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From Folklore to Exotica: Yma Sumac and the Performance of Inca Identity—Vol. 1, No. 3—The Appendix
Yma Sumac, the Peruvian singer, startled audiences in the United States and Europe with her remarkable voice, beauty, and mysterious “Inca” princess/priestess persona. Accounts of Sumac’s life—like the largely fictional narrative quoted above—are full of fantasy and contradictions. Nevertheless, this piece begins with yet another story about her discovery: a true one.

UK to block Greece short-term funding solution
"The idea that British taxpayers' money is going to be on the line in this latest Greek deal is a non-starter", a British treasury official was quoted as saying. — in het Duits is het nog mooier: "Die Vorstellung, das Geld britischer Steuerzahler für die neuste Vereinbarung mit Griechenland zu verwenden, ist ein Rohrkrepierer."

Ontmanteling euro is straks nog enige optie | Opinie | de Volkskrant
Operatie geslaagd, patiënt overleden. Waarschijnlijk is dat de beste samenvatting van het akkoord van afgelopen weekend. Ik moet de eerste econoom nog tegenkomen die het nieuw afgesproken pakket voor Griekenland ziet werken.

‘We underestimated their power’: Greek government insider lifts the lid on five months of ‘humiliation’ and ‘blackmail’ | Mediapart
In this interview with Mediapart, a senior advisor to the Greek government, who has been at the heart of the past five months of negotiations between Athens and its international creditors, reveals the details of what resembles a game of liar’s dice over the fate of a nation that has been brought to its economic and social knees. His account gives a rare and disturbing insight into the process which has led up to this week’s make-or-break deadline for reaching a bailout deal between Greece and international lenders, without which the country faces crashing out of the euro and complete bankruptcy. He describes the extraordinary bullying of Greece’s radical-left government by the creditors, including Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s direct threat to cause the collapse of the Hellenic banks if it failed to sign-up to a drastic austerity programme. “We went into a war thinking we had the same weapons as them”, he says. “We underestimated their power”.

I can’t support a Europe that acts as a thuggy bailiff against Greece | Comment is free | The Guardian
As I watch what is happening in Greece, I feel myself to be increasingly Eurosceptic and wondering too if Eurosceptism is not code for the anti-German sentiment that currently abounds. If the European project that once seemed so noble now comes down to the European Central Bank, which is not in any way independent but acts as a thuggish bailiff to further impoverish Greece, what actually is it? If Germans believe they should not have to pay for the mistakes of Greek governments, then they do not see the crisis of Greece for what it is: a crisis of all Europe. Bailouts have been funded for the financial sector since 2008. To simply blame Greece is unsustainable.