I feel rather depressed hearing about the heavy downpour and flooding in Cusco. Such acts of nature are never looked forward to, yet there’s not much we can do at the moment to prevent them from occuring. It comes at a bad time since the locals there are about to prepare for their harvest. That’s to say, not only have they lost potential earnings, they’ve lost a potential source of sustenance at a time where there’s devastation all around.
It affects me even more, since I’ve been there, and I have seen for myself the poverty that the locals go through. It’s not even covered in the news. i guess it’s been overshadowed by the utter devastation in Haiti?
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