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About The Others: The life of the subversives.

Earlier I told you that there is a place called Peronia , I told you how some of its citizens live, I described their economic and social backwardness. Today I will talk about citizens who are close to ostracism. It happens that in Peronia there is a group branded as subversives, to say it in some way, they are people born in Peronia who are tired of the repression of violent group s, the mafia, corruption and the brazenness of the unions. Recently this group was joined by a group of people who have been destitute, come from a place that no longer exists but in their dreams, where there is no hope, where uncertainty about the future is the only certainty and just as food Faith is also scarce. They have nowhere else to return, their homes have been destroyed, but they are afraid of not being able to continue to take refuge in Peronia.
 Together they form a group of people who not only do not fit in Peronia, but who are victims of constant attacks, they are the others, the di...

A Normal Day in Peronia

In a forgotten continent called America, just to the south, almost closer to the ocean, is Peronia. Peronia has existed since 1946, when a soldier along with trade unionists took the presidency as a hostage. From then until today, the citizens of Peronia continue to follow the same rules: high controls that regulate life, inflation, impossibility to invest in the long term, and are forced to save on their devalued currency: the peso. I write just before the general strike, unions organized to stop the country, ordinary citizens will not receive tomorrow's salary, if they are forced to work they will have to pay triple or more to be able to move to their jobs and then return home. Since today the day has been complicated, the ATMs crowded with people, want to have cash, yes, for these citizens is essential in case they can not pay with debit or credit card, yes, in a world where electronic transfers and bitcoin already exists as currency. I went to a hotel in...