This is the second of three readings from Uncle Vic's Manuscript. Great Uncle Vic talks about Oliver's trip up Mount San Jeronimo with his Indian family as well as their efforts to build and develop a rubber plantation along the Coatzacoalcos River in 1905, when President Porfirio Diaz was trying to develop Mexico using neoliberal principles. I make comments about a principle of cultural anthropology known as sympathetic magic in reference to great grandmother Jennie's aversion to eating snake and tiger. I also talk about why goats milk tastes goaty--as Great Uncle Reuben would not put it in his mouth. And finally, I comment about the mutual hostility between Indios and Mestizos and how that hostility has impacted the history of Mexico.
At the end of the podcast, I mention that we, that is Project Hope and Fairness, are close to establishing a chocolate production and shipping facility near LaGuépie, a charming medieval village on the Aveyron River, about 20 minutes from my house.
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