25 FEB22- 🚸 "Some Ecuadorians were evacuated from Ukraine and are already in Poland. This was announced today by the Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguín. Until Thursday, the Foreign Ministry recorded a total of 702 compatriots residing in Ukraine.
Holguín pointed out, in an interview on WQ radio, that for security reasons he cannot reveal the exact number of compatriots who have been taken to the border. "Today, several of them are already in Poland," he confirmed. Ecuador managed to get Poland to accept the entry of compatriots without a Schengen visa,
even "regardless of whether they were vaccinated or not vaccinated." There are some territories in Ukraine "where the situation has been calmer, therefore, there was the possibility of making transfers, there were operations in Ukraine at night," Holguín said.
"There are other cities like Kiev “where we still have to hope that these humanitarian corridors can exist. We are working with the (International) Red Cross to be able to establish when is the safe time to make the transfers," he clarifies.
On February 24 alone, the Foreign Ministry issued more than 125 emergency passports, it adds. The Foreign Minister reiterates that in some Ukrainian cities "it is not possible to guarantee the safety of citizens".
They are still waiting to activate a humanitarian corridor , which "is a negotiation agreed with the parties involved in the conflict, to guarantee that when people are being transported, who have to be evacuated in a war situation, there is no possibility of their security being violated," he explains.
A humanitarian corridor is important to prevent "they can bomb the sector through which they transit or that they can take them as hostages of war."
At the moment, according to Holguín, the contingency plan is in phase one , that is, getting Ecuadorians to move to the borders with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
Once there, the Foreign Ministry will start phase two , the voluntary return to Ecuador through internal routes since flights in Ukraine are restricted.
"Or in the event that a humanitarian flight is needed , if conditions allow it," Holguín said. Meanwhile, a team from the Foreign Ministry arrived today in Warsaw (Poland) and Bratislava (Slovakia), in addition to reinforcing the Embassy in Hungary to serve Ecuadorians, the official said." -
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
23SEP26 #Ecuador 🇪🇨 "An analysis published by CNN en Español examines several Latin American presidents who maintain political ties with Donald Trump and who, after winning elections with radical rhetoric, face social, economic, or governance challenges.
Among the cases examined are Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa , along with Javier Milei in Argentina; José Antonio Kast in Chile; Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia; and Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. CNN also analyzes recently inaugurated presidents in Honduras, Peru, and Colombia.
The publication argues that these leaders capitalized on public discontent with traditional governments and parties by proposing economic adjustments, security measures, and confrontation with their adversaries. However, it posits that this electoral strategy faces limitations when it must translate into effective governance.
Ecuador: security under question
In the Ecuadorian case, CNN focuses part of its analysis on the security strategy promoted by Noboa.
The president declared the internal armed conflict in ...
16SEP26💯%Choneros🚀"On Sept. 16, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM)
forces successfully interdicted a floating refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations in the Eastern Pacific.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel's involvement with the Los Choneros violent narco-terrorist organization.
Individuals removed from the vessel have been transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it.
JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
"Alongside our Ecuadorian partners, we are relentlessly pursuing narco-terrorists who prey on our citizens,
undermine hemispheric security, and leave death and suffering in their wake. This deliberate, lawful, and precise operation saves lives and makes our citizens—from Ecuador to the United States—safer." -
SOUTHCOM ...
"It is an absurdity, it is laughable, to speak of such a
pending disaster as "The End of the World."
We are discussing the end of Humanity, or we are discussing the
end of Civilization, or we are perhaps even discussing
the end of some this or that Empire that we mistakenly
believe to identify with.
The end of the world will come when the sun
expands and engulfs it.
Now, is it truly a surprise that our discourse relates
economic tragedy with an ecological one?
That we actually behave as though a marked downturn in
the Market can somehow be compared to the death of Nature?
We are so enamored with our vastness and resource that we have forgotten the lark and the sparrow.
So I say, come armageddon. Come, you horsemen.
Let us speak these things no more."
— Takici Kaneko, 1934 - 'SteamPunk Magazine' 3-A4
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