It is thus hardly surprisingly that the neoliberal capitalist order has given rise to a âGreat U-Turn,â an amazing growth in the spread between rich and poor that has accumulated in the course of the past 35 years largely as a result of sharp distortions that have taken place in the real economy.
The latest eruptions in the islands were in June 3rd 2008 when Cerro Azul on Isabela Island sent up a 60mts high lava fountain and as recently as April 2009 on Fernandina Island. There has been around 13 volcanic eruptions in the Galapagos Islands in the last 100 years. The Galapagos Archipelago is a chain of islands.
Tourists photograph a giant tortoise eating fruit in the forest in the Galapagos Islands on June 11, 2013. The Galapagos consist of 13 major islands formed by volcanic eruptions that occurred millions of years ago. Since Charles Darwinâs arrival in 1835, the Galapagos have been called a âliving laboratory of evolutionâ because of wildlife found only on these islands.