scenes straight from hell
the quiet, not so sunny early afternoon, still wrestling with the threats of rain, was awakened by the shouting match between a fat, middle aged woman and an old middle eastern man with curly, grey hair. the woman was accusing the man of not paying her for her services. the man, in turn, accused her of stealing his wallet. a small crowd of street hawkers selling pirated dvds, cheap watches, mobile phones, cigarettes, fake raybans and nikes, and some their own bodies, gathered around them. the woman screamed and pointed a finger to him: "manggantso! puta ka! mamatay ka na sana!" %%%%%% i was seated inside a shisha bar, sipping coffee and searching for jobs online. the waitress later told me that the old man, apparently a fixture in the burgos street scene, was notorious for not paying his escorts. so i asked the waitress why do the women and their pimps continue to offer their services to him? why don't they report him to the authorities? the waitress, only in her...