Well, elections season is almost over and i am counting the days. I won´t have to see how people line up for bags of rice and beans and oil given out by those who are trying to buy the people vote. This bag will only last them a few days. This is how it works, you go to the politician in power and/or the one that wants to take his place and ask him for what you want: a lavadora(washing machine), table, bed, or something else for the house. Whoever gets to it first gets the vote. Other volunteers in the campo have told me how the politicans go out into the country and right out checks to the people in hopes of getting their vote. So many people lack this awareness, and not think about the actual candidate. Others know what the process really is but continue just the same, and then complain later. Ok that´s good that you have a washing machine now, but what happens when their isn´t any water or electricity?

This time is actually pretty dangerous, being that many men carry guns with them throughout the day. At rallies, people have been killed from a dispute between a apposing political caravan. Just picture trucks with 10 5ft speakers going around town all day long playing policital advirtisments until 10 at night. I do have to say that they are pretty creative and catchy. Sometimes you might catch me singing a long or dancing. The converst popular merengue songs to policial campaigns songs by changing the lyrics but keeping the same rhythm.

The two main parties in my town are PLD(partido liberacion demorcratica)Purple, and PRD/PRSC(partido revolucionario Demorcratico/par. rev. social critiano), white + red = pink, the aliance, these two parties came together. The current president, leonel is with PLD, i live right now in a part that is all white(PRD), but across the street it is primarily purple party(PLD). It will be interesting to see who wins.

And i thought politics in the states frustrated me?