- Volcano Tungurahua is spewing ash and causing evacuations of nearby residences, including Baños de Ambato (not the Baños mentioned in my previous post.) (Will and Kevin have to change their travel plans to head to the coast rather than to the Oriente via Baños.)
- Ecuador's Deputy Foreign Minister offers an invitation of residency to Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.
- And then President Rafael Correa negates that offer.
- Ecuador's 2008 constitution is the first in the world to grant rights to nature. Now a lawsuit is filed in Ecuador against BP for violating nature's rights in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill earlier this year.
(Kentucky has also been in the news down here. The international version of the Miami Herald ran a story on Kentucky's "pot king" and the state's "colorful history of fostering illicit activities." Also, Governor Beshear is supporting the Creation Museum's new theme park?)
Beshear is a crazy person but the new theme park will have an ark with pairs of animals among other attractions. Can't wait.
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So are you feeling any climate changes due to the vocano erruption? Do you see ash in the air? It's so far north, that I doubt it had any effect on you guys, but it was troubling to me, when I got a call from rojo, telling me one of the volcanos blew. I looked it up on the map, and saw that it was pretty far from you guys. stay south for a while. tell will to find out about river fishing, and all the fishing venues he can research for me. you are the best Niece. I love you.
ReplyDeleteUncle Scotty.
Hahahaha do you have to pay money to get into the park or is it free if you declare that you are certain that humans were alive during the jurassic era and rode around on the backs of t-rexes for transportation?
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ReplyDeleteOh and also a big HELL YES to nature having rights! What else is going to protect ecology from us earth-tromping humans!??
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