Ecuador

Alleged gang member takes plea deal

BRADENTON — An Oneco man acquitted of a murder charge last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to gang-related racketeering charges. Aurelio Ibarra, 22, will be sentenced March 26. Under a plea deal with the state, Ibarra will be...

Recession clouds future of '08.5 grads

Like many of his classmates, Dan MacCombie '08.5 has been looking for consulting jobs. But with the economic crisis making many of these opportunities evaporate, the soon-to-be graduate is setting his sights south: He plans to...

Foreign workers suffered 'injury to dignity'

Latin American employees on Canada Line sites treated unfairly, tribunal rules AMANDA STUTT From Thursday's Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — Workers from Costa Rica, Ecuador and Colombia were discriminated against while employed on...

Lots of eggs, but no babies for Galapagos tortoise

By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather. But even fatherhood appears to be eluding the Galapagos tortoise, estimated to be between 75 and 80 years old and believed to be the last living...

Spain's Bets Sour in Latin America

By THOMAS CATAN in Madrid and JOHN LYONS in São Paulo In recent years, Spanish companies poured money into Latin America, buying more utilities, airlines and other businesses in government auctions than firms from any other...

Galapagos and US Teachers Present New Environmental Education Plans

Photo by Pete Oxford Only a few days ago, top secondary school teachers from the US and Galapagos were working together to create environmental education plans. Incorporating ideas from their disparate locales, they’d forged...

A Trip on South America's Scariest Train

Drops and Derailments Make Up South American Train Ride Just after sunrise on a cold morning in the southern spring, hundreds of tourists from around the world clamber eagerly aboard for a ride on what might be the most famous...

Animal Magnetism

It's Wildlife Wednesday at Missing Links. Today, animals find their way home, find a new home, and more. Starving squirrels are swarming the suburbs, and perishing plastered to pavement. Why? One mystery leads to another: where...

3,800 Gallons Of Liquid Cocaine Seized From Vessel

Skip directly to the full story. The investigators of "Operation Panama Express" have seized an unprecedented shipment of 3,800 gallons of cocaine in liquid form aboard an Ecuadorian fishing vessel in the Eastern Pacific. The...

On Not Visiting Places

Here’s the latest version of “Save the World, Kill Yourself.” Should environmentalists visit the Galapagos Islands to ride sea turtles and frolic on undeveloped beaches? Most give a resounding ‘No,’ but the other side points...