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At least 43 inmates killed in Ecuador prison riot
Gang leaders who are operating inside the Bellavista jail are transferred to other jails after a deadly riot broke out overnight in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Ecuador, Monday, May 9, 2022.
AP / Dolores Ochoa
2022-05-09, China.dot.org
QUITO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of prisoners killed in a predawn prison riot Monday in Ecuador's north-central province of Pichincha climbed to 43, the national...
Chris Hedges: The Marriage of Julian Assange
Stella Moris speaks to the media and supporters after cutting a wedding cake following her marriage with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a small wedding service held inside the high-security Belmarsh Prison, in south east London, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
AP / Matt Dunham
2022-03-25, Scheerpost
LONDON — I am standing at the gates of HM PrisonBelmarsh, a high security penitentiary in southeast London, with Craig Murray, BritishAmbassador to Uzbekistan until he...
Desperate for investment, Ecuador tries again to pass legal reforms through congress
Quito, capital of Ecuador, García Moreno street in the historic centre of the city. The Virgin of Quito is seen in the background.
Creative Commons / Cayambe
2022-02-22, FX Empire
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government on Tuesday said it was submitting a series of legal reforms to the congress aimed at attracting foreign investment, including tax...
Ecuador's ex-VP returns to prison in corruption case2022-05-21
Urdu Point: Quito, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 21st May, 2022 ) :Authorities in Ecuador on Friday arrested and re-imprisoned former vice-president Jorge Glas, after a court ordered he must serve out the...
Ecuador's ex-vice president arrested, headed back to prison2022-05-21
Reuters: QUITO, May 20 (Reuters) - Ecuador's former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served 4-1/2 years in prison on a bribery conviction before being released last month, was arrested on Friday by police under a court order to return him to jail. Earlier in the day...
Ecuador vuelve a detener a ex vicepresidente Jorge Glas2022-05-21
Ottumwa Courier: QUITO (AP) — Agentes de la policía...
Ecuador: piden captura de ex vicepresidente recién liberado2022-05-20
Ottumwa Courier: QUITO (AP) — El Tribunal Provincial...
Ecuador’s ex-vice president arrested, headed back to prison2022-05-20
Metro USA: QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served 4-1/2 years in prison on a bribery conviction before being released last month, was arrested on Friday by police under a court order to return him to jail. Earlier in the day a...
Ecuador tribunal orders former vice president back to prison2022-05-20
Metro USA: QUITO (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean tribunal on Friday ordered former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served four-and-a-half years in prison on a bribery conviction, to immediately return to jail, annulling a decision that freed him last month. Glas was...
The Hill’s Morning Report — Biden visits Asia amid challenges at home2022-05-20
Yahoo Daily News: PresidentBiden is in South Korea at this hour and will be in Japan this weekend, eager to demonstrate U.S. leadership among allies, send an implicit message of strength to China and North Korea and strengthen economic ties that benefit U.S. consumers and...
Jill Biden tours church with Ecuador's First Lady - who last year told women it ...2022-05-20
The Daily Mail: Jill Biden ended her last day in Ecuador with a tour of some of its churches with first lady Maria de Lourdes Alcivar de Lasso. The two women toured the historic La Compania de JesusChurch, an ornate cathedral in downtown Quito that took over 160 years to...
RI Best: 22 can't miss food and drink adventures for summer 20222022-05-20
The Providence Journal: Show Caption Hide Caption How to make your drinks super cold Use this trick to super chill your beverages for summer. ProblemSolved, USA TODAYSummer makes everything better, even food and drink. The days are long, the living is (or should be easy) and we've...
From kicking tires to embracing philosophy, retiring UNK professor taught the 'essential things'2022-05-20
Beatrice Daily Sun: MARY JANESKALAKearney Hub KEARNEY — If a young Tom Martin had been told he’d become a distinguished philosophy professor, he’d have laughed. “Back then, I wanted to go from bar to bar playing a blues guitar,” he said. He averaged Ds in high school. As a...
Ecuador president to attend U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas2022-05-20
Reuters: QUITO, May 19 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso will attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month, he said on Thursday during a visit to the South American country by U.S. first lady Jill Biden. Lasso's decision...
Remarks by First Lady Jill Biden in Ecuador2022-05-20
The White House: Carondelet PalaceQuito, Ecuador 2:21 P.M.ECTFIRST LADY BIDEN: Thank you, María de Lourdes, for that very kind introduction. Mr. President, Madam First Lady, María Mercedes, Foreign MinisterHolguín, and Ambassador Baki, Ministers of State, and to you, the...
Ecuador, US first ladies discuss education, pandemic, democracy2022-05-20
La Prensa Latina: Quito, May 19 (EFE).- The first ladies of the United States and Ecuador met in Quito on Thursday and discussed education, the Covid-190 pandemic, families and the importance of democracy in their two countries. Dr. Jill Biden said as much upon leaving her...
Jill Biden: gobiernos autoritarios y pobreza afectan a todos2022-05-20
Ottumwa Courier: QUITO (AP) — Destacando la estrecha relación que existe entre las naciones de América y como la situación económica o política de una puede afectar al resto, la primera dama estadounidense cumplía el jueves su primer día de una gira ......