The Presidents come to Puyo!
Our president Economista Rafeal Correa came to visit our humble abode of Puyo last week, along with his "compañero" Hugo Chavez.
Peace Corps prides itself on remaining apolitical, as much as could be possilbe for an arm of the US government. So, for the sake of international diplomacy, I will refrain from all comments about our socialist friends in the south and simply say this: Hugo Chavez is fat. Really fat.
They came to speak at a big coliseum, there were perhaps 3,000 people, and almost every one of them tried to rush up to the front to shake hands when Correa and Chavez walked in. Correa was wearing his typical indigenous, semi-casual white floral pullover, while Chavez was decked out in his favorite colors of olive green and more olive green. The crowd loved them both, but loved Correa more. It had the energy of a campaign rally, which is to say, a lot of energy, considering that this was a fairly normal state visit in a medium sized city. They just get really excited here. The sound quality was poor, but I definately heard Correa shout "la patria ya es de to
dos" a few times, and several times I heard Chavez thrash out the word "imperialistas."
Our president Economista Rafeal Correa came to visit our humble abode of Puyo last week, along with his "compañero" Hugo Chavez.
Peace Corps prides itself on remaining apolitical, as much as could be possilbe for an arm of the US government. So, for the sake of international diplomacy, I will refrain from all comments about our socialist friends in the south and simply say this: Hugo Chavez is fat. Really fat.
They came to speak at a big coliseum, there were perhaps 3,000 people, and almost every one of them tried to rush up to the front to shake hands when Correa and Chavez walked in. Correa was wearing his typical indigenous, semi-casual white floral pullover, while Chavez was decked out in his favorite colors of olive green and more olive green. The crowd loved them both, but loved Correa more. It had the energy of a campaign rally, which is to say, a lot of energy, considering that this was a fairly normal state visit in a medium sized city. They just get really excited here. The sound quality was poor, but I definately heard Correa shout "la patria ya es de to
dos" a few times, and several times I heard Chavez thrash out the word "imperialistas."
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