24OCT24 #Ecuador MORE ON THE BREAKING NEWS:
"President Daniel Noboa 's offer to reduce blackout times to four hours will not be met . This Thursday , October 24, 2024, the Government reported that power outages will last 14 hours a day due to the severe drought.
Prior to the announcement, the interim Minister of Energy , Inés Manzano, indicated during an interview on Thursday that they are "doing everything possible to maintain the eight-hour blackouts," but weather conditions are constantly changing.
" It would be irresponsible to say that this will not change , of course it will change, even the radiation will change ," said the minister, while stressing that the planning for the suspension of electricity service could be modified.
GOVERNMENT BACKTRACKS
On national television, on October 17, 2024, Daniel Noboa confirmed that rationing would continue for at least three more weeks, but with progressive reductions in hours . Accompanied by Inés Manzano, the President indicated that from November 28 to 10, they would be reduced to four hours .
However, with a discouraging weather forecast for hydroelectric plants , the main sources of energy generation in the country, and despite the Government's assurances that in the coming days 300 more megawatts of power will be included in the national electrical system, the offer will not be met.
For a month now, Ecuador has been facing one of its worst energy crises amid a difficult economic and social situation , marked by violence, insecurity and unemployment.
The government says the main causes are the lack of rainfall and the lack of maintenance of energy generation sources, which have made the country dependent on hydroelectric plants, which currently operate with reservoirs below minimum levels.
As part of the immediate solutions, the Turkish barge Emre Bey was contracted , which had some operational problems at the beginning and currently produces up to
104 megawatts to the National Interconnected System (SNI) that supplies about 500,000 homes. 1,598 megawatts were also offered until April 2025 , but only 434 are operational."-
🤠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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