by Silvia Cuevas Mostacero

(bilingual article)

So here we are. In the United States of America. After filling an online form assuring we are not terrorists or assassins or convicts or any kind of degenerate and that we have not got contact with sick animals and more things I do not quite remember. And having to fill it again on the plane. And having our iris and fingerprints scanned. So, here we are, luckily.

It is my second time in this huge country. And I think it is the country of fear. And controlled freedom. And pride. And arrogance.

I have visited the U.S.A. before and after 11^th of September.

In my first visit they feared the killer bees, in my second, terrorists. No doubt they do not fear arms.

They are absolutely convinced of their freedom. They do have freedom of choice but I have never visited a country in which the government (at any level) has more presence in your everyday life than this.

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