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Ecuador approves extradition, anti-gang measures
Soldiers patrol in the perimeters of an open-air market in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024
AP / Ariel Ochoa
2024-04-22, The Peninsula
Quito: A solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum on measures against drug...
US officials probe new whistleblower claims against Boeing
FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, a Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle.
AP / Elaine Thompson
2024-04-10, Al Jazeera
US aviation authorities have begun investigating new whistleblower claims accusing Boeing of poor safety standards, the latest in a series of safety-related controversies...
Ecuador’s former vice president hospitalized days after arrest in Mexican embassy
Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas attends his sentencing at court in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.
AP / Dolores Ochoa
2024-04-09, CNN
Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas has been hospitalized, days after his arrest during a high-profile raid of the Mexican embassy in Quito. Glas was taken a...
A Week On The Stealth Wealth Yacht Luring The Jet Set To The Galápagos2024-04-28
Vogue: When Abercrombie & Kent, purveyors of the exquisite, bought the Ecoventura brand at the end of 2022, the haute-living travel cognoscenti took notice. Certainly the seamless travel arrangements and onboard trappings delight, but true luxury in this instance...
People with rare longevity mutations may also be protected against cardiovascular disease: Study2024-04-27
Hindustan Times: A recent study suggests that people with a rare condition known as growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), also called Laron syndrome, may have better cardiovascular health. The risk of cardiovascular illness in individuals with GHRD has remained unknown...
8 killed in Ecuador helicopter crash2024-04-27
China.dot.org: QUITO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Five soldiers and three civilians were killed in an Ecuadorian...
Dynamo acquire Jefferson Valverde from LDU Quito2024-04-26
Henry Herald: The Houston Dynamo acquired defensive midfielder JeffersonValverde from LDU Quito in his native Ecuador. ......
People with rare longevity mutations may also be protected against cardiovascular disease2024-04-26
Beijing News: California [US], April 26 (ANI): A recent study suggests that people with a rare condition known as growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), also called Laron syndrome, may have better cardiovascular health. GHRD, which is defined by the body's inability to...
Ecuador spat: Trotsky to the shah, Mexico’s long history as home to exiles2024-04-26
Al Jazeera: With rifles, riot shields and helmets, the Ecuadorian police scaled the white concrete gate, burst through the embassy doors and arrested Jorge Glas, a former vice president accused of corruption. The April 5 raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito sparked a...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean2024-04-26
Wtop: April 19-25, 2024 A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to gang-ravaged Haiti has been installed....
Tibor Nagy: Diplomatic missions should never be attacked – no matter whose2024-04-26
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: As much as I detest the Iranian regime and their global aggression against our interests and Israel’s existence, I felt a visceral twitch when I heard of the April 1 Israeli attack which destroyed Iran’s Damascus consulate. Even though the attack eliminated a...
Israelis push US into wider conflict2024-04-26
The Huntsville Item: On April 5, Ecuadorian police stormed the MexicanEmbassy in Quito and dragged former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas out and into custody, in the process roughing up numerous Mexican Embassy workers. ......