Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Middle of the World - Ecuador Travel and Living: Why NOT retire IN Quito Ecuador??
The Middle of the World - Ecuador Travel and Living: Why NOT retire IN Quito Ecuador??: Ok so maybe living in the center of a city full of 2.5 million people doesn´t appeal to the average retiree or semiretirees looking at Ecuad...
10 Things Most Americans Don't Know About America- 07/15/2013
Authored by Mark Mason via The Burning Platform blog,
Imagine you have a brother and he’s an alcoholic. He has his moments, but you keep your distance from him. You don’t mind him for the occasional family gathering or holiday. You still love him. But you don’t want to be around him. This is how I lovingly describe my current relationship with the United States. The United States is my alcoholic brother. And although I will always love him, I don’t want to be near him at the moment.
I know that’s harsh, but I really feel my home country is not in a good place these days. That’s not a socio-economic statement (although that’s on the decline as well), but rather a cultural one.
I realize it’s going to be impossible to write sentences like the ones above without coming across as a raging prick, so let me try to soften the blow to my American readers with an analogy:
And so even though this article is going to come across as fairly scathing, I want my American readers to know: some of the stuff we do, some of the stuff that we always assumed was normal, it’s kind of screwed up. And that’s OK. Because that’s true with every culture. It’s just easier to spot it in others (i.e., the French) so we don’t always notice it in ourselves...read more: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-15/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america
Imagine you have a brother and he’s an alcoholic. He has his moments, but you keep your distance from him. You don’t mind him for the occasional family gathering or holiday. You still love him. But you don’t want to be around him. This is how I lovingly describe my current relationship with the United States. The United States is my alcoholic brother. And although I will always love him, I don’t want to be near him at the moment.
I know that’s harsh, but I really feel my home country is not in a good place these days. That’s not a socio-economic statement (although that’s on the decline as well), but rather a cultural one.
I realize it’s going to be impossible to write sentences like the ones above without coming across as a raging prick, so let me try to soften the blow to my American readers with an analogy:
The point is we don’t really get perspective on what’s close to us until we spend time away from it. Just like you didn’t realize the weird quirks and nuances of your family until you left and spent time with others, the same is true for country and culture. You often don’t see what’s messed up about your country and culture until you step outside of it.You know when you move out of your parents’ house and live on your own, how you start hanging out with your friends’ families and you realize that actually, your family was a little screwed up? Stuff you always assumed was normal your entire childhood, it turns out was pretty weird and may have actually fucked you up a little bit. You know, dad thinking it was funny to wear a Santa Claus hat in his underwear every Christmas or the fact that you and your sister slept in the same bed until you were 22, or that your mother routinely cried over a bottle of wine while listening to Elton John.
And so even though this article is going to come across as fairly scathing, I want my American readers to know: some of the stuff we do, some of the stuff that we always assumed was normal, it’s kind of screwed up. And that’s OK. Because that’s true with every culture. It’s just easier to spot it in others (i.e., the French) so we don’t always notice it in ourselves...read more: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-15/10-things-most-americans-dont-know-about-america
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador to streamline immigration controls
Ecuador to streamline immigration controls
Ecuador news magazine - Quito (Pichincha). - The manager of Ecuador’s Proyecto de Intervención Integral de Migración [Comprehensive Migration Intervention Project], Hiroshima Villalba, and Argentina’s National Director of Immigration Martín Arias Duval, signed a technology transfer agreement to modernize the Ecuadorian migration service using experience applied in Argentina.The agreement arranges for Argentine aid in installing modern immigration software in Ecuador that will comply with international standards.
Mr. Arias said that with the system being used in Argentina 93 million immigration cards were generated in a year, and that a passenger arriving at Ezeiza Airport can get through the immigration process in 45 seconds. Furthermore, 2 million biometric readings are registered per year in Argentina with complete reliability.
ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador to streamline immigration controls: Ecuador news magazine - Quito (Pichincha). - The manager of Ecuador’s Proyecto de Intervención Integral de Migración [Comprehensive Migratio...
South America studies how to curb U.S. 'spying': Ecuador
South America studies how to curb U.S. 'spying': Ecuador
NEW YORK |He said the idea was to set up a common platform to "minimize risks of being spied on" and added the project was an outgrowth of the disclosures by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden on U.S. spying worldwide.
The new project is under consideration by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), which groups the 12 governments of the continent. UNASUR is based in Quito, Ecuador's capital.
..read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/26/us-ecuador-spying-idUSBRE98P01P20130926
U.S. State Dept. has confirmed history of running covert abductions of Americans in Ecuador
U.S. State Dept. has confirmed history of running covert abductions of Americans in Ecuador
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ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador to streamline immigration controls
ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador to streamline immigration controls: Ecuador news magazine - Quito (Pichincha). - The manager of Ecuador’s Proyecto de Intervención Integral de Migración [Comprehensive Migratio...
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