OK - we agree on a lot more than we disagree on. I think this concludes my contributions to discussions on Paros! Going to move on with a discussion of speedbumps - coming soon!

You seem to take as the starting point: “The protesters have blocked all the roads” and then all the injuries and deaths that happen after that are the government's (and military’s) problem. That is just

I have some thoughts about this one that are probably too long for a reply. Instead I'll make a separate post of my own!

Of course I am big fan of technology in general. There are still lots of people doing great things. But as you suggest there can be downsides...and I will recommend this book if you really want to see

When I was at M.I.T (1974-1978) it was basically the dawn of the era of calculators. My dad got me an HP 35 my freshman year. (You know what reverse polish notation is?). Anyway - while this transition

It really does truly matter. Tell kids today that the time is "quarter to five" and many won't know what that means. You have to say it is 4:45. And don't get me started on another pet

Same reply...beer therapy is required!

I's like to buy you a beer and we can talk about all this. I really do think it is good to have these discussions - but sometimes face to face would be better. Again - I do not actual believe the rumors

Makes sense. Thanks.

Agreed that any additional cost to very poor is bad. But subsidies are just an extremely inefficient way to treat the problem. Probably pennies on the dollar spent on the subsidy actually help the targeted

OK - maybe. But for example there was a controversy on our barrio's whatsapp group where somebody said they saw a municipio truck at the Paro with it's ID covered. This would not be a proper use of city

Yep - I get it now. You are correct - that's a very nice graph! The other point to keep in mind is that after both large increases the resulting Paros were not an effective response. In 2022 only fifteen

It was a rise in 2022 - and it was not a peaceful one as we both know. Lasso wanted gas price raised to $2.55 and diesel at $1.90. After all the losses and nationwide protests the prices agreed to was

Sorry - forgot to add this comment. You say this: "Starting 2020, over a span of 17 months, the price of Gasoline was gradually adapted to the world market price, ending with a decree by Noboa himself

Interesting article - somehow I had not read it until today. I sort of thought the "terrorist" term was just a bit of rhetoric...I did not know people were actually being charged with that as

OK - interesting point. I was not aware Noboa promised not to remove the subsidy. Commensurability - I had to look up that word! Thanks for adding to my "average verbal SAT score" vocabulary!

Yes - of course there are many suspicions about who perhaps is financially backing these protests. Noboa has many enemies including the narco gangs and the illegal mining interests. And these people certainly

STOP

Louise and I were vegetarian for one year. She continues to aspire to being vegan. And of course there are many reasons for this. The health, the ethical treatment of animals (once in awhile in Cotacachi

Ok...I will connect with these people. None of them are the mayor are they? I don't understand why everyone uses these alias names? I always liked the lyrics from "They call me the breeze", it