The World: A Constant Intermingling That Produces New Responses To New Challenges. But Because Of Forced Globalization, There's A Clear Trend These Days Towards Uniformity. This Trend Comes Largely From The Ever-greater Concentration Of Power In The Hands Of Large Media Groups.

Our Effectiveness Depends On Our Capacity To Be Audacious And Astute, Clear And Appealing. I Would Hope That We Can Create A Language More Fearless And Beautiful Than That Used By Conformist Writers To Greet The Twilight.

Recordar: To Remember; From The Latin Records, To Pass Back Through The Heart