Today there is a transportation strike- NO busses.
Aaaand it's too dangerous for Diana and I to go to Huaycan to teach our English classes. We stayed up late getting all the lessons ready; we even woke up earlier than usual to make a poster of the alphabet... So we're going to have to go an extra day next week. But that is better than getting Erasmo's car stoned. Our awesome neighbor friend called to tell us that there was a whole highway shut down from people rioting and breaking cars with hard things.
This is the second strike that has prevented us from teaching in Huaycan; the first was a construction worker's strike- there is still debris in the roads from that one, rocks and gravel.
I hope they get paid better.
I hope they stop striking every two weeks, throwing stuff at cars.
So today instead of teaching, Diana and I will stay in the office, find numbers, make phone calls, you know, write blogs.
3 comments:
Sounds like it is pretty rough in Peru right now. There is also the fact that they are not getting along with Bolivia at all and Bolivia is threatening to withdraw from CAN which will be a big blow to Andean unity. Hoping it gets better for you guys!
Tim M
Intern at Ascend HQ
it is not Bolivia that causes trouble in Peru. It is the Peruvan President and all the corrupt people surrounding him. He surely is not THAT bad as the criminal Fujimomri was. That does not mean he is able or willing to improve the situation of most of the people suffering in Peru.
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