It is a Seattle day in Bolivia and it´s so refreshing. At the end of winter, everyone burns their fields to cultivate the land. And it has been so smokey. Not to mention all the rainforest that is being burned by land hungry, not nice people. The government is taking away land from people unless they do something with it, which has triggered the destruction of miles and miles of Selva (rainforest). Humberto Parra (namesake of the clinic) burned down rainforest and on his death bed, sold the land for dirt cheap to Dr. Hou to build the clinic as an act of redemption. Now his own family is continuing to illegally burn down more rainforest around the clinic to plant sugar cane. Anyway, now that the rain has come people aren´t burning anymore. I hope they stop for good. Maybe I should strap myself to a tree.
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