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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    An update on this already. (Suatez was killed two days ago, on Wednesday.)


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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    Today's update: :thumbsup:
    (extracted, only showing relevant items here)


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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    Today's update. It contains a lot more mundane news, and I'll highlight the parts that may be relevant or [mildly!] interesting. It's slightly edited for easier reading, and some local items have...
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    Another interesting update. It appears there was quite a lot of panic throughout Ecuador a couple of days ago, all fueled by false or exaggerated social media reports. It's these same reports that...
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    More wild, sensational nonsense. :facepalm::)[/QUOTE]I should expand on my comment, which was made when I was in quite a big hurry — my sincere apologies. :flower:

    Peters is of course 100%...
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    More wild, sensational nonsense. :facepalm::)

    Here's the local (reliable!) English-language report for this morning:


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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    As promised. :thumbsup: Everything's totally peaceful, quiet and 100% normal where I am. Here are two comprehensive local articles:


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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    Here's the text of that tweet:
    While everyone was tunnel posting, Ecuador slipped into a state of civil war. Reports of police being abducted and executed around the country.This (at least!) is pure...
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    Wow. I never heard about any of this, but I expect there'll be much more tomorrow in the English language newsletter I receive daily. Here's what it reported this morning, which is doubtless the...
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    Thanks! Yes, everything's totally 100% normal here where I am. The recent political assassination, which seems to have been carried out by a Colombian gang, was in Quito, Ecuador's capital, which is...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    An English-language report from Ecuador, just published:


    https://cuencahighlife.com/presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-is-assassinated-in-quito

    National elections will go on as...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    Yes, and that surprised me. Where I am (150 miles to the south, well inland, and 9,000 ft up in the mountains), there aren't any of these problems at all. Compared with the last extreme couple of...
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    I'll try to explain what's happened here. :)

    President Lasso, threatened with looming impeachment, has invoked a never-before-deployed article of the Ecuadorian written constitution. He dissolved...
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    Everything is suddenly all normal again in Ecuador, like someone flicked a giant switch. :) The first day after the signed agreement, some shelves were still empty, but that's because roadblocked...
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    Breaking news here (and this is actually a correct use of the overworked and much-abused term :) ) — it seems a peace agreement has been reached between the government and the protestors.
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    In Cuenca, transport workers have apparently joined the protests, so warnings have been posted that the city will be gridlocked today with barely anything or anyone able to move. (And I'd guess the...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

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    Thanks! I had to go to Readovka to read that [not very good] news.


    https://readovka-news.translate.goog/news/102239?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

    Ecuador...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    Many thanks, Chris — and now things are getting complicated and controversial.

    Pérez claimed election fraud, when (as in the US!) the reported vote count seemed to do something pretty strange at...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    From: https://cuencahighlife.com/tension-builds-between-indigenous-and-the-government-as-conaie-rejects-economic-reforms

    Personal note: I'm now well-prepared for the next round of nationwide...
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    Re: Turmoil in Ecuador

    And more still: a different perspective on the roots of all this.


    https://primicias.ec/noticias/firmas/ecuador-descubre-enemigo-esta-en-casa-servicios-inteligencia-fracasaron/

    (Google...
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