El Ojo que Llora
If you are passing through Lima, try to see "El ojo que llora" (The Eye That Cries), at one of the corners of Campo de Marte, in the district of Jesús María. It is one of the most beautiful monuments the city has to offer, and there is something in it that disturbs and moves you. But hurry. Because it is not impossible — Peru is the country of all possibilities — that a singular conspiracy of ignorance, stupidity, and political fanaticism will bring it down. Published on November 14, 2007.