1. A 2011 on Slim and the creation of his museum. He owns 380 Rodin's sculptures and wears 5,000 dollar suits but the journalist still makes an effort to present him as a regular man. Really?
"The 71-year-old lives in a modest six-bedroom house a mile from his office, and has no interest in flashy super-yachts or palatial houses around the world. His grey pinstripe suit may be made by Brioni, the fine Italian tailors, but his watch is a very ordinary-looking plain dial with a leather strap. His black leather loafers are shiny, but no more brilliant than any other self-respecting Mexican businessman’s."
2. A bottle of whisky was just sold for US$1.1m... yes, that is right, more than a million dollars!!!!!! (and, incredibly, it is not the first time)
3. On a more optimistic note, Oxfam in general and Oxfam-Mexico have done really interesting work on inequality. They have now teamed up with the e-paper Chilango to produce a series of really interesting articles on how people from different classes live. This special issue is really worth reading.
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