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Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
Posted inBaltazar Ushca Deaths (Obituaries) Ecuador Glaciers Ice Labor and Jobs Mount Chimborazo (Ecuador)

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 to have been the last of his breed.
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Posted by By Richard Sandomir
FDA Urges Recall of Lead-Tainted Cinnamon Brands
Posted inCinnamon (Spice) Dollar Tree Inc Ecuador Food and Drug Administration Food Contamination and Poisoning Lead Recalls and Bans of Products United States

FDA Urges Recall of Lead-Tainted Cinnamon Brands

The agency tested 75 types of cinnamon after hundreds of children were poisoned by the spice in applesauce. It found some lead in cinnamon brands sold at some dollar stores and other markets.
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Posted by By Christina Jewett
Ecuavoley, Anyone? Sport of Ecuador Thrives in Shadow of US Open.
Posted inCorona (Queens, NY) Ecuador Ecuadorean-Americans Elmhurst (Queens, NY) Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Queens, NY) Immigration and Emigration New York City Queens (NYC) Tennis United States Open (Tennis)

Ecuavoley, Anyone? Sport of Ecuador Thrives in Shadow of US Open.

Just outside the U.S. Open grounds, Queens locals, many of them immigrants from Ecuador, play a volleyball-like sport imported from their country that brings the community together.
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Posted by By David Waldstein
Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador
Posted inBirds Birdwatching Ecuador Forests and Forestry Hikes and Hiking Logging Industry Travel and Vacations

Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador

A customized itinerary allowed a group of birders to observe hundreds of species across a range of elevations, all while staying at comfortable eco-lodges.
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Posted by By Dorothy Spears and Alexis Rockman

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