Message-ID: <3317DA51.5D1B@uniontel.net> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:27:13 -0800 From: David Johnson <mailto:pinefarm@UNIONTEL.NET> Subject: middle class two To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
My observations on the middle class in Paraguay were borne out
during my vacation in Mexico. Most of the Americans I talked to there had
positive things to say about Mexicans. They found them to be friendly,
nice people, as I did.
The one exception was a man who spent his days selling
advertising to Mexican business' for a magazine he published. He found
the business people he dealt with to be devious and dishonest. He had all
sorts of problems getting them to pay for the ads he ran for them.
There seems to be a very definite line between classes in these
countries. Much more so than in the US.
It seemed to me in Paraguay that the middle and upper class
people felt themselves to be, not so much better than the poor but,
actually a different race entirely. They used to say to me "You should
get to know the Paraguayan campesino, they are really great people,
you'll like them a lot." and, so I did. But, the way they said it seemed
to indicate that there was really no connection between them and the
campesinos. That seemed strange to me.
Dave Johnson