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.
The Galapagos Islands were formed by what is known to geologists as a âhot spot:â a place in the Earthâs mantle which is extra hot, causing the crust to melt and volcanoes to appear. In Galapagos, the crust is moving from west to east, forming volcanoes as it goes. Older islands, in the eastern part of Galapagos, have passed over the hot spot and are no longer a threat to erupt: Espanola EspaÃ±ola island is a good. example