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"Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires,
such a good land you must be,

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as it makes you forget your wife's love."

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Look at the busy Lizzie.

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Pepe, Pepe!

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Lolita!

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Look! Lunch!

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Hey! Beauty!

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Martinha "the casserole"

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Do you remember?

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How are the family?

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Mummy, look.

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—Just leave her alone.

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What did I tell you this morning?

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Do you want to drive me crazy?

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—Yes, I do.

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Do you? Ah how nice!

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—You are right, Gloria, you are right.
—So you want to drive me crazy...

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Have you seen Marta,
your sister-in-law, who's there?

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Where's Marta?

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—I don't know.

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How come you don't know?
What's your name?

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—I can't remember.

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Glo...?
—Gloria.

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And surname?
—González.

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Where were you born?
—Spain.

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And where do you live? In Villa...?
—...Boche.

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Marta, I got your letter which filled me with joy,

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as I'm so sad after Gloria's death.

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She died on the 7-11-99 at 10am,

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as I was feeding milk to her.

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I'm sorry for her.
For 12 months of suffering

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she never stepped onto the street.

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Dear Marta,

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we had her cremated. We have
her ashes at home, in an urn.

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You ask me to go to Spain.
I'd love to meet your family,

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but they took the house
where I was born

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away from me and
I can't sleep in it.

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Dearest Marta,

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I'm all alone.

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I went to Vigo to see Pepe off at the harbour.

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It was the year of the death
of bullfighter Manolete.

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We read the news on the papers, there.

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The bull had killed him.

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And Uncle Pepe came
from Buenos Aires

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when I was born,
he was my godfather,

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and his wife, Aunt Matilde,
who was French, was my godmother.

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And then he came
another time, when he said:

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"How come I left her as Matilde

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and now she is called Marta?"

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Mom didn't like it, but everybody
started calling me 'Marta'.

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And then we went to Vigo.

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The ship was the Alcántara,
huge, and we went inside,

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all the carpets... How wonderful,
like the best of hotels.

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And then, when we were already in
this house, he sent me 12,000 pts.,

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which was a lot at that time,
to help with the house.

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And he sent me a watch inside one

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of the many packets he used to send me,

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with magazines and so.

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He was very brave, sending
a gold watch by mail. But it arrived!

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I remember sitting you in the corridor
and rushing to the post office.

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He was so good to me!

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I remember that when I was a little girl
I was at my Aunt Sofía's.

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And Uncle Félix had the newspaper,
he and Dad always used to have it.

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Uncle Félix had 'La Libertad' and 'El Sol',
and we had 'El Faro'.

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I was up there with Aunt Sofía,
as I always was, well, many times.

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When she died, never losing consciousness,
she said: "Baby, you deserve everything,

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but they would go mad if I
give you something instead of them."

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Well, the thing is that we read the news
of the death of Carlos Gardel.

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And I was very young, around 15,
and I felt so sorry for him!

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Because I have always liked tangos,
the music and the dance.

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So... What a pity, that photo.
—Did you have a photo of her?

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No, I mean a picture of myself, and Daniel
as a monk, and Lolita as a child, and Mom...

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And we went to Ponte-Vedra, where
Eva Perón was by chance,

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and we were near the stage, close to her.
So elegant, wearing a broad picture hat,

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talking about the "shirtless"...
—When was that?

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Well, what can I say... Daniel was in Poio.
—What were you doing in Ponte-Vedra?

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We were visiting Daniel,
in Poio's monastery.

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Dad brought it. He brought an admirable
golden case. He brought knives,

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spoons, and everything you
can think of from Buenos Aires.

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He must have been in Buenos Aires
from the age of 20 till he was nearly 40.

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—Really?   —Or maybe 35. Or maybe
he was younger when he left.

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He used to tell many stories.
He was a responsible man.

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And he was a rather cultured man considering

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he was from a village and had no education.

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And Úrsula.   —Who was she?
—Dad's sister.

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Dad also sent her to Buenos
Aires 'cause they say

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she was a rebel and fought with people,

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with some men from Osmo,
the so-called Camilos.

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And once he hit her with
a shoe and broke her lip,

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and she asked Dad to call the police,

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but Mum told him: "Don't go, or she'll
drive you mad, you know what she's like..."

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A man from Sam Amaro used
to say: "Ah, what a nice lady..."

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She was very elegant, wearing
black fur coats at the time.

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But... she started drinking...

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She had boyfriends, and they'd
split up... How should I know...!

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Then she went to Buenos Aires.
Her brother Eugenio was there.

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And my grandmother Rosalía,
Dad's mother, came to live with us.

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She used to cook for us and
she was quite content there.

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But... soon Úrsula came back from Buenos
Aires (she didn't stay long, like Lucio).

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And then all the problems began. Granny,
the poor thing, went back to her house,

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and they said she used to hit her;
but that I don't know, 'cause I didn't see it.

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—Who hit whom?
—The daughter hit the mother.

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And in Osmo they said that,
when Dad died (but I didn't see it),

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she went along the Retortela,
opposite our house, playing some tins,

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out of happiness for the death of Dad.
That's what they said. She was nuts.

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Later Granny was found dead;
they said she had hit her.

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And then Úrsula died, but she wasn't old.
Apparently she was also found dead.

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But there are many stories about
Uncle Aurelio, that may not be true:

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"There was a woman where I worked"
(Unlce Aurelio used to lie)

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"who always said: 'Aurelio,
fasten my corset!'."

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And Aunt Sofia:
"You're always making up stories."

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"It's true, she was crazy about me."

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They called him 'Don' Aurelio,
because his mother was a teacher.

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She was a bit dumb: She used to take
communion twice in the morning,

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and the priest said: "You can't do that".
Look at the teachers of those days!

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"Don Aurelio, how come
you don't have any children?"

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"Ah! You wouldn't be able to feed
all the children I left around the world."

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He was like that.

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He had a gun to go hunting, but I don't
remember him shooting down anything.

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And Mom insisted on him
leaving the gun unloaded.

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And they asked him:
"You never shot any animal down."

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"Yes, I did. I shot down a white fox."
But I never saw a white fox.

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Uncle Eugenio stayed there.
And he remained single.

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According to Dad, he used to bet
on the horses but he never won.

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He used to lose everything.
And later, as an old man,

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he married a widow
from Rioboo who had children.

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And he wrote to me telling me to go
and fetch the wine crop for myself.

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Zorrinho used to grow it.

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But when I got there, they told me that
the man in charge was his brother-in-law,

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in Rioboo, who didn't let me have it,
saying that it belonged to his sister-in-law,

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as he had married her. I don't know why
he had to get married, being old as he was.

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Once we got an anonymous letter,
I remember it as if it was today,

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Eugenio hadn't been married for long.

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And it said: "He's a useless man.
He spends everything he earns."

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Hoe vain! Why did she marry him,
as she knew all that beforehand?

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But there was no signature. And Dad
said: "Who the hell is this woman,

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who writes an anonymous
letter from Buenos Aires?"

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Everybody said it had been his wife.
And that's why his brother-in-law

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didn't let me take the wine crop,
'cause I didn't have a power of attorney,

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and without one they didn't let me,
they said it belonged to them.

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Well. Sra. Teresa was very ignorant.
And her husband, Sr. José, too.

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He was a street-lamp keeper.

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There was only gas light in
Buenos Aires at the time, so long ago!

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Buenos Aires! I'm glad I went
there, to know what it is like.

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And he used to say: "I was a
'frolero' ['farolero'] in 'Melro' City."

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Because they say there is a
Merlo Street, but he pronounced 'Melro'.

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She was a seamstress.

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She was our everyday seamstress.

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I remember she never tried
the clothes on before sewing,

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and she put a dress on me,
and Mom arrived,

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she was taking the leaves off the vines,
and came up to see my dress,

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and one of the sleeves was shorter.

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"But Teresa, this is not
serious. Can't you see?"

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"Ah, no, madam, look, look."
And she took both ends saying:

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"Look at it: same length." But the difference
was on the other end. She was terrible.

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She lied so much... God forgive her.

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And she made some pyjamas for Daniel,
but when she tried them, he started crying

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because they hurt him so much here.
And Sr. José took him and said:

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"I'll take the 'little cock' with me,
so that Sra. Teresa can loosen them."

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Then, we sold the wine and Dad said:

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(Dad always spoke
Spanish, unlike us.)

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"Marta, come down to write
down" (the gallons of wine).

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"I have to stay here, so that
Sra. Teresa doesn't fall asleep."

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And she said: "You can go, go, go."

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I was so little, but I remember so well!

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"Ok then, don't come, don't
let her sleep." Just in front of her.

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Aunt Sofia used to always tell the story.

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She slept all the time, and she couldn't work.

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And me: "I have to saty so that
Sra. Teresa doesn't sleep." Oh my God!

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She said: "I worked a lot for 'Manos de
Plata'" (instead of 'Mar del Plata').

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Yeah, silver hands ['manos de plata']
she had when she had to work.

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He was from Cenlhe, and she from Sam Fiz.

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And he st-st-stuttered, and he told me:
"Ma-Martinha, when Sra. Te-Teresa dies

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I-I-I'll ma-ma-marry you."

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He was amazing. And they were
always in our house. He used to make clogs.

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And when she was about to marry him, she
said, apparently, 'cause I don't remember it:

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"I am half-owner of some cows",
said Sra. Teresa to Sr. José.

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When they got married he told her:
"Let's go and see the cows."

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But she had nothing at all.

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"Well... Not now, later", she said.
"We'll see later". She was a liar.

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Like saying: "If I have cows,
you'll love me better."

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And he later went to claim the cow from
the man, I still remember him.

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And he said: "What cows are you
talking about? The only cows here are mine."

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She was terrible. But they were good people.

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And they went to Buenos Aires,
without even knowing how to read!

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Going around the world being so ignorant!

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But he became a 'frolero' in 'Melro' City.

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—Who was the first of your brother
to go away?   —The first one was Lucio.

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Lucio was studying in Ourense, you know.

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And then they wrote to Dad from the school
saying he didn't attend the lessons.

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God Almighty! Dad went to fetch him, and
Mom said: "What is this man going to do?

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He doesn't work, he doesn't study..."
But there was nothing they could do.

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But Barroso, one of our teachers,
said to Dad: "Don't let the boy leave school.

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Now he has settled down. He's very
intelligent and in no time he will get the title."

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And Mom didn't want to, but Dad did.
He even wanted me to study,

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but in those days it wasn't
common [for a girl to study].

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I wish I had studied. But, anyway...

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Well, after they brought him
from Ourense, they said:

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"What are we going to do with him?"

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'Cause he didn't want to work either.

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So, they talked of sending
Lucio to Buenos Aires.

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And there he went. But he
was very quick in coming back.

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—And who was there? Your Uncle Pepe?

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Uncle Pepe was the one
who looked after all of them.

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He must have said: "What a
bunch they send me here!"

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And Lucio started working for
Gatichaves, which was a department store

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like Continente or so, a very big one.

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We still have a coat hanger
with its name: Gath & Chaves.

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I remember a winter
day when he arrived.

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And Mom was so upset, because
what could he do after Buenos Aires?

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It was then that Barroso told them to keep
him studying, 'cause it was a pity, etc.

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And he brought me, I remember
it perfectly well, a necklace,

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and another one for Peregrina.

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Gloria had a brother, Jaime, who behaved
so badly with her, the poor thing.

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When Begoña was born, they came over.
—Who were 'they'?

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Jaime and his wife. They came form Sam Fiz,
where Mom had paid them for the inheritance.

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And he told Gloria that he
had been robbed at the Customs.

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00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:53,860
Gloria was desperate. Poor thing!

219
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:59,420
Her parents had worked so much,
and now she had nothing!

220
00:35:00,420 --> 00:35:07,180
And they complained, of course. And then
(well, it's disgusting to even mention it)

221
00:35:07,860 --> 00:35:14,020
apparently Gloria wrote a letter to him,
complaining about what he had done

222
00:35:15,260 --> 00:35:22,180
with the inheritance from their parents,
criticizing his behaviour, and so on.

223
00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:33,020
And then he answered by sending her
a letter dirty with shit, insulting them.

224
00:35:34,420 --> 00:35:39,780
And then they weren't on speaking
terms any more. They split up for good.

225
00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:48,500
Later he went to visit Gloria, but
she slammed the door in his face.

226
00:36:49,660 --> 00:37:00,780
Luisa had a friend, according to Daniel.
He said: "Why is she going out with that guy?

227
00:37:01,340 --> 00:37:05,500
And he must have forbidden her to come
and visit us, as she never came back

228
00:37:06,340 --> 00:37:09,260
to our house", that's
what he said. And then,

229
00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:13,660
as she never went back
since she had met him,

230
00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:20,860
they saw the news, I think on TV, of a woman

231
00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:25,780
they had found dead by a river or so.

232
00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:31,500
And I asked Daniel: "But you don't
even find out who had done it?"

233
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:36,340
"Justice here doesn't exist, they don't care."

234
00:37:36,660 --> 00:37:42,660
And I said: "That man was easy to catch,
because everything she had was left for him."

235
00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:45,580
And she had a house, and everything.

236
00:37:46,260 --> 00:37:51,100
What bad luck! I was so sorry for her!

237
00:37:56,860 --> 00:38:04,260
Apparently, they had a delivery service;
they delivered bread, milk, everything...

238
00:38:08,020 --> 00:38:12,260
And Faustino complained that their
business wasn't doing very well.

239
00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:16,260
"I don't know why", he said.
And one day he told his partner:

240
00:38:16,660 --> 00:38:21,500
"Look, what are you doing?" 'Cause this business
should do very well, but it's doing badly."

241
00:38:21,860 --> 00:38:25,340
And I suppose he must have been very
insistent. And one they, while they

242
00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:27,180
were delivering, "bang, bang".

243
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:30,340
He left three children,
being already a widower.

244
00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:35,020
His wife had already died.
Three small children.

245
00:38:35,860 --> 00:38:37,660
Orphans they became.

246
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:43,260
And then the priests took the two boys in.

247
00:38:43,940 --> 00:38:46,340
Poor thing. I didn't know him, but I was very sad

248
00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:49,580
when the news of his death reached us.

249
00:38:56,860 --> 00:39:02,580
I, Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla.

250
00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:16,420
While he is missing, he can't
have any special treatment.

251
00:39:16,860 --> 00:39:21,020
He's unknown, missing.
He has no entity, he is not,

252
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,700
he is not dead nor alive, just missing.

253
00:41:11,660 --> 00:41:18,180
Hello, Alberte. Is this name 'Alberto'
in Spanish? I'm glad to hear from you.

254
00:41:19,420 --> 00:41:23,100
I'm writing in a hurry and
briefly 'cause I'm at work,

255
00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:25,700
but I wanted to answer quickly.

256
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:33,100
It's interesting, weird and
exciting to start a dialogue with you.

257
00:41:33,940 --> 00:41:37,780
Please tell your father
that I've sent the letter

258
00:41:37,780 --> 00:41:43,180
to my brother Eladio.
He's the eldest of us.

259
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:54,780
As you must know, things here
in Argentina are very complex,

260
00:41:55,100 --> 00:41:58,660
and Eladio is in very low spirits.

261
00:41:59,780 --> 00:42:05,580
That may be the reason why he
hasn't answered your father yet.

262
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:12,100
I'll tell you who we are:

263
00:42:13,860 --> 00:42:23,580
Eladio Faustino is the eldest.
He turned 58 on 4-09-02.

264
00:42:24,580 --> 00:42:27,020
Luis Alberto is the middle one.

265
00:42:27,020 --> 00:42:35,180
He'll be 57 on 16-12-02.

266
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:39,340
I, Celia Ester, am the youngest one.

267
00:42:39,340 --> 00:42:44,780
I'm 51 and my birthday
is on 17 January.

268
00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:50,420
Our emotional and family lives
are rather complex.

269
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:58,580
Eladio has one daughter and 3 sons,
and one ganddaughter.

270
00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:02,580
Luis has 3 children, 2 wives

271
00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:08,500
(one of them has passed away)
and 6 grandchildren.

272
00:43:09,700 --> 00:43:13,100
I'm not married, but
share my life with Jorge,

273
00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:16,180
who has 2 children and a grandchild

274
00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:19,500
from his previous partner. As for my job,

275
00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:22,180
I'll tell you in the next chapter.

276
00:43:22,260 --> 00:43:24,660
Best wishes, Celia.

277
00:43:56,020 --> 00:43:57,420
Hello, cousin.

278
00:43:57,860 --> 00:44:01,020
Tell your father that my
brother has received his letter.

279
00:44:02,260 --> 00:44:07,860
I phoned him and he
confirmed he had received it.

280
00:44:08,940 --> 00:44:11,860
Why is your father, who happens
to be my Uncle Gonzalo,

281
00:44:12,260 --> 00:44:15,020
is so interested in speaking to Eladio?

282
00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:16,860
Because he is the eldest?

283
00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:20,260
It's just a philopsychological question.

284
00:44:21,260 --> 00:44:22,340
If you feel like it

285
00:44:22,780 --> 00:44:27,780
tell your father I'm
available to talk to him.

286
00:44:29,180 --> 00:44:33,500
I'm also at one of my jobs.
It's Friday.

287
00:44:33,860 --> 00:44:36,020
Spring is beginning
here tomorrow.

288
00:44:36,940 --> 00:44:39,180
Students celebrate their day,

289
00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:42,580
so I'm not working tomorrow.

290
00:44:42,660 --> 00:44:44,860
Best wishes, Celia.

291
00:45:07,340 --> 00:45:08,500
Hello, cousin.

292
00:45:08,860 --> 00:45:12,780
Getting your e-mails
is always a pleasure.

293
00:45:13,180 --> 00:45:15,860
I like your nickname: Berto.

294
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:17,660
Can I call you that?

295
00:45:19,580 --> 00:45:24,580
I am in Villa Urquiza, in Buenos Aires,

296
00:45:24,860 --> 00:45:26,780
at the High School where I work,

297
00:45:27,700 --> 00:45:32,260
and this machine 'eats up'
('morfa' in Lunfardo)

298
00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:33,780
all the accents.

299
00:45:35,420 --> 00:45:38,340
What can I do so that your father

300
00:45:38,780 --> 00:45:40,260
pays attention to me?

301
00:45:40,940 --> 00:45:42,580
I know it's not your problem,

302
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:45,860
but I'm fed up with this affair

303
00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:47,940
of the blessed plots of land.

304
00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:52,860
I'm rather low this late on in the year.

305
00:45:53,260 --> 00:45:57,940
I hope to do things without
dying in the attempt.

306
00:45:58,420 --> 00:46:01,340
See you soon. Love, Celia.

307
00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:06,660
P.D.: I'll keep your greetings
for my brothers

308
00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:09,860
till I see them, i.e. hardly ever.

309
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:10,860
Bye bye.

310
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:06,860
Hello, Berto.

311
00:47:07,180 --> 00:47:11,860
Your father phoned just during
our process of moving house.

312
00:47:13,780 --> 00:47:17,340
I'll give you my new address.

313
00:47:17,340 --> 00:47:20,260
I'll tell you about it later,

314
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:23,020
but this move has been very good,

315
00:47:24,420 --> 00:47:28,780
as my partner and me were
able to cancel a mortgage

316
00:47:29,260 --> 00:47:32,660
we had on the other flat.

317
00:47:34,260 --> 00:47:38,180
I want my new flat to have
a spare room for you

318
00:47:38,180 --> 00:47:41,180
when you come visiting to Buenos Aires.

319
00:47:42,180 --> 00:47:45,780
Greetings for everybody
in this New Year's celebrations.

320
00:47:46,260 --> 00:47:48,420
Thank your father for his present.

321
00:47:48,660 --> 00:47:52,260
I was really surprised by it.

322
00:47:52,860 --> 00:47:55,100
I haven't got the money yet,

323
00:47:56,180 --> 00:48:00,660
as you may guess,
as I've just read your mail.

324
00:48:01,180 --> 00:48:03,660
But thanks again,

325
00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:05,860
and tell him it comes in handy,

326
00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:10,940
as removals are very expensive.

327
00:48:11,780 --> 00:48:14,700
I'll tell my brothers about it.

328
00:48:15,660 --> 00:48:20,780
A kiss for you and best wishes for 2003,

329
00:48:21,780 --> 00:48:26,020
especially if one feels
like building the future.

330
00:48:26,580 --> 00:48:28,780
See you soon, Celia.

331
00:48:51,580 --> 00:48:55,180
...in every single day of struggle...
...during the farming strikes...

332
00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:57,660
...this is not the first step we take...

333
00:48:58,580 --> 00:49:03,340
...people are coming from La Boca,
La Matanza and many places...

334
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:29,420
...this is a very bad sign
of the political will...

335
00:49:29,860 --> 00:49:30,940
Hello, Berto.

336
00:49:31,420 --> 00:49:33,860
How are you dealing with the
hangover of the festive season?

337
00:49:34,340 --> 00:49:36,940
Here in Buenos Aires it's too hot.

338
00:49:38,340 --> 00:49:40,660
I'm writing a letter to your father,

339
00:49:41,180 --> 00:49:44,660
but please thank him
for his Christmas present

340
00:49:45,420 --> 00:49:48,660
and tell him that my eldest
brother, Eladio, and me

341
00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:50,260
have already cashed it.

342
00:49:50,700 --> 00:49:53,940
I haven't sent the details to Luis yet.

343
00:49:55,020 --> 00:49:56,780
Being in dialogue with you

344
00:49:56,780 --> 00:49:59,860
I've started thinking about my origins

345
00:49:59,860 --> 00:50:03,580
and I've found a book about 12 Galizans

346
00:50:03,580 --> 00:50:06,660
which I find very interesting.

347
00:50:07,180 --> 00:50:11,940
I'd like to know more about
your views on Galizan-ness.

348
00:50:11,940 --> 00:50:18,100
I think these days it's a big challenge,
confronting globalization,

349
00:50:18,860 --> 00:50:20,420
to recover one's roots.

350
00:50:21,180 --> 00:50:23,860
And I liked your decision
to change your name.

351
00:50:24,780 --> 00:50:26,420
Enough for today.

352
00:50:27,260 --> 00:50:28,780
Best wishes, Celia.

353
00:50:58,780 --> 00:51:00,260
Hello, Berto.

354
00:51:00,860 --> 00:51:04,100
Thanks for telling me
about the letter.

355
00:51:04,580 --> 00:51:08,420
Your comments on
Galiza are very interesting.

356
00:51:08,940 --> 00:51:10,340
As a daughter of Galizan parents

357
00:51:10,780 --> 00:51:15,780
I could never stand jokes
about my ancestors.

358
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:21,580
Here in Argentina we are rather
arrogant and authoritarian.

359
00:51:22,020 --> 00:51:26,660
You know it well, because of
the many compatriots of mine

360
00:51:27,020 --> 00:51:31,260
who have gone back to
those lands looking for a job.

361
00:51:31,860 --> 00:51:35,420
When you have time,
keep telling me about

362
00:51:36,020 --> 00:51:39,860
the sociology and politics
of your country.

363
00:51:40,260 --> 00:51:44,180
We are very confused politically.

364
00:51:44,780 --> 00:51:46,420
Elections are near

365
00:51:46,580 --> 00:51:49,860
and most of us don't know what to do.

366
00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:55,500
One of our problems is that
we say in the documents

367
00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:57,780
that we are a federal country

368
00:51:58,420 --> 00:52:00,500
but in fact we are very centralized.

369
00:52:01,100 --> 00:52:07,020
The Federal Capital decides the
destiny of a nation of 24 provinces,

370
00:52:07,660 --> 00:52:08,940
most of them very poor.

371
00:52:09,260 --> 00:52:12,100
And we don't know,
in this mega-harbour,

372
00:52:12,700 --> 00:52:14,580
whether we are Argentinian, European,

373
00:52:14,940 --> 00:52:19,860
Latin American, or whether
our destiny is the MercoSur.

374
00:52:20,660 --> 00:52:24,660
The MercoSur seems
to be reborn with Lula,

375
00:52:25,780 --> 00:52:30,020
though I don't know whether out of
fear of our huge neighbour Brazil.

376
00:52:30,940 --> 00:52:33,340
Are your holidays over?

377
00:52:33,700 --> 00:52:37,020
Today is my last day of holiday

378
00:52:37,780 --> 00:52:41,780
in one of the Universities
for which I work.

379
00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:44,660
But my future is rather uncertain,

380
00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:49,700
as I don't know whether
they'll renew my contract.

381
00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:51,340
I'll keep you informed.

382
00:52:51,860 --> 00:52:54,420
But the future is not that dark.

383
00:52:55,020 --> 00:52:58,180
I have many projects and
want to do many things.

384
00:52:58,780 --> 00:53:01,180
I'll be telling you about them.

385
00:53:01,780 --> 00:53:03,100
Best wishes, Celia.

386
00:53:42,940 --> 00:53:44,260
Hello, Berto.

387
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:48,660
As of today, I haven't got
any news from your father.

388
00:53:49,180 --> 00:53:50,260
How's life treating you?

389
00:53:51,020 --> 00:53:53,500
How are you living
the possibility of war?

390
00:53:53,860 --> 00:53:57,260
What about the oil spillage
[on the Galizan coast]?

391
00:53:58,780 --> 00:54:06,100
I've been in contact with
some women from Spain

392
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:08,580
who are visiting Argentina.

393
00:54:09,940 --> 00:54:12,780
Yesterday I was talking
to a woman from Vigo

394
00:54:13,340 --> 00:54:16,580
aboout the next Galizan elections.

395
00:54:17,020 --> 00:54:19,420
I mentioned your
views on the subject.

396
00:54:20,020 --> 00:54:22,860
She wishes a new party wins,

397
00:54:23,420 --> 00:54:25,180
and she has her doubts

398
00:54:25,500 --> 00:54:28,020
about another victory of the PP
[right wing People's Party].

399
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:32,860
My work life is still uncertain,

400
00:54:33,780 --> 00:54:35,860
so I enjoy the sun, my house,

401
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:39,700
and I put in order all
the papers and junk

402
00:54:40,180 --> 00:54:42,100
collected over a long period.

403
00:54:42,660 --> 00:54:48,420
I can also read and talk
to friends and make plans.

404
00:54:48,500 --> 00:54:52,260
Here we keep discussing
the next elections,

405
00:54:52,860 --> 00:54:54,340
the MercoSur and Lula,

406
00:54:54,340 --> 00:55:00,940
the negotiations with the IMF,
the ALCA [FTAA] and the EU,

407
00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:06,860
unemployment, 'piqueteros'
[unemployed strikers], hunger, etc.

408
00:55:07,780 --> 00:55:09,940
Best wishes, Celia.

409
00:55:49,860 --> 00:55:51,420
Hello, Alberte.

410
00:55:52,020 --> 00:55:57,420
I've just collected a new
letter from your father.

411
00:55:57,940 --> 00:56:01,700
If you talk to him,
tell him I got it.

412
00:56:02,340 --> 00:56:04,100
What is 'chapapote'?

413
00:56:04,580 --> 00:56:07,260
Are you going to
[the demonstration in] Madrid too?

414
00:56:08,260 --> 00:56:14,180
I'm a bit sleepy because
I'm getting up at 6 a.m.

415
00:56:14,660 --> 00:56:19,340
to attend a course on
human rights and education.

416
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:23,420
The topic is very interesting.

417
00:56:24,020 --> 00:56:26,660
The teachers are a bit boring,

418
00:56:27,260 --> 00:56:32,580
but I can stand it for 5 hours
a day with no problem.

419
00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:36,940
I went with Jorge, my partner,

420
00:56:37,180 --> 00:56:39,780
to the demo against
the war on Saturday.

421
00:56:40,860 --> 00:56:43,780
Here in Buenos Aires
some papers said

422
00:56:43,780 --> 00:56:48,260
that there were 10,000 people,

423
00:56:48,660 --> 00:56:53,020
others, 50,000; and others, 60,000.

424
00:56:53,700 --> 00:56:54,780
There were many of us,

425
00:56:55,420 --> 00:56:59,660
feeling at home,
people of all ages.

426
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:04,780
Here the leaders of the Peronistas,
of the Radical Party

427
00:57:05,020 --> 00:57:08,940
or of any party just think
of positions and not of people.

428
00:57:10,180 --> 00:57:14,260
From now till April this is
going to be difficult, hard, sad,

429
00:57:14,660 --> 00:57:17,940
and we'll have to meditate
a lot before deciding

430
00:57:18,340 --> 00:57:21,660
who are going to
govern us, or say they do,

431
00:57:22,260 --> 00:57:23,780
for the next four years.

432
00:57:25,420 --> 00:57:31,100
As for what we thought about
you and your family in the past...

433
00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:35,020
As for you, I didn't think anything,

434
00:57:35,420 --> 00:57:39,580
as I didn't know you or
your brothers and sister existed.

435
00:57:40,860 --> 00:57:44,780
As for your grandmother,
bah! she's mine too, isn't she?

436
00:57:45,100 --> 00:57:48,420
and your father and his sister, for many years

437
00:57:48,940 --> 00:57:49,940
(and I'm talking in my name)

438
00:57:50,340 --> 00:57:55,180
I felt sadness, astonishment,
pain, lack of understanding.

439
00:57:56,100 --> 00:58:00,100
Today I can get to understand,
though I don't share it,

440
00:58:00,700 --> 00:58:03,100
that they did their best.

441
00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:07,260
Besides, They may not have
understood anything.

442
00:58:08,180 --> 00:58:12,260
But for a little child who
had lost father and mother

443
00:58:12,780 --> 00:58:14,500
it was very difficult to understand

444
00:58:15,100 --> 00:58:18,340
why her granny, uncle and
aunt didn't look after her.

445
00:58:18,780 --> 00:58:25,100
I can understand the poverty,
the fears, the distance.

446
00:58:25,780 --> 00:58:32,500
But not to take care of a
7-year-old granddaughter

447
00:58:32,860 --> 00:58:34,860
that I can't understand.

448
00:58:35,500 --> 00:58:39,020
Now, after some years
of psychoanalysis

449
00:58:39,860 --> 00:58:42,580
and a few more of life experience

450
00:58:43,260 --> 00:58:47,860
I find it useful to discuss
the subject, to ask: "Why"?

451
00:58:48,580 --> 00:58:50,780
to know what you thought
about us at home.

452
00:58:51,020 --> 00:58:53,940
Because you did know about us.

453
00:58:55,340 --> 00:59:00,020
And then when Aunt
Carmen and your father

454
00:59:00,420 --> 00:59:02,580
wrote to us to discuss the plots of land

455
00:59:03,100 --> 00:59:06,580
I felt there wasn't
the tiniest bit of love,

456
00:59:06,940 --> 00:59:11,020
only words about some lumps of dust,

457
00:59:12,020 --> 00:59:13,780
which is all right.

458
00:59:14,260 --> 00:59:17,100
But I was expecting
something different.

459
00:59:18,260 --> 00:59:22,020
Now it's easy to talk to you,

460
00:59:22,660 --> 00:59:25,100
and what you told me
about your parents

461
00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:29,260
helped when talking to him.

462
00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:34,860
I think that everybody
does what they can,

463
00:59:35,260 --> 00:59:37,580
when they can and how they can,

464
00:59:37,860 --> 00:59:40,940
even if I don't like it.

465
00:59:41,780 --> 00:59:47,100
I wonder why human beings
are so complicated,

466
00:59:47,780 --> 00:59:51,100
why is it so difficult to
come to an agreement,

467
00:59:51,420 --> 00:59:55,100
to open our hearts
and to share our fears.

468
00:59:56,020 --> 00:59:58,020
I'll stop bothering you.

469
00:59:58,420 --> 00:59:59,100
Best wishes.

470
00:59:59,660 --> 01:00:03,100
Until our next e-mail, Celia.

471
01:01:08,180 --> 01:01:09,260
Hello, Berto.

472
01:01:09,580 --> 01:01:15,260
Exportation of Galizan words
has also reached Buenos Aires.

473
01:01:16,180 --> 01:01:19,100
The thing is that I'm
rather absent-minded,

474
01:01:19,660 --> 01:01:23,180
so I was surprised
when I read it in your mail.

475
01:01:23,940 --> 01:01:26,780
I haven't read the papers lately,

476
01:01:27,340 --> 01:01:31,100
and I haven't heard it
on the audiovisual media.

477
01:01:31,860 --> 01:01:37,420
While I'm writing, I remember
that when I was 5

478
01:01:38,020 --> 01:01:40,940
and lived with my parents in this city,

479
01:01:41,420 --> 01:01:44,500
I used to chew tar, i.e. 'chapapote',

480
01:01:44,780 --> 01:01:47,020
pulled out from between
the cobbles by my brothers,

481
01:01:52,580 --> 01:01:56,180
I haven't answered your father yet.

482
01:01:57,340 --> 01:02:02,020
It takes its time, as I
have to talk to my brothers.

483
01:02:02,860 --> 01:02:08,020
And with Eladio Faustino and Luis Alberto,
my brothers and your cousins,

484
01:02:08,420 --> 01:02:11,660
dialogue is far from fluent.

485
01:02:12,660 --> 01:02:16,860
I am organizing my
work for this year.

486
01:02:17,420 --> 01:02:22,660
For the moment I've been
appointed for a private University

487
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:26,260
in order to teach two subjects.

488
01:02:26,780 --> 01:02:33,660
I've got another job at a,
as we call it, third level school.

489
01:02:34,700 --> 01:02:38,260
And some other
things are taking shape.

490
01:02:38,780 --> 01:02:39,860
I'll tell you later.

491
01:02:40,020 --> 01:02:41,940
Best wishes, Celia.

492
01:04:22,420 --> 01:04:23,660
Hello, Berto.

493
01:04:23,860 --> 01:04:28,340
How's this new year
2004 treating you?

494
01:04:29,100 --> 01:04:36,180
I feel silly, sometimes rather
blue, other times a bit better.

495
01:04:37,020 --> 01:04:38,660
I suppose this is common.

496
01:04:39,860 --> 01:04:42,860
But I often feel rather weird.

497
01:04:43,660 --> 01:04:49,700
I start working on Monday
at one of my Universities.

498
01:04:50,180 --> 01:04:54,260
End of holidays,
although not full time.

499
01:04:55,100 --> 01:04:58,700
I'll keep you informed.

500
01:04:58,940 --> 01:05:02,860
In Argentina, as in Spain, apparently,

501
01:05:03,420 --> 01:05:08,020
labour instability
is pretty extensive.

502
01:05:08,660 --> 01:05:10,260
Talking about labour:

503
01:05:10,860 --> 01:05:14,340
Did your big brother get the job?

504
01:05:14,780 --> 01:05:17,420
One of the reasons why
I'm writing to you

505
01:05:18,020 --> 01:05:23,260
is to ask for your permission
to give your e-mail address

506
01:05:23,580 --> 01:05:27,420
to one of my nephews,
Dardo Alberto Pagán,

507
01:05:27,580 --> 01:05:30,580
my brother Luis' eldest son.

508
01:05:31,340 --> 01:05:32,940
He asked for your personal details

509
01:05:33,260 --> 01:05:36,500
because he wants to leave for Spain.

510
01:05:37,100 --> 01:05:40,420
As a personal rule,
I don't give addresses away

511
01:05:41,020 --> 01:05:43,940
without an authorization.

512
01:05:44,500 --> 01:05:46,260
I look forward to your comments.

513
01:05:46,420 --> 01:05:49,100
Love, Celia.