Tampico

Gulf port city in Tamaulipas, Mexico. In Hayden Herrera’s Frida it is where Frida meets Leon and Natalia Trotsky off the tanker Ruth in January 1937.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Frida	Hayden Herrera	journey waypoint	Trotsky lands in Mexico, met on the pier by Frida in place of the hospitalized Diego.

Frida — Hayden Herrera (1983)

Source: Frida - A Biography of Frida Kahlo · Original · Readwise highlight

arrived in the harbor of Tampico on the morning of January 9, 1937.

• Role: journey waypoint
• In the book: In Chapter 13 the tanker Ruth brings the Trotskys into the harbour; wary of assassins, they refuse to land until they see friends’ faces. A government cutter brings a welcoming party that includes Max Shachtman, George Novack, officials, journalists and Frida, representing the hospitalized Diego, and they walk together down the wooden pier.
• Why it matters: It is Trotsky’s arrival in Mexico and Frida’s first meeting with him, the start of a chapter that leads to their affair.