la pólitica

Shout out to Obama for mentioning the Peace Corps in the debates this past week! Some of the host families get CNN, so we have been all getting together to watch the presidential and vice presidential debates. Watching the debates are really the only time I’ve had a chance to pay attention to the current campaign. It’s pretty weird to be so separate from it all.

I’m sending my absentee ballot in this week. Although we do a few McCain supporters, most of my fellow Peace Corps trainees are avid Barack supporters. Fingers crossed!

Peruvians are pretty interested in US politics and like to ask us questions about what we think. There are often pictures of Bush in the papers here. The biggest US news that has been coming to Peru pertains to the economic crisis. The crisis certainly is affecting the whole world, including Chaclacayo, Peru. For example, my madre even talks about how prices of fruits and vegetables in the market are so much more expensive for her than they were last year.

Speaking of politics, I’m not sure if this has made the news yet in the US, but according to Peruvian newspapers, George W. Bush will be coming to Perú next month. On November 20 he is coming to Lima for the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Conference ). Dozens of world leaders will be here. It should be pretty interesting…

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