An Argentinian in social crisis | A vi …

Marisol Cabrera It is Argentine and this Sunday, for reasons of force majeure, he will celebrate his 32 years in the Ecuadorian city of Baños, about 200 kilometers from Quito. To spend his holidays, he had chosen a unique site, the population of Indichuris, far from the cities, close to the historical memory of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. The social epidemic in Ecuador surprised when i was in the middle of the jungle, i stopped in an aboriginal community. "I had to leave because the community of unemployed did not have resources to feed me and there were no shops to buy food in the area." Through a WhatsApp, only possible form of communication in the situation in which he finds himself, he stated that he was asked to "withdraw" from Indichuris for his own good. It is there that he began his anthropological journey, of which he shared the details Page / 12.

Baños's friends told him that the thing was calm there. "I was 90 kilometers from Baños and I decided to travel, but it took more than a day and a half." His first stop was in Puyo, but the situation was very complicated because "there is no means of transport because the neighbors sting the wheels, so that no one can break the strike and threw stones at the cars. who tried to pass the barricades. "

Whatever it is, he could convince a neighbor to take him to his truck. "He left me ten kilometers from Baños because he could not get closer because of cuts" of routes. "The road was full of barricades and they even used bulldozers to create mountains of land in the middle of the streets. "He dared to make the crossing alone, although many people advised him" not to do it, that it was very dangerous. "During his trip, he had to walk, he came across "With people armed with
you throw in the midst of the fires. "

With the backpack, the man had arrived in Puyo, while the city was on fire. There were looting, fires, barricades everywhere, protesters breaking windows and police suppressing with tear gas. She was advised to avoid the hotels, which were also attacked by protesters, and a woman invited her to stay at her home, on the outskirts of the city. That night, there was nothing to eat because of the shortage and the next day she had to continue because the hostess had closed the house and left her house to avoid the risks.

He had 60 kilometers to reach Baños. The last part required more than half a day. "They took me in a car, until the army stopped us to check the vehicle, my luggage and ask me what I was doing" in Ecuador. Finally, he arrived in Baños walking and crossing the barricades. "On the road, I've seen resistance trucks handing out kitchen dishes to address food shortages." He is now in Baños, at the edge of his 32 years.