biprepwatch.com reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices this week regarding recent outbreaks of the Zika virus in Mexico, and parts of Central and South America.
The CDC reports that the virus has been reported in the following countries as of Thursday: El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. Currently, the CDC’s watch level is at one, which indicates that normal precautions should be taken by travelers that plan to visit any of these locations.
The disease is primarily spread through mosquito bites, so experts advise everyone to wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts and use insect repellant that features DEET, Picaridin, IR3535 or lemon eucalyptus oil. It is also recommended that bed nets be used if staying outdoors or at campsites. Read Article
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The biodiverse nation intends to shut down both of its zoos and release all captive animals. This news is too awesome not to share. In 2013, the beautifully diverse country of Costa Rica announced that it would become the first country in the world to shut down its zoos and free all captive animals. Home […]
elephantjournal.com/Via Crystal Blue/ After living abroad for a year and a half now (in the Mexican Caribbean and the Marshall Islands) with my 7-year-old daughter, I have compiled a list of the many reasons this has ruined my daughter’s life forever. I have ruined my daughter’s life because… 1. She gets confused as to which […]
americateve.com reported the checkpoint J South Terminal of Miami International Airport was evacuated Friday afternoon after a suspicious package is found.At the moment the bomb squad of the Police Department Miami-Dade was heading to the scene. No flight has been affected by the closure of the checkpoint. Passengers had to pass through there were diverted […]
quequi.com.mx reported a tourist who was walking in the avenida Rafael e. Melgar overnight was the victim of a lone thief, which snatched her handbag, which contained $600, same that it was aided by the tourist police, who on Board of a patrol carried out a tour of the area, while they were successful in […]
theguardian.com reported Cuban migrants stranded in homemade boat drank blood and urine to survive Only 15 of the 32 passengers on board survived three weeks adrift in Caribbean before being picked up by Mexican fishermen. A group of Cuban migrants drank their own blood and urine after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving […]
sbs.com.au reported at least 30 people have been killed in traffic accidents across Peru including 18 on board a bus which overturned after the driver lost control. At least 30 people have been killed in traffic accidents across Peru, which is holding local elections across the country. Early on Sunday, a bus overturned in the […]
elmundo.com.sv reported a 29 year old American tourist died in the South of Argentina as a result of an avalanche that occurred while practicing snowboarding in a mountain area near the Santa Cruz town of El Chalten. The woman, identified today by local news website Opi Santa Cruz as Elizabeth Devon Daley, was with a […]
bbc.com reported police in Chile have found the bodies of two extreme skiers who had been missing since an avalanche struck a mountain in southern Chile on Tuesday. Canadian Jean-Philippe Auclair, 37, and Swede Carl Andreas Fransson had been hiking the 3,700m-high (12,200ft) San Lorenzo mountain in Patagonia when they were swept away by the […]
losandes.com.ar reported an American citizen who serves as pastor of the Mormon Church was the victim of an “express kidnapping” in Ciudadela and suffered the theft of his truck, money and personal effects. This was reported by a source from the embassy of the United States and identified the victim as David Robertson Raul, 52, […]
Raymond B. Craib – scapegoat.org – Mexico City Modern: A Review Essay “Overcrowded, polluted, corrupted, Mexico City offers the world a grim lesson.” 1 Thus proclaimed Time Magazine in 1984. Never mind that it could just as easily have been describing any number of cities in the world, including a number of metropolises in the […]
Thedailybeast.com reported for decades, Americans have escaped to San Miguel for the culture, climate, and to pursue their artistic passions. But can the city retain its charm even in the spotlight? So what do you do after you’ve been anointed the best city in the world? Is it a jinx, like being put on the […]
24-horas.mx reported restored service to 86% of users affected in the Los Cabos area, as well as the full recovery in supply in the northern part of the State and of 99% in the area of La Paz. The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that you restored the service of electricity by 94% in the […]
news.yahoo.com/AP reported — An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States. While the disease, called chikungunya, usually […]
mercopress.com reported the Argentine government announced that airlines for both commercial and non commercial flights will be required to deliver further information of its passengers to the National Migrations Office, the AFIP tax bureau, Airport Police and Civil Aviation National Administration (ANAC). AFIP and Airport Police joint resolution 3667 establishes that in 180 days from […]
bbc.com reported Brazilian and Paraguayan rescue teams have now retrieved eight bodies from the River Paraguay, where a boat capsized during a storm on Wednesday. The Paraguayan vessel, Dream of the Pantanal, was carrying 11 Paraguayan crew and 16 Brazilian tourists. Thirteen people had managed to swim ashore. Six are still missing and presumed dead. […]
valleycentral.com reported Brownsville resident Eric Candanosa had been transporting used cards into Mexico for the past eight years. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said this year alone, Candanosa had already crossed the border with vehicles at least 13 times. But on Wednesday night, Candanosa and another man were driving a vehicle on a highway just […]
Theguardian.com reported Paul Whitehouse, 45, was with his wife, Simone Wood, on their yacht when hurricane Odile struck. Authorities have found the body of a British man missing since hurricane Odile swept through parts of Mexico more than a week ago. Paul Whitehouse, 45, had been missing since Odile struck the Baja California peninsula on […]
Cabo San Lucas (Mexico) (AFP) – There is still no water, no electricity and almost nothing to eat in Los Cabos, a small corner of paradise in northwestern Mexico leveled by Hurricane Odile. Nearly a week after being hit by one of the season’s most ferocious storms, this vacation resort area, still struggling to recover, […]
This information has been provided by a victim of the hurricane who fortunately returned from Cabo to the U.S. on Alaska Air on September 18, 2014. This is his story. Any time there is a fluid situation like this(hurricane or natural disaster) you will receive many types of reports including some that are accurate and […]
abcnews.go.com/AP reported federal police on Thursday vowed to restore order in the hurricane-stricken resort area of Los Cabos after looting emptied store shelves and unnerved residents who worried their homes could be next. Enrique Galindo, national commissioner of the Federal Police, said seven people, two of them carrying firearms, had been detained on suspicion of […]
jornada.unam.mx reported The national coordination of Civil protection of the Ministry of the Interior issued Thursday a declaration of emergency for the municipalities of Hermosillo, Carbo, Benjamín Hill, Pitiquito, Caborca, Puerto Peñasco, General Plutarco Elías Calles, Santa Ana, Magdalena, Altar, Oquitoa, Saric, Atil, Tubutama, Trincheras, Imuris, Nogales, Santa Cruz, Cananea, Naco and Agua Prieta by […]
cronica.com.mx reported the Attorney General of Justice of the State (PGJE) confirmed the death of the general manager of minera El Boleo, Kyoug Jin Park, 62 years and the disappearance of his companion and fellow countryman Sung Ken Chai. The State Prosecutor’s Office reported, in its daily report, Jin Park and Ken Chai tried to […]
cronica.com.mx reported the Undersecretary of Civil protection of Guerrero reported that he is expected to continue strong rains in some areas of the State, between Friday and Saturday, arising from the remoteness of the hurricane Polo and various hydrometeorological phenomena. In a statement, he noted that, according to the information analysed by the national weather […]
cronica.com.mx reported…”Help, help! Inmates escaped, are entering houses and beating men, women and children! “.” The desperate cry of inhabitants of Buenos Aires, San Bernabe and sidewalks colonies, arriving at the airport is San José of the Cape international calling for the deployment of the armed forces in these colonies because escaped inmates of the […]
cronica.com.mx reported that at least 14,000 tourists stuck in Los Cabos and La Paz have been evacuated. This information was provide by the Governor of Baja California Sur. Per officials, the tourists have left via commerical flights and approximately 1000 exited by boat from Pichilinue. Read Article
cronica.com.mx reported the national meteorological service (SMN) informed that Polo continues its advance towards the Northwest as a hurricane category I on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150. At 13:00 the meteorological phenomenon was located 235 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, and 745 […]
weather.com Polo strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane Wednesday evening after moving into favorable atmospheric conditions.Residents and stranded visitors in Baja California should continue to keep an eye on Hurricane Polo, which is tracking about 200 miles south of Manzanillo on the southwestern part of the Mexican mainland.The outer bands of Hurricane Polo […]
REPORT FROM SIX US TOURISTS CURRENTLY STRANDED IN CABO SAN LUCAS AND LAPAZ MEXICO On September 17, 2014, six U.S. tourists vacationing in Cabo del Sol have received no notification from any Mexican or U.S. authorities on what steps to evacuate. They went to a nearby hotel on this date and were told there is […]
fox5sandiego.com reported hundreds of American tourists who were stranded in Cabo San Lucas by Hurricane Odile were flown north to Tijuana and trucked to the U.S.-Mexican border by the Mexican military Tuesday. “It was terrifying, we had flights scheduled to at 3 o’clock on Sunday that were canceled so we got a hotel at the […]
dailymail.co.uk reported the next time you’re cruising the high seas around Honduras it could be on a vessel that was once used to smuggle cocaine and other illicit drugs across international waters. In the ongoing war on drugs, the Central American country has announced plans to convert boats seized from traffickers into tourist cruisers. The […]
mashable.com reported hurricane Odile intensified from a Category 1 storm to a Category 4 monster in less than a day, and is forecast to make landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Sunday night. Cabo is a popular resort town on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, and the city could see winds exceeding […]
dailymail.co.uk reported the parents of a 22-year-old psychology graduate who was found murdered in Chile traveled to the city of Temuco this week to transport their daughter’s body back to the United States. Chris Hagan and his grief-stricken wife were photographed Wednesday in Chile on their way to make final arrangements for Erica Faith Hagan, […]
Andes.info.ec reported Hospital networks in the Galápagos Islands are now linked to the national health system with the inclusion of three aircrafts that allow the evacuation of critical patients, informed the Ministry of Health and Defense who have agreements for these type of programs. The two Bell helicopters, and the Súper King aircraft are equipped […]
costaricantimes.com reported after two months of searching and nothing to indicate a missing Alaskan is lost and alone in rugged Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica, Roman Dial now suspects his son fell victim to foul play. Dial traveled thousands of miles to Central America in early August, about two weeks after the disappearance of […]
latino.foxnews.com reported Brazilian immigration authorities denied Wednesday that they are blocking the entry of African immigrants due to fears that they might be carrying the Ebola virus, which has killed nearly 2,300 people in West Africa since March. The Federal Police, who are responsible for border control, responded to press accounts that their agents are […]
news9.com reported August Reiger went missing from a hike on Father’s Day in 2013 near Banos Ecuador. He had just graduated from the top of his class at Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City and was set to begin a full-ride scholarship at the University of Oklahoma His disappearance is classified as a […]
publimetro.cl reported they had not passed even 24 hours of the terrorist attack at Escuela Militarstation, when last night through social networks began to spread a reckless threat that appeared in the Transantiago bus. The Twitter user @korpian captured the phrase scratched with spray that said “the next bomb will be on a bus”, accompanied […]
elnuevodia.com reported in the most serious attack occurred in years in Chile, a bomb detonated Monday in a shop of one of the main stations of the metro of Santiago and caused ten wounded, two of them serious. Francisco Bravo, which investigated 29 bombings that took place this year in Santiago, told reporters that the […]
Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, a leading brand in the FRHI Hotels & Resorts (FRHI) portfolio, today announced that the brand has entered into a franchise agreement for branding the operation of Swissôtel Guayaquil, a new 300-room hotel currently under development in the largest and most populous city in Ecuador: Guayaquil. Set on the western bank […]
ticotimes.net reported Responding to pressure from residents in Costa Rica’s Northern Zone, who say they increasingly have become targets for assaults and robberies, the Public Security Ministry announced Thursday that it had conducted the first of several sweeps of the area in an effort to catch the bad guys. Mata met with San Carlos municipal […]
According to latinonewsonline.com a female passenger on a flight from Bogota, Colombia was detained at the Madrid Spain airport for possession of 1.7 kilos of cocaine on August 29, 2014. The passenger age, 43 a Venezuelan national acted in a suspicious matter to agents and her luggage was screened and deemed not to contain contraband. […]
Theguardian.com reported Canberran Kurt Steel among eight foreigners killed when bus ran off highway en route from Salar de Uyuni to La Paz. An Australian was among 10 people killed in Bolivia when a bus returning to La Paz from the Salar de Uyuni salt flats ran off the highway and crashed, police said. Police […]
lainfo.es reported the Tungurahua volcano increased its activity this weekend with the emission of ash and incandescent material, an Ecuadorian official source reported. The Tungurahua-in the central Andean Ecuador and five thousand 23 meters height-increased activity, which was considered moderate since 1 August, when the authorities raised the alert level from yellow to orange, said […]
elcomercio.pe reported different authorities said they will investigate the complaint by the native Federation of the Rio Madre de Dios and Affluents (Fenamad) on Manu hostels and tourist agencies in Cuzco that they would be offering tours that include visits to isolated tribes in the Amazon reserve in Madre de Dios. As he earlier told […]
elcomercio.pe reported the National police and the Municipality of Lima was closed yesterday with blocks of concrete seven hostels of Lima unsanitary and unsafe. The settlements are located on the fourth and fifth block of the Guzmán Blanco Avenue, the avenida 28 de Julio and the block 5 of the shred Cervantes. The operation started […]
citizen.co.za/afp reported a group of Ecuadoran nuns opened the doors of their convent to the outside world Saturday — a first since the order arrived in the South American country 150 years ago. The nuns of the Mothers of Augustine were expelled from Colombia in 1864 and subsequently settled in the center of Quito, where […]
starmedia.com reported in a new report by the behavior of the Massif, the Unit held that “superficial manifestations are responding to a promotion held a magmatic body who has not managed a quick exit to the surface”. “High levels of SO2 gas log, significant inflation in the high part of the Tungurahua volcano and the […]
elcomercio.com reported after 14 years of remodeling and expansion, within a programme of urban regeneration, the boardwalk in avenida Simon Bolivar has become the main tourist reference and recreation of the city icon. According to the Malecón 2000 Foundation, responsible for the Administration and maintenance of this recreational park in Guayaquil, is visited monthly by […]
lainfo.com reported hurricane Marie took more force on Sunday and reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, while heavy rains continue in several states in the western and central Mexico, an official said. According to a bulletin released by the National Weather Service (NWS) 16H15 Local (21h15 GMT), the storm was about 805 miles south-southwest […]
plenglish.com reported Colombia’s Vice-Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz confirmed today a new case of Chikungunya. The virus was detected in a person traveling to Bogota from the Dominican Republic. According to the medical diagnosis, the patient is under observation and doctors are trying to determine his level of contagion. Read Article
laht.com reported at least 3,603 people have been displaced, 606 homes damaged or destroyed and 23 communities cut off as a result of intense rains over the past two days in the Dominican Republic, emergency authorities said Sunday. The rain caused flooding throughout the eastern and northeastern portions of the country, the COE emergency operations […]
bbc.com reported the quake, which the USGS had been estimated in a preliminary report in magnitude 7, occurred at 18:21 local time (23:21 GMT). The epicenter was located in the southern region of Ayacucho, 42 kilometers from the town of Tambo and 471 kilometers southeast of the capital, Lima. Read Article
bbc.co.uk reported silence gives a rare sense of calm. People walk without effort. Go through security, removed shoes included, do not take more than five minutes. Many Duty Free shops are closed. And those that are open, empty. The airport Simon Bolivar international, the largest in Venezuela, seems to be one of those affected by […]
lahora.com.ec reported a new application from Colombian to order taxis through mobile devices, Tappsi, an initiative that was born two years ago in Bogota, it launched its service in Ecuador, country which becomes its Second International after Peru market. The service is now available in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil Ecuador, on devices with […]
businessweek.com/bloomberg reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa sent parts of a finance bill back to congress to clarify rules governing a fund that was set up as a lender-of-last-resort for local banks and held $1.64 billion at the end of last year. Correa, a 51-year-old former economics professor, asked lawmakers to spell out changes to the […]
Chikungunya Fever Cases Reported in Latin America – (excludes Caribbean) Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela. (source: CDC) Worldbank.org reported Chikungunya fever is spreading more rapidly through Latin America and the Caribbean than it takes to learn to spell and pronounce its name correctly. The virus has already […]
elcomercio.com reported The cost of tickets for travel on bus public transportation between the capital of Ecuador and the city of Ibarra (Imbabura), located to the North of the country, increased from the afternoon of today, August 21, 2014. The National Agency of transit (ANT) authorized carriers raise the value of USD 2.50 fare to […]
An estimated 36.500 tourists and 54 vessels expected this coming Antarctic season Mercopress.com reported During the upcoming Antarctic season, from November through March, 36,545 tourists are expected to visit, according to estimates compiled by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). That’s a slight dip from the 37,405 who visited in 2013-14, which was […]
Hondurasweekly.com reported InterContinental Hotels Group announced on Friday the opening of the new-build, 108-room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Tegucigalpa. The hotel is located in the heart of the capital city’s new financial and commercial district of Plaza San Rafael, and near the country’s major financial institutions, including BAC Honduras, Banco Davivienda and BCIE (Central […]
theguardian.com reported dolphin tours cancelled at Mexico travel conference. Dolphin tours at the TBEX travel bloggers conference in Cancun are dropped after pressure from responsible travel campaigners.A travel media conference has decided to drop dolphin experiences from its programme following pressure from travel bloggers and wildlife campaigners. The TBEX 2014 conference, which is due to […]
Forbes.com reported the first set of sates to which U.S. government advises Americans not to travel are: Coahuila, Colima, Durango, State of Mexico, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. The second set in which it calls for caution are: Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Morelos and Veracruz. […]
eluniverso.com reported a woman of unspecified age and a child aged 7-8 are the two victims who left the accident between a Chevrolet pickup truck red and the cooperative fleet Bolivar bus happened Sunday passes 16:00 in the sector of large spot of the parroquia San Plácido de Portoviejo, according to preliminary information provided by […]
eluniverso.com reported in the midst of a new period of waves, which ends today, another tourist drowned the evening of the last Saturday on the beach of the Montanita municipality, in the North of the province of Santa Elena. Danilo Merchán Tacuri, of 24 years, had arrived that day from the city of Cuenca and […]
elciudadano.gob.ec reportedQuito (Pichincha).- Sandra Naranjo, Minister of Tourism, met with representatives of Jet Blue Airways Corporation, a U.S. airline, intended to set up alliances with Ecuador through the Fort-Lauderdale (Florida) -Quito route. Chad Meyerson, director for Latin America and the Caribbean for Jet Blue Airways Corporation, and Jeffrey Goodell, Vice President of Government and Airport […]
diariocentinela.com.ec reported in the tourist information of the parish hall Vilcabamba police authorities, gathered political Lieutenant, Member of the municipality, parish GAD, and Presidents of the districts of Vilcabamba, to discuss the security of the place which in recent months has shown an increase. Diego Guerrero President of the parish Government of Vilcabamba (GADV) noted […]
news.com.au reported…IT IS one of the most spectacular railroad journeys in the world and one of the biggest engineering feats of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ecuador’s national railway hugs treacherous mountain faces, passes through tiny villages and offers incredible views of the Andes. Dubbed the most difficult railway in the world, it […]
appeal-democrat, AP reported pilots for two state-run Argentine airlines are on strike, stranding thousands of passengers in the capital of Buenos Aires. More than 30 international and local flights have been cancelled or delayed, including routes to cities such as Miami, Caracas and Bogota. The strike affects Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral. Read Article
ultimasnoticias.com.ve reporte -The President of the Chamber of Commerce of Nueva Esparta, Theodore Bellorin, explained that the Government grants to a very small group of entrepreneurs Bs 11 currencies, while most assigned them to Bs 50, which creates distortions in prices and stimulates the shortages on the island. Interviewed by Unión Radio, Bellorin said Monday […]
expreso.ec reported Via Lligua connecting Banos with Patate remained closed to traffic again from Saturday due to heavy rains that caused a landslide. It is the third time so far of the year that the road is cut to the circulation of vehicles by the effects of the storm. At the last close, three vehicles […]
eluniverso.com reported the Colombian tourist Clara Isabel Quiroga Soyko died last Saturday in this town of Santa Elena, allegedly drowned. The lifeguard Luis Vélez said that supposedly the victim entered the sea after drinking alcohol. “It would seem that it was in ethyl State, in the very early hours in the morning, and the current […]
infobae.com reported the Government of Nicolás Maduro informed that controls will be strengthened during the night to prevent the entry of products such as gasoline or food. “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing” “Starting from this Monday will be a scheduled closing of the border with Colombia, between the 10:00 pm and […]
plenglish.com reported the Panamanian transport company Copa Airlines reported today the opening late this year of new flights to two Latin American destinations, including Cayo Santa Maria, in the north-central area of Cuban. Copa will operate two weekly flights to Cayo Santa María Cuba, a place with 12 thousand 500 rooms in five star hotels […]
A continuing HIV epidemic and differential patterns of HIV-STI risk among MSM in Quito, Ecuador: an urgent need to scale up HIV testing and prevention. Jacobson JO1, Sánchez-Gómez A, Montoya O, Soria E, Tarupi W, Chiriboga Urquizo M, Champutiz Ortiz E, Miranda SM, Tobar R, Gómez B, Riera C. Author information Abstract This study characterized […]
themoreheadnews.com/Shayla Menville reported It has been four months since Dennis Walling left Morehead to fly to Ecuador for what he thought would be a life changing job interview. He was arrested at the airport as he was leaving the country when drug dogs marked his suitcase. Walling and his family claim he was unknowingly used […]
lainformacion.com reported the Ministry of health of Costa Rica today suggested to the Costa Rican avoid travel to Dominican Republic, due to the number of cases reported to the country of the chinkunguna virus. “If a person does not have the need to go, it is better not to do it, it is a suggestion […]
On or about August 6, 2014, elcomercio.pe reported eight assailants attacked an inter-provincial bus. Armed with rifles and robbed and physically assaulted 50 passengers. Victims reported the roadway was blocked with rocks in order to stop the bus. Assailants then boarded the bus, diverted it to an area off the highway and then flattened the […]
coha.org reported Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a collection of chronic, bacterial, parasitic, and viral diseases that have remained largely unnoticed and uncured by the global community.[1] NTDs affect the lives of more than 1.5 billion people worldwide and cause, on average, the death of more than 500,000 people each year, most of whom live […]
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) Reported that Mexico is planning a high speed Train from Mexico City to Queretaro, which will cover a distance of 210 kilometers with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, will be the first of its kind in Latin America according to the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT). The […]
Ecuador without question is on the map of most anyone considering moving abroad. There have been a number of promoters and press outlets touting the low cost of living, remarkable geography and culture of Ecuador. Any time someone considers a move overseas, it is serious business and the more information you have, the more informed […]
This book is not a sugar-laden milkshake of feel-good, fuzzy dribble telling you what a paradise Ecuador is for expatriates. For over 32 years author Nicholas Crowder has been intimately involved in a deep study of this intricate and complex country. The author shares his vast knowledge, rare insight and experience of an often misunderstood […]
elmercurio.com.ec reported the old cathedral, Todosantos heritage complex, the Inter-American Center of crafts and arts Populares (CIDAP), in addition to the museums of the hat and the Aboriginal cultures yesterday attended the public. Most of these venues do not give service Sunday, but this time did so since they are part of the “Meet your […]
Insecurity in the main road of Easter has become common in various segments, match its inhabitants. An example is the intersection with calle 11, nine blocks after the place where Jeomaira was injured. “They know get two armed types, cross to the victims; and while one says it, the other steals the bike or things,”says […]
RTUNOTICIAS.com reported Tungurahua, located in Ecuador’s Andean region, registered a significant emission of ash. Volcanic dust formed a column of 4 kilometers above the crater, approximately, which turned to the West and Northwest of the Colossus. According to Viviana Valverde, of the Observatory of the Tungurahua volcano, VPO, at noon (12:20) recorded a volcano-tectonic event […]
jamaica-gleaner.com reported the police are searching for 44-year-old American tourist, Roger Nautu. The police say the man, from Killeen in Texas in the United States, who was vacationing at a St. James resort, has been missing since Sunday. Nautu is of brown complexion, slim build and is about 5 feet 11 inches tall. The police […]
huffingtonpost.com reported a news report says Rio de Janeiro police have detained a 14-year-old suspected of participating in the brutal gang rape of an American student inside a moving public transit van. Monday’s O Globo newspaper said the teen was apprehended in a hiding place in downtown Rio on Sunday. He is the fourth suspect […]
janes.com reported El Salvador’s Mara street gangs have started targeting tourists for extortion, local media reported on 28 July. According to reports, members of the Mara gangs – organised street gangs with a presence in several Central American territories – have set up extortion points in the western department of Usulután on El Salvador’s Pacific […]
ticotimes.net reported search-and-rescue teams from the Costa Rican Red Cross continued their efforts Monday to locate a missing U.S. hiker, believed to have disappeared in the rugged Corcovado National Park in the country’s southwestern Osa Peninsula. Cody Roman Dial, a 27-year-old Alaska native, had been traveling through Mexico and Central America for the last seven […]
aviation-safety.net maintains an outstanding database of aviation accidents and fatalities from around the world. They also include Ecuador dating back to the first reported accident in 1938. There are some outstanding reports of the accidents and in some instances pictures of the aircraft. Ecuador Capital: Quito Continent: South America Fatal accidents in Ecuador: 45 Accidents […]
Ecuavisa.com reported the Tungurahua volcano recorded an increase in their activity, which had remained “at low levels” for almost two months, reported today the Instituto Geofísico (IG) of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional of Ecuador. The Colossus yesterday underwent “a small issue” and although “not heard any cannon or associated noise” was seen “a column emission […]
reliefweb.int reported a 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico on Tuesday, killing an elderly woman who fell as she fled her home and injuring another woman who evacuated from a hospital. The epicenter was in the east coast state of Veracruz, where residents and tourists fled homes and hotels. Authorities found no damage after reviewing the Laguna […]
Eluniverso.com reported the airline’s low-cost VivaColombia opened its route to Ecuador.So Juan Emilio Posada, said yesterday that company President, to submit to the company at a press conference, although he clarified that the operation in the country is subject to approvals and final certification of the National Airport Authority.The route that would operate in Ecuador […]
bakersfieldnow.com reported what began as a vacation with friends in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, turned tragic for 36-year-old Brian Hodges of Bakersfield. “Things were going great,” said Calvin Black, who, with his wife Enjoli Black, and their two children and cousin, accompanied Brian and Shimeaka Hodges to Cabo San Lucas. The group arrived in the […]
cooperativa.cl reported during the afternoon of Thursday, the BEPGs of Carabineros personnel evacuated the Tur Bus from Santiago terminal due to a bomb alert. The operation began about 16:30 hours after a call to the number 133, denouncing the appearance of a few suspicious PVC pipe inside. Read Article
bworldonline.com reported… An ancient megalopolis built in a drained lake rimmed by mountains, Mexico City consistently flies under the radar. Lacking the samba-steeped allure of Rio de Janeiro or the chic intellectualism of Buenos Aires, Latin America’s biggest city has failed to shed an unfair reputation for crime and pollution. BICYCLES on Paseo de la […]
ch-aviation.com reported LAN Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Int’l) and partner TAM Linhas Aéreas (JJ, São Paulo Congonhas) have reportedly reached an agreement with Venezuelan government concerning the partial disbursement of unremitted ticket-sale funds. In a statement issued on July 20, the LATAM Airlines Group announced it had accepted Caracas’ proposal in regards to the […]
eluniverso.com reported that in the midst of a period of waves which ends today and the absence of lifeguards in the respective towers, at least 11 swimmers were swept away by the sea and 3 of them died drowned in the Montanita municipality last Saturday afternoon. Washington Méndez, police officer of this town located in […]
Eluniverso.com reported that a gang with Colombian nationals has been dismantled by authorities using cloning devices to steal money from ATM’s in Quito. Prosecutors reported that five people were detained who averaged 40 thousand dollars a week in thefts. Four houses were raided where 200 credit and debit cards were confiscated. The culprits used a […]
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the tomb of an elite Mochica ruler at the Huaca de la Luna archaeological complex, an ancient temple located in what is now the city of Trujillo on the north coast of Peru, which was dedicated entirely to making human sacrifices as offerings to the deity of the mountains. According […]