Oh Off Broadway! How much I have missed thee!
It’s been a long month working here in the press office of the Asamblea Constituyente. Check out the post I wrote on Bwog for some of the background on why I’m here and what I’m doing.
In every country around the world except of course the United States, May 1, día del trabajador, is celebrated as a national holiday. But like all of you toiling back at home, the asambleistas were still in the office on May day this year. In acknowledgment that the rest of the country was already in feriado, the Hotel Oro Verde, which supplies lunch for all of the politicians and staffers every day, brought in some wine. Tipsy, staffers walked from the cafeteria into the Plenario (where debates are usually held) and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Quito struck up some classical and traditionally Ecuadorian tunes.
And did they liven the mood. Here are some shots of the massive conga line that developed on the floor 
of the Asamblea, and the president of the Asamblea Constituyente (far right), Alberto Acosta, dancing the “handkerchief dance” with, I think a vice-president of the assembly.
Something tells me this could never happen in the States. Obama and Hilary, McCain and Feingold snaking their way around the chairs on the Senate floor? No way.
More from the Asamblea just as soon as I get my final papers done… I promise! Thanks for keeping us afloat, Lydia…
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