Given the hysteria following the entrance of armed teenagers into a national TV station and a few simultaneous attacks, unfortunately most people will support this nonsense right now. My daughter can't go to school because her school is in a "dangerous area" close to a jail and I'm supposed to be grateful the gringos are coming to save the day and pay more sales tax to support our glorious armed forces.

Jfc.

Also we signed a deal to send 25k workers to Israel. The referendum to stop exploitation of oil on one small part of the land that belongs to indigenous people in voluntary isolation has been overturned by executive decision - because we need the money and who gives a fuck if genocide is the result?

It's been a bad couple of weeks in Ecuador and most people have totally lost their minds. I love my country but this shit is really testing.