January 16th, 2007
People have been asking me for updates, and honestly I couldn't give complete responses since I moved back to the United States. But now I have two short clues to provide: 1) Rosa's family has not reported any activity and 2) families are moving back to Bilbao, one of the destroyed towns that we helped.
The latter news, reported in the Ecuadorian paper La Hora is the significant news. It shows how pitiful the Ecuadorian state is. The families that have moved back are literally reopening their road to Baños using their own shovels and picks. There is no way they should be living there, but they have no other options for resuming their lives. Meanwhile, the government continues to "study" where to relocate other communities.
(In Ecuador, a study is a means for corrupt government officials to pay lots of money to their corrupt friends working in private industry and at NGOs to do nothing).
People have been asking me for updates, and honestly I couldn't give complete responses since I moved back to the United States. But now I have two short clues to provide: 1) Rosa's family has not reported any activity and 2) families are moving back to Bilbao, one of the destroyed towns that we helped.
The latter news, reported in the Ecuadorian paper La Hora is the significant news. It shows how pitiful the Ecuadorian state is. The families that have moved back are literally reopening their road to Baños using their own shovels and picks. There is no way they should be living there, but they have no other options for resuming their lives. Meanwhile, the government continues to "study" where to relocate other communities.
(In Ecuador, a study is a means for corrupt government officials to pay lots of money to their corrupt friends working in private industry and at NGOs to do nothing).
posted by Gabriel Many at 10:18 AM
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When was the most recent erpution???
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