participation

Creation? No, Re-activation

My neck aches as I stand, stooped under the sagging roof of the packed bus to Fundo Comun, the local branch of the Local Presidential Commission for Popular Power. It is two days after the head of our building, J, told us of the old Community Council in La Independencia and we need to find out what currently exists in the community to discover what work remains to be done. It is three o'clock, Tuesday.

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He is weary, but excitement kindles in his eyes as he starts to recount his last struggle to create a Community Council.

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