Election Day…

So while this is very outdated I will take a moment to relay this story from election day. Election Day was largely not talked about in Boruca and the day passed as normally as any other. Except for the fact that I was feeling rather sick and spent a good amount of time in bed listening to the rain on the tin roof and sipping matte. At about ten o’clock I put on my rubber boots and waled down to the “soda” which is sort of a carry-out restaurant and bar. They also have satellite T.V. So I watched the final election returns and it was very clear that Obama had already won.

Despite my tiredness, I decided I should watch what was truly a historic moment and stick around for Obama’s acceptance speech. Of course, I didn’t really hear Obama as the speech was dubbed in Spanish. I probably could have understood it better had it not been for the somewhat inebriated Borucans who were congratulating me on Obama’s victory. They seem to think I was somehow single handedly responsible for his victory and I received many handshakes, pats on the back, and even a few, “You did it!”

While I was certainly aware of the importance of the moment for the United States everyone in this little hole in the wall bar in a mountain top indigenous reservation in a tiny Central American country repeatedly reiterated to me the importance of this moment for the entire world. Obama has promised to improve America’s image across the world. From my experience the world is waiting for him with open arms.