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One of the most famous rock formations in the Galapagos Islands has collapsed into the sea. The top of Darwin’s Arch, located in the northern part of the archipelago, fell as “a consequence of natural erosion,” according to the Ministry of Environment for Ecuador. Images of the structure, which now consists of just two pillars,...
By Shannon Bond Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about Covid-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. “The ‘Disinformation Dozen’ produce 65% of the shares of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms,” said Imran Ahmed, chief executive officer of the Center...
Ecuador’s 28-day state of emergency ends Thursday at midnight and will not be extended. “We have met our objectives during the last month by lowering the number of new Covid infections and reducing the pressure on the hospitals and are very pleased with the results,” Juan Zapata, president of the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE),...
Lunes, 17/5/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Otras cosas – Titular – Temporal causa destrozos (Season causes destruction) – See Monday’s CHL article for story. <If I knew how, I’d post a video from el noche de sábado when the river jumped the bend at one end of the Tarqui-Guzho megapark and the water...
By Michael Hiltzik As if to assuage a bottomless public appetite for bad news, every advance in the fight against Covid-19 seems to inspire a surge in pessimistic prophecies. The latest example involves the prospects of reaching “herd immunity” — that is, a level of vaccinations and natural recoveries that will render the virus no longer...
An indigenous community in Ecuador’s Amazon region is blocking access to one of state oil company Petroecuador’s main fields in a protest over compensation, prompting the company to request help from the armed forces to deliver supplies. In a statement on Saturday, Petroecuador said the protest has left it unable to send supplies needed to...
In a shock to conservative President Sebastián Piñera, independent and opposition candidates have a won a key two thirds of seats in the body that will write a new constitution in Chile. The new document will replace the current one, crafted during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet almost 50 years ago. Government-backed candidates only...
In what was considered a major surprise, Guadalupe Llori of the indigenous Pachakutik party was elected president of Ecuador’s National Assembly Saturday afternoon. She received 71 votes, one more than necessary, and becomes the first indigenous president of the 137-seat Assembly. “Most members expected a very long night, with multiple votes and many hours of...
In what the Emergency Management Office is calling the worst flooding in recent memory, heavy rain forced three Cuenca rivers over their banks on Saturday and Sunday. Officials report the Rio Tarqui registered the highest flood level ever recorded. “This is the worst natural disaster we have faced in years and our police, firefighters and...
By Matt Taibbi Just over ten years ago, on July 25, 2010, Wikileaks released 75,000 secret U.S. military reports involving the war in Afghanistan. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel helped release the documents, which were devastating to America’s intelligence community and military, revealing systemic abuses that included civilian massacres and an...
The National Assembly meets for the second time Saturday afternoon after Friday’s effort to elect a president fell one vote short. In a surprise move, President-elect Guillermo Lasso’s Creo party pulled out of an agreement with the Social Christians and the Correista Unes party that would have elected the Social Christian Henry Kronfle. With members...
Residents of the Colombian city of Cali, the epicenter of protests against the government of Ivan Duque, are struggling under the weight of demonstrators’ road blockades, which have tripled some foods prices and made gasoline scarce. The city, the country’s third largest and known for its love of salsa dancing, has had more confirmed deaths...
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