La wawa Dina

Dina

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July 20th 2006
In the Quichua village I have been teaching in for the last few weeks, a woman, Margarita, runs a small tienda next door. One day, Christopher and me noticed she had a little girl with her. I picked the little girl up, she must not have been a day older than one, and started playing with her. My student, Hilda, said she was her cousin. When I asked Hilda the girl’s name, Hilda said she didn’t ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more