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...took as a personal command Emerson's clarion call to the American artist to reveal the hidden spirituality of the universe, to create art worthy of a new continent. Most of his generation traveled to the Old World; Church forayed into the New. Instead of Europe, he visited Ecuador, hacked through jungles, inspected volcanoes, navigated rivers, making hundreds of drawings of nature...
...ECUADOR "People...
...Ecuador's 135 years of independence, only 13 elected presidents have lasted out their four-year terms. Early last week Ecuadorians were at it again, overthrowing the military junta that had overthrown their last president. But it didn't stop there. By week's end they were threatening to overthrow the government that had overthrown the junta that had overthrown their last president...
Sense of Un-Togetherness. Ecuador's troubles make the rest of Latin America look like a model of stability. No fewer than 15 political parties and factions constantly vie for attention, and jungle, coastal swampland and Andean peaks divide the country into three mutually suspicious regions. To add to the sense of un-togetherness, 1% of the population owns 60% of the land, and in the bleak highlands, where half of the country's 5,000,000 people live in medieval squalor and ignorance, hacienda owners pay their workers as little as 5? a day. The four...
Voices of Disapproval. Students cheered the election promise but not Yerovi, whom they viewed as a symbol of the hated oligarchy. In Guayaquil, Cuenca and Loja, they stormed government buildings and held them for hours. Nevertheless, Yerovi went calmly ahead and took the oath of office as Ecuador's 57th president. "I have heard voices of disapproval for my presence here," he said in his inaugural address. "I would like them to know my point of view." With that Yerovi promised peace, austerity and economic stability. Meantime, students outside were chanting on: "People, yes! Yerovi...