Above: the famous Zalate tree of Colima. An ancient tree of great renown – considered a relic by Revolutionaries – stood proudly in the town of Colima. For at the base of that Zalate tree – a gnarled, twisted rock fig – the newly enthroned Mexican President Benito Pablo Juárez Garcia (1806-72) once rested in its shade, as he sat upon a stone, accompanied by members of his cabinet…
