Grecia desde adentro.

Megan Greene es, quizás, una de las personas que más conoce sobre la crisis europea. Quizás sea por su trabajo, como economista senior en Roubini Global Economics, que por lo general se le ha visto por el bando pesimista.

Hace poco estuvo en Grecia viviendo de primera mano la situación de éste país. De su relato, causa especial interés la anécdota que cuenta sobre un café griego:

Nota: (No fue posible encontrar una versión en español)

A friend and I met up at a new bookstore and café in the centre of town, which has only been open for a month. The establishment is in the center of an area filled with bars, and the owner decided the neighborhood could use a place for people to convene and talk without having to drink alcohol and listen to loud music. After we sat down, we asked the waitress for a coffee. She thanked us for our order and immediately turned and walked out the front door.

My friend explained that the owner of the bookstore/café couldn’t get a license to provide coffee. She had tried to just buy a coffee machine and give the coffee away for free, thinking that lingering patrons would boost book sales. However, giving away coffee was illegal as well. Instead, the owner had to strike a deal with a bar across the street, whereby they make the coffee and the waitress spends all day shuttling between the bar and the bookstore/café. My friend also explained to me that books could not be purchased at the bookstore, as it was after 18h and it is illegal to sell books in Greece beyond that hour. I was in a bookstore/café that could neither sell books nor make coffee. (Megan Greene)

También es interesante ver el siguiente video, en el cual Paul Mason, uno de los periodistas birtanicos más famosos se adentra en Grecia y la situación actual que viven, no solo sus habitantes, sino también los inmigrantes.

Al igual que el extracto anterior, no fue posible encontrar una versión en español del video.





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