The police officers were protesting la Ley de Servicio Publico. BASICALLY, it would affect the police officers' salary. Here the police are called "chapas." My host mom told Yonseili this morning as she was coming up to my room and all we did was laugh... but out of nerves... it was so weird. What made things a little more serious was the fact that they suspended all incoming and outgoing flights. We did not leave the house ALL DAY. I am sick of looking at this computer screen.
We literally just stayed online, ate, watched a movie (the Love Guru), aaaannnnddd watched the news. I recorded about 15-20 minutes of live news. We saw a police officer get hit and fall to the ground-I did get that on camera. It was frightening but thank God he didn't die.
After Correa was rescued he went to the president's palacio and talked and talked and talked and talked. I was over it within the first 30 seconds. Now I understand what people mean when they say he is arrogant. Dear goodness.
The following are links to what happened today:
Rescate a bala
Protestas, saqueos y caos...
Presidencia de la Republica del Ecuador
Highlight of the day: Hmmm... it's tough to decide between The Love Guru and the president being held hostage... NOT. Of course, the highlight is the fact that I was here in a day that will go down in history. September 30, 2010.
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