National days 2

Yesterday — in my posting “National days”, a Peruvian (delivering food to my house) celebrated US Independence Day on my behalf: My dinner for June 27 was delivered by a courier bubbling over in delight about the coming Fourth of July, which he identified as my national day (adding that he was Peruvian and his national days came at the end of July…) In the posting, I played things the way the courier framed them and didn’t appreciate that he was probably also full of delight in America’s liberation day on his own behalf. Meanwhile the news was just coming in that the US government had launched a hugely expanded program of detention and deportation affecting many groups, including Latinos / Hispanics of all sorts — making a decidedly bitter day of liberty for all. And now today. Another food delivery, brought to me by Jaime, a courier new to me, Mexican I think. Who also bubbled over in smiles, then stood smartly to attention, and gave me a proper military salute. As a representative…