In the center of the plaza stands a bust of General Pérez Jiménez, the bicentennial father of the New National Ideal, the policy that directs the nation today.
You are surprised by the noise and color of a fair, where boys and girls run around in imaginary battles conquered with plastic knives and BB guns. How those little big giants chase immortality! You suspect that's exactly what the smiling parents watching their youngsters play are thinking
You and Isaac advance through the canvas tents and exhibitors. Candies and cookies are sold, as well as chicha, and tizana with plenty of banana. They offer necklaces and amulets, statuettes of heroes of yesterday and today. Portraits of Napoleon, Mao, Pinochet, and many other strongmen. Statuettes of Boves, Che, Patton. Isaac buys one of those Hitler bobbleheads—you assume for his secret collection.
A glance at the "nuns" tending the stalls, wearing that white veil and mantle in homage to the nurses of yesteryear, is enough for you to label the exhibition as the work of the Belichology cult. One of the nuns—Black, short, and slender, yet possessing intense blue eyes that seem to know your most intimate truths—hands you a pamphlet and smiles in a very obvious invitation. You've never approached Belichology before, but maybe...
Accept the pamphlet out of politeness and then recycle it when you're far away (Scene 4)
You are interested in staying and learning more about Belichology (Scene 5)