It has been a very busy month, and once again the blog has been neglected -- with a parallel, and related, increase in Facebook and Twitter activity, as friends who are linked to me on those two 'networks' will have realised. I would prefer to spend more time on the blog, but facebook and twitter lend themselves more easily to one-click updates and so on, so I have become quite addicted over the past couple of months.
A quick update, in any case: there has been lots of work, as the end of the current Colombian Government approaches, and with it lots of pressure to tie up all loose ends and to bring to fruition all the work in which all civil servants have been involved since they began (Jan 2009 in my case).
So there has been lots moving on the Colombian Amazon, REDD, deforestation, climate change, and all the rest, plus an encounter in Leticia, in the Amazon, with the representatives of the international cooperation community and the different regions of Colombia which was great fun.
I have followed Colombian politics closely, and have felt enthused by the arrival of Antanas Mockus, the former Bogota Mayor, and his Green Party ... his message is progressive, with its focus on education, reducing inequality, eliminating corruption and protecting the environment.
But today's elections have gone very much in favour of the main candidate, Juan Manuel Santos, and his Partido de la U, riding on the back of President Uribe's popularity and promising to continue his approach in Government.
Still, it has been fascinating, invigorating for Colombian democracy, and an uplifting few months.
In other news: my darling sister Anna is all set to give birth in the coming days. I am so excited and following her developments closely, hoping to be able to go over to London in the coming months to see her, meet my nephew/niece, and to catch up with family and friends...
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