Explosion of violence in Ecuador shuts down science
Quito
--The explosion of criminal activity that shocked Ecuador this week, including car bombings, shootings, arson, and prison riots, has also shaken the country’s researchers and academics. Universities, as well as schools, government offices, and stores, were suddenly shut down on Tuesday, and scientists had to work from home, cancel fieldwork, and contemplate new security protocols.
The events unfolded a day after Ecuador’s newly elected president, Daniel Noboa, declared a nationwide state of emergency when the leader of one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels escaped from prison. Much of the v...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Saturday links: constructing the future
Transport Electric school buses have a number of advantages. (grist.org) Waymo is beginning to test self-driving taxis on the highway. (forbes.com) Comparing the cost of charging an EV vs. gasoline. (grist.org) Energy Despite growth in renewables, fossil fuel consumption is not going down.…#waymo #comparing #ftcom #newengland #minnesota #ecuador #happiness #knowablemagazineorg #smoke #rsv (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Archeologists Uncover Lost Cities Of Amazon Rainforest That Were Once Home To Thousands
At least 10,000 farmers lived in the dense network of settlements in Ecuador around 2,000 years ago. (Source: Science - The Huffington Post)
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Cocaine, cartels, and corruption: The crisis in Ecuador, explained
Military personnel stands guard at Canela Radio on January 10, 2024 in Quito, Ecuador. President Noboa declared “internal armed conflict” after hooded and armed men broke into TC Television’s live broadcast, among other violent incidents across the country on Tuesday | Getty Images Ecuador was…#canelaradio #quito #ecuador #tctelevisions #southamerica #danielnoboa #tctelevision #mexico #felipebotero #vox (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon
Laser-sensor technology reveals network of earthen mounds and buried roads in rainforest area of EcuadorArchaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago.A series of earthen mounds and buried roads inEcuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist St éphen Rostain. But at the time, “I wasn’t sure how it all fit together,” said Rostain, one of the researchers whoreported on the finding in the journal Science on Thursday.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 11, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Associated Press in Washington Tags: Archaeology Science Ecuador World news Americas Amazon rainforest Source Type: news
Ecuador Is at War with Drug Gangs, President Says
Ecuador is at war with drug gangs, President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday, as troops patrolled the country’s largest city, Guayaquil, a day after gunmen took over a TV studio and launched a series of attacks against the Andean nation’s new government. “We are in a noninternational armed conflict,”…#ecuador #danielnoboa #andean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Graphic execution videos from Ecuador spread on X
Graphic images and videos of executions related to an eruption of gang violence in Ecuador are being widely shared on X, according to POLITICO's analysis of the social network. Multiple posts viewed hundreds of thousands of times apparently show prisoners brandishing machetes at bound law…#ecuador #politico #adolfomacíasvillamar #danielnoboa #maldita #spanish #ecuadorian #instagramfacebook #tiktok #elonmusk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chinese Embassy and Consulates General in Ecuador Temporarily Closed from Jan. 10 Until Further Notice: Statement
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Armed Gang Storms Public TV Station in Ecuador
Armed gang members broke into a public television station in Ecuador during a live broadcast on Tuesday, threatening employees as the country reels from drug-related violence. Ecuador’s police chief, César Zapata, said Tuesday afternoon that officers had taken control of the TC Television station…#ecuador #césarzapata #guayaquil #lostiguerones #esmeraldasprovince #colombia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
TV station attack raises level of violence in Ecuador
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast on Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring that the country had entered an “internal armed conflict.” The men armed with pistols and what…#guayaquil #ecuador #southamerican #alinamanrique #tctelevision #danielnoboa #césarzapata #teleamazonas #ecuadorian #loschoneros (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ecuador ’s Noboa Seeks Extradition, Arbitration in Referendum
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ex-Vitol oil trader paid Mexico, Ecuador officials $1 million in bribes, prosecutor says
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In addition to lead, FDA now says chromium detected in recalled cinnamon products
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday said in addition to lead, chromium has been found in cinnamon-apple products from Austrofoods that were made in Ecuador and have been recalled. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Life, death and zombie mushrooms: in search of the Amazon ’s rarest fungi
Mycologists Alan Rockefeller and Mandie Quark are on a mission to meticulously document species in Ecuador ’s jungle – before they vanishWords and photographs by Rachel BujalskiTwilight is falling in the Ecuadorian jungle when the two scientists spot their first zombie. The smell of damp earth and vegetation rises as Alan Rockefeller takes slow, careful steps, scanning the forest floor with an ultraviolet light.Suddenly, a fragment of undergrowth glows: strands of luminouscordyceps, turned fluorescent by the torch. Dubbed the “zombie fungus”,cordyceps is known for colonising its insect hosts compelling them to seek...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Fungi Ecuador Americas Environment Wildlife Amazon rainforest Biodiversity Biology Science Source Type: news
Ecuador ’s Noboa Seeks Deeper Military Involvement to Fight Crime
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
