How can you learn about what real people are thinking when you visit a city and get shuttled from fancy hotel to meetings to resorts? Well, one way might be to read the writing on the wall. In this case, graffiti in the streets of Quito, Ecuador. Here are a few samples of public opinion:
Bush, Urribe, Assasins, Terrorists
(Urribe is the Columbian president and widely viewed as an American ally/pawn- You may remember, there was a little border dispute between Columbia and Ecuador recently)
With oil and copper, a poorer Ecuador
(Better in Spanish because it rhymes: Con petro y cobre, un Ecuador mas pobre)
For Sale: A country with a view of the Ocean
Do you sense a theme? We haven't seen the same sentiments expressed in Iquitos (although I did see one denouncing APEC- the Asian Pacific Economic Council- which met here earlier this year) but things seem to be a little tamer in general here.
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