About life!
Sorry about this delay in writing, I was away for sometime running errands, preparing things, updating other stuff,…just how life goes
But today I’m kind of inspired about writing about Paraguay, the weather here in Seattle starts to get really lousy with a lot of rain, day after day, and that remind me of the sunny and hot days we have in Paraguay this time of year, I guess all my friends are enjoying the nice weather, but as I know then so well, the are probably complaining about the heat, the unbearable heat, meanwhile I’m freezing my thoughts out here, well, that’s life!
The whole festivity environment starts around this time of year, people drinking terere on streets just to make the heat more bearable, that is some how funny that some things bring the social classes together, although there is a very deep difference between the wealthy and the poor their interaction somehow seems pretty frequent, people even from different classes talk and frequented the same places, or is in politics and work together for a cause.
Well, with barely 6 million people there we are not just numbers, we are human and we count, unfortunately there is a lot of corruption going so there are people with certain “privileges” because they may be the “cousin of the friend of the uncle of the girlfriend of the stepbrother” of some famous politician or judge or even the President who has access or the power of decision.
When foreign people come to Paraguay they are amazed to see that people can talk with all kind of people like equally, maybe if you are lucky or not lucky enough you can even get an appointment with the President.
Another thing is that has a lot of weight in Paraguay (unfortunately) is politics and contacts (referrals, mostly in politics and friendship, or maybe if it happens to play soccer in the same team with some distinguished Colorado or liberal , those are the main political parties) that is sad and unfair because sometimes or most of the time that is the only way to access to certain privileges or even rights, that truly saddens me because there are so many people there very capable of doing things right.
I think the lack of education is the big factor the corruption is many undeveloped countries, ergo, my dream and goal is to focus on Education and make big changes and go as deep as possible because just understanding this it’s possible to hope for country less corrupt and that conscience is the biggest step to freedom.
I was talking of the weather and somehow I ended up talking about these stuff, well, that’s life you start with one thing and end up with another.
