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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Update: President of the Republic, Rafael Correa (Aka: current
boyfriend, future husband to kasie nicole boehm of columbia, maryland
USA) was in tiny little pueblito San Isidro today. He paid us mere
country folk a visit—un politically—to speak with the families of
those who died in the bus accident. There were lots of whispers, hush
hush conversations, everyone keeping the same secret on Monday that
‘tomorrow the president is coming.’ At 9am I went over to the street
the high school is on (looking my best) to meet up with my friends and
wait his arrival. We tried to get into the colegio from the front,
both sides (which were not entrances and included jumping over walls)
and the back but all were guarded with policemen not letting anyone in
(including the gringa) no matter how much we pleaded and beg and
searched for excuses for why WE deserved to enter. Only those on the
list (which included the family members and other pelucones) were
allowed in. “this isn’t a political visit, its only to speak to the
affected.” Even so, I got very bitter that he wouldn’t at least say
something to the people of San Isidro, his devoted followers. A small
10 minute speech would have been nice, I mean he did travel all that
way.

He arrived in the middle school actually and walked to the colegio
(across town) which I guess was pretty ‘integrative’ of him. Then in
the colegio he spoke to the families---this is when I made my
entrance, finally. We were sitting on the walls (that we had
inspected earlier in search of a way in) and got to talking to the
guards about how we are a group of local jovenes and we just want to
put our sign up so that when he passes to leave he will see it. We
got permission and who knows if he saw it but we got into the high
school so take that you exclusive list!

After the high school in car he traveled to the subcentro (health
clinic I work at). Which I didn’t know he was going there because I
would have gone and waited there and maybe been able to meet him
because I work there as well…no one wanted to tell me, they just
wanted to keep them all to himself! Anyways, we followed corriendo
snapping fotos along the way. After the subcentro he went to the
cuerpo de bomberos—firestation. I don’t know why, ive never seen
these guys in action before but on the way there Susana (the girl I
work with with consejo juvenil) we spoke with the alcalde (mayor) of
our canton and so hopefully that conversation will help us. At the
firestation we actually got close enough to correa that he shook the
hand of my friend Melissa and took a flier from Susana about consejo
(!!!!). From the fire station he returned to the middle school to get
in his helicopter and return to being the image we see on the
television.

Btw did I mention that he is incredibly, beautifully handsome and has
green eyes (verde digo, pero verde verde verde!) that do not look real
and is super adorable and great. The end.