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.
Nearby, deep beneath the sea surface, there are undoubtedly many other volcanic eruptions caused by the vast amount of melt which feeds the Galapagos hotspot. We may even see an eruption while we are at sea in December 2005 and January 2006, and if not, we are sure to see lava flows that erupted during our lifetimes.