Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter. Alma Guillermoprieto backcloselydiscover Change image and share on social
So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker. Alma Guillermoprieto citizenfeelmanhattan Change image and share on social
One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language. Alma Guillermoprieto givenlanguagesociety Change image and share on social
And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican. Alma Guillermoprieto bordercarpentrychance share on social
The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income. Alma Guillermoprieto americacolombiadrug share on social
You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring. Alma Guillermoprieto boremarcosyear Change image and share on social
There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile. Alma Guillermoprieto makepointsamba Change image and share on social
If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young. Alma Guillermoprieto diemythyoung Change image and share on social
Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me. Alma Guillermoprieto assumehaveinevitably Change image and share on social
I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care. Alma Guillermoprieto careconveyefficient share on social
