Friday, October 11, 2013
An American Military Veteran in Ecuador: $900 per Month or Ask Not What Your Country Can Do...
An American Military Veteran in Ecuador: $900 per Month or Ask Not What Your Country Can Do...: $900 per month? or Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Country We have decided to sponsor a child in Ecua...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador recovers pre-Columbian pieces
ECUADOR NEWS MAGAZINE: Ecuador recovers pre-Columbian pieces: pre-Columbian art Ecuador news magazine - In the framework of cooperation to Fight Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage that Ecuador...
Saturday, October 5, 2013
US exceptionalism rhetoric poses extreme danger and is reminiscent of ....
Ecuador's Correa: Obama's exceptionalism talk reminiscent of Nazi rhetoric before WWII
Published time: October 04, 2013 23:38
Edited time: October 05, 2013 07:04
Edited time: October 05, 2013 07:04
Referring to US President Barack Obama’s statement that “America is exceptional” because it stands up not only for its own “narrow self interest, but for the interests of all," Correa said: “Does not this remind you of the Nazis’ rhetoric before and during World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger,” President Correa said on RT Spanish’ Entrevista program.
As for cases of espionage in Latin America and the subsequent criticism from regional leaders, Obama said the US will try to respect the sovereignty of those countries “in cases where it will be possible.”
At the recent UN General Assembly, Brazil launched a blistering attack on US espionage, saying it “is a breach of international law.”
President Correa said the US will keep violating other countries’ sovereignty, but this will eventually change.
“What Plato wrote in his [Socratic] dialogues more than 2,000 years ago is true. Justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger. They are strong, that’s why they will continue lying, violating other states’ sovereignty, and breaching international law. But one day this unjust world will have to change,”
Correa said.
When asked about whether the UN headquarters should be moved out of the US, Correa replied “definitely yes.” But, he pointed out that there are other things that carry more importance. For example, the headquarters of the American Convention on Human Rights is located in Washington, yet
“the US did not ratify the Pact of San Jose, that is, the American Convention on Human Rights…but the headquarters of the organization is in the US and they finance their activities,” Correa said. “This is outrageous and an example of a relationship the US established with developing countries in the form of subordination.”....read more: http://rt.com/news/correa-us-exceptionalism-dangerous-748/
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...
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