17DEC23 ✈️"Manta's Eloy Alfaro airport is in limbo. Currently there is no money for its maintenance and this already causes problems in its operation. This was indicated by Jimmy Villavicencio, president of the Citizen Technical Committee for the Development of the Manta Airport, who believes that the situation is really worrying since there is no money for the maintenance and operation of the building.
"The contractors who built it state that the maintenance of the structure is not their responsibility, but the MTOP (Ministry of Transportation and Public Works), as it has not yet received the work, does not want to be responsible either. The DAC (Directorate of Civil Aviation) argues that it has not yet received the terminal from the MTOP; So there is no one to take over," he said. "There's no money to even buy toilet paper."
All of this occurs while the building has problems that affect its operation. Villavicencio said that there are seven destroyed toilets, damaged air conditioners, the emergency generator is failing; The luggage rack, both in the national and international room, does not work. There is also a water supply problem in the control tower, as well as a risk of flooding in case of rain, since the drainage is unfinished. "What happens is terrible. Right now the Manta airport does not even have enough to buy toilet paper.
However, as a committee and citizens we have donated a thousand dollars for cleaning materials and to fix the bathroom batteries," he added. According to data from the Citizen Technical Committee, each month the Manta airport generates $1,448,506 and barely requires $7,000 for its maintenance. The terminal receives three weekly flights from Panama, two from the Galapagos Islands and two daily flights from Quito.
Villavicencio questioned that despite the fact that this income is generated, the State does not assume the maintenance of the place. "They don't do things or let things be done. We have a terrible problem. This could affect the operation of the airport. What happens is absurd.
Much more so when the airport is self-sustaining," he said. The committee chaired by Villavicencio has been insisting from the government of former President Guillermo Lasso that the airport be handed over to the Municipality of Manta, so that this entity is in charge of the delegation process. This has not been obtained...." -
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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!
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01JUL25 - SOUTHCOM’s TMPI: Towards Integrated Deterrence in the Americas by Building Maintenance Capacity- #ECUADOR - "Analyzing Ecuador’s foreign policy trajectory over the past two decades is pertinent to illuminating the region’s evolving political and security landscape. During President Rafael Correa’s administration between 2007 and 2017, Ecuador pivoted by severing its military relations with the US.
This comprehensive shift included ordering the closure of the security cooperation office in the US Embassy and honoring but not renewing the lease term for the Manta Air Base, causing the withdrawal of approximately 300 US military personnel stationed there.
However, this period of strained relations was followed by the re-establishment of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) in 2018, signaling a potential shift that ultimately materialized with new military cooperation agreements signed with the US in 2023 under President Lasso and ratified in 2024 by President Daniel Noboa. ...
25JUN25 "Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced this Thursday the capture of Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias "Fito ," considered the leader of the Los Choneros organized crime group.
"For those who opposed and doubted the need for the Solidarity and Intelligence laws : thanks to those laws, Fito was captured today and is in the hands of the Security Bloc," the president posted on the social network X.
"We have done our part to proceed with Fito's extradition to the United States , and we await your response. Have a good afternoon, Ecuador," Noboa added.
The criminal leader had been on the run for over a year and a half , after escaping from the Guayaquil Regional Prison and hiding his tracks while the country was engulfed in a spiral of violence, culminating in the brief takeover of a television station.
'Fito,' who was serving a 34-year sentence for organized crime, drug trafficking, and murder , escaped on January 7, 2024, as he was about to be transferred to La Roca, a ...
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