Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed ...
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Virginia Medicaid program faces $632 million hole
The adjustments in the Medicaid forecast are driven by one-time costs associated with post-pandemic redetermination, ...
Animation! at Ventana Sur: Climate Change Titles, Multiple Women’s Voices and New Films by Hugo Covarrubias and Pablo Aguëro
Hugo Covarrubias’ “Baptism,” Danna Galeano’s “Foldara” and Ricardo Kump and Lucas Abrahão “The Factory Beyond the Hill” ...
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Baltazar Ushca, ‘last iceman’ of Ecuador’s highest peak, dies at 80
For about five hours, they ascended a rocky path to a glacier located at about 15,000 feet on the southern face of a dormant volcano known as Chimborazo. Baltazar Ushca chipped off chunks of milky ...
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Briefly Noted
This richly reported book centers on McGirt v. Oklahoma, a Supreme Court case that, when it was decided, in 2020, reaffirmed ...
El País in English1mon
Women Leaders of Latin America
An expert in artificial intelligence and feminism, the Mexican-Ecuadorian professor speaks with EL PAÍS about how big tech is building a model of the world that will deepen inequality ...
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National battlefield park documents hospital's role in Civil War
The park’s headquarters is housed in the Chimborazo Medical Museum on East Broad Street, which chronicles the famed Chimborazo Hospital and other hospitals of the time. “Here, you get to talk ...
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Ecuador landslide: Rescuers dig through mud for survivors
More than 60 people have been reported missing after tonnes of mud slid down the hillside in the Chimborazo region. Government officials said seven people were confirmed dead. More than 30 have ...