Word: baquerizo
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With a graceful wave of his hand President Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno last week bade his people celebrate Martes de carnes-tolendas (Mardi Gras) with fitting abandon. Ahead were 40 days of fasting & prayer, but for Fat Tuesday the Rio Guayas had yielded many fish to be eaten; there were many casks full of vino tinto to be drunk; on almost every corner in bustling Guayaquil were vendors with carts laden with confetti, streamers and chizguetes (perfume squirters).* President Baquerizo Moreno had given his own granddaughter, Senorita Rosa Piedad Baquerizo, to be Queen of Carnival. Let the people...
...Commandante Mendoza was active even under restraint. Out in the sun-baked streets his followers collected, staged an election, proclaimed their own "Queen of the People." About her gathered a motley court. They proceeded toward the centre of the city where Queen Baquerizo, surrounded by ladies in waiting, was riding in state in a gaudy float. Up to the float they pushed crying: "Down with the Aristocrats! Viva Mendoza!" Ladies of the court were pushed into the street, suffering bruises. Senorita Rosa had her right eye blackened before the float was delivered to the Queen of the People. Through...