Marie Sarita Gaytán, ¡Tequila! Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014), pp. vii + 212, £14.99, pb.
which is by small victories in small wars, a change of attitude even if temporary, a moment or two of self-reflection where there was none before. He understands that forcing street children to return to families which at best are only dysfunctional or to incarcerate them will do little to help them. By his wiliness to become involved in their lives, and admiring the children for their courage and cunning, he makes a difference. NGOs, like the one he worked for, come and go and change continually, and no matter what they claim as their approach, it is this human connection that matters, and what matters is small and individual and temporary, one meal at a time or one medical intervention when needed, not sweeping claims by large international organisations. In this, this book is less about Latin American street children than it is about all street children.