Comments on: Electing not to stay http://marykennon.com/2008/04/23/electing-not-to-stay/ dispatches from the southern hemisphere Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: nootie http://marykennon.com/2008/04/23/electing-not-to-stay/#comment-234 nootie Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:11:33 +0000 http://marykennon.com/2008/04/23/electing-not-to-stay/#comment-234 Nice piece. D and I are all suited up for spring after a costly trip to the sport supply store. Biking and backpacking are on the agenda. We went for our first ride together last weeked. Really beautiful. We are now on lock down with our funds though, which is good cause it means more home cooked meals. Wishing you well. Nice piece. D and I are all suited up for spring after a costly trip to the sport supply store. Biking and backpacking are on the agenda. We went for our first ride together last weeked. Really beautiful. We are now on lock down with our funds though, which is good cause it means more home cooked meals. Wishing you well.

]]> By: Michael Burns http://marykennon.com/2008/04/23/electing-not-to-stay/#comment-227 Michael Burns Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:07:27 +0000 http://marykennon.com/2008/04/23/electing-not-to-stay/#comment-227 Great article. I know people who have been in Paraguay for years who haven't gotten to understand the politics as well as you do. I had been very worried all along that Nicanor's Supreme Court (since he named every member of it) would turn out to be his trump card, and that is without even considering that both his opponents were vulnerable to legal challenges (Lugo because he is constitutionally ineligible, and Oviedo because a lot of people in Asuncion would believe any accusation against him). However, I think the Organization of American States unmistakeably put its foot down in these elections, and that combined with the explosion that would follow them disqualifying Lugo now means that the cabal in power will not dare, ironically, even now that what they would really like to do is something constitutional and legally sound. However, that doesn't mean there might not be something they could do -it will just have to be something they can blame on someone else. The rest of your blog is great too. I started out in the deep boonies myself (Canendiyu and Caazapa), and want to get back into the countryside as soon as I can manage to do so with a good Internet connection (I do medical translation these days, and have to be connected). Reading between the lines, it is great to see how matter of factly you handle everything here. I think you are the kind of person who could have crossed a continent with Lewis and Clark -you just would have had to be careful about the kittens you adopted ;-). Great article. I know people who have been in Paraguay for years who haven’t gotten to understand the politics as well as you do. I had been very worried all along that Nicanor’s Supreme Court (since he named every member of it) would turn out to be his trump card, and that is without even considering that both his opponents were vulnerable to legal challenges (Lugo because he is constitutionally ineligible, and Oviedo because a lot of people in Asuncion would believe any accusation against him). However, I think the Organization of American States unmistakeably put its foot down in these elections, and that combined with the explosion that would follow them disqualifying Lugo now means that the cabal in power will not dare, ironically, even now that what they would really like to do is something constitutional and legally sound. However, that doesn’t mean there might not be something they could do -it will just have to be something they can blame on someone else.

The rest of your blog is great too. I started out in the deep boonies myself (Canendiyu and Caazapa), and want to get back into the countryside as soon as I can manage to do so with a good Internet connection (I do medical translation these days, and have to be connected). Reading between the lines, it is great to see how matter of factly you handle everything here. I think you are the kind of person who could have crossed a continent with Lewis and Clark -you just would have had to be careful about the kittens you adopted ;-).

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