There are two expressions specifically designed to describe Mexico City: the most transparent region in the air, and the city of palaces. Neither talks about the impersonal buildings or the most polluted city in the country. I propose a new definition: capital of the world. Ambitious! People from New York, Paris and London might disagree. But I do not intend to compete with such cities; all I want is to present a new perspective, some horizontal thinking. What makes Paris an international city, for instance? The same things that make Mexico City a capital of the world (not “The” capital of the world): different social, economic and historical strata coexisting in equilibrium with their own heartbeat. Read More
