I changed banks recently, moved from a Peruvian bank to a multi-national headquartered in Canada. Nothing nefarious on my side, just trying to get what little bit of savings I have out of Peru before the commie government takes over later this month.
Either way, I feel like my little bit of savings β taxes paid and everything β is safer elsewhere. What little anomaly, you ask? Lay your eyes on the country list where you can transfer funds to. You could argue this is just an innocent oversight but since these countries ceased to exist well before the internet as we know it was born I figured there had to be something more than meets the eye.
However, she did say Prez. Joe prefers newer cleaner methods of funding clandestine operations. These days they prefer not to get into drug and weapons smuggling scandals. Out of curiosity I asked if the Secret Service was still in the perfume business but she would not comment. The friendly CIA lady played coy but she did point out that without an account nr the country code alone is quite useless.
Early evening in the rainy season, APU Pitusiray touching the sky as I take the scenic route home from the bakery. A retired policeman went to visit his hometown a few hours outside of Cusco. A simple way of life, fresh clean air, picture-perfect scenery, all that we miss in our hectic modern lives. Working the fields is hard and poverty is very real. Alcohol abuse and family trauma are common. A rarely discussed but tragic side-effect of pesticides in rural communities is that they are often used as poison in a moment of desperation, as was the case with one young woman in this small town.
Small town people have their tips and tricks. They trace their heritage back there for generations, several of the family live on the main square and even those who moved to the big city frequently come back to visit their hometown. The family runs the only real store and the only hotel in town. The bus stop is in front of their store. This time she had not been found quickly as on the previous occasions, by the time people found her the young woman was in bad shape.
