Propaganda in Latin America
In Latin America, everybody tries to sell you everything. Whether it's just food or beverages, a bus trip, a hotel room, new furniture, basically anything is sold anytime. It provides me with a secure feeling. I never need to worry about buying food. Once I leave my bus in any random place, street vendors will be ready to attack me to sell me their precious goods. And leaving the area of the bus terminal without running into a few hotel room offers is kind of impossible. But it's not just street vendors. The government sells as well: their policy, their work, everything. In Ecuador it's "El gobierno de la revolucion" (the revolutionary government) that puts signs everywhere along roads about what they're doing or constructing. It reminds me a bit of the former Soviet states and keeping in mind that Ecuador has a strongly socialist-led government it's not that far from the truth. In Peru presidential elections took place very recently. And the remnants are still clearly visible: basically every wall has been decorated showing the author's political preferences. These paintings are HUGE (see pics). To give you an impressin, I added a few pics, but it's impossible to catch everything in this slide show. You'd better go to Latin America and enjoy the show yourself :)