Ecuador is in the headlines yet again after Netherlands customs authorities have seized eight tons of cocaine mixed with bananas in the port of Rotterdam, Dutch prosecutors announced on Thursday. The drug is valued at an estimated US$660 million and represents the biggest haul ever recorded at the port. The next biggest drug interception was […]
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The six people who have been so far been arrested in connection with the shooting of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, according to police in Quito. A seventh suspect, who died from wounds in a shootout with police on Thursday, was also Colombian. Mr Villavicencio was killed leaving a campaign event in the […]
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Wildfires have destroyed the town of Lahaina on island of Maui, Hawaii, killing an estimated 55 people and forcing thousands more to abandon their homes to escape the flames. Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier estimated the number of missing people at approximately 1,000, though he cautioned that “honestly we don’t know.” “Doesn’t mean that’s […]
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by Eric Mackenzie Lamb As most people will agree, there are few places on earth as dramatic as the Swiss Alps. With its snow-capped peaks, deep gorges, thick pine forests, and rushing rivers, the area makes for an unforgettable experience for both visitors and locals alike. And one of its villages, Andermatt, along with the […]
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The Australian woman who served up a fatal mushroom lunch of Beef Wellington which apparently contained mushrooms to her former parents-in-law, which left three people dead, told police she purchased the mushrooms from a local shop, according to 7 News Australia, however there has been no recall or warning about mushrooms sold in that local […]
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In an effort to control inflation, off-the-books business, and tax evasion amid a current economic crisis, this week the Cuban Central Bank banned state and private businesses from using ATMs, and has also placed a legal limit on the size of cash transactions. Government officials said that the new restrictions, which came into force this […]
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The Government is intensifying measures to combat praedial larceny, with a special police task force to be put in place, says Prime Minister, Andrew Holness. Mr. Holness made the disclosure while addressing the 69th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, at the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon on Monday, August 7th, where he decried the scourge […]
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An American nurse and her child kidnapped in Haiti thirteen days ago have been set free, according to a statement put out by El Roi Haiti, which confirmed “the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil” and her young daughter, who has not been named. “It is with a heart of gratitude […]
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36 people have been killed, thousands have been evacuated, and boats in the harbor have been burned as fires that reminded some residents of the end of the world and others of Word War II firebombing of German cities. “As the firefighting efforts continue, 36 total fatalities have been discovered today amid the active Lahaina […]
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Fernando Villavicencio, who was running for President in the upcoming election in Ecuador was assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito Wednesday in an escalation of violence and crime in the South American democracy. Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso promised that the killing would not go unpunished, saying that “organized crime has come a long way, but […]
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