Ecuador, Otavalo
A Week With Strangers, A Lifetime of Stories
A farmers' organisation on rising shop prices, a homestay experiment with visitors from Spain, and a culture that doesn't quite have a word for recreation.
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A Tender Bird
The chairman of Otavalo's trade association on punctuality, intermarriage, and why tourism needs to be held loosely to survive at all.
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Nobody Asks the Kids
A young teacher on cleaner streets, wider horizons, and a generation whose future keeps getting decided without them.
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The Garbage Van That Broke Trust
An environment councillor on illiteracy, backpackers, and a municipality that funds appearances more than action.
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Selling Our Culture Like a Trade
An Indigenous woman on emancipation, individualism, and Otavaleño musicians who travel the world and bring parts of it back home.
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More Than the Market Alone
An Otavaleño trader on middlemen, a shrinking length of stay, and a market that grew faster than the town could keep up with.
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