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Following in Darwin's wake won't transform every child into a genius, but it may arouse a lifelong passion to understand the natural world. And the 10-day Quito and Galapagos Islands Cruise, with lecturers from WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WELLESLEY COLLEGE and MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL, is designed to awaken the scientist that lurks in everyone. The journey (cost: $3,150 to $5,950; call 800-221-1944 for more information) begins July 31 with three days in Quito, where travelers eat lunch in a restaurant built on the edge of a volcanic crater, straddle the equator at the Middle...
...break from politics as usual. A career academic who never aligned with a political party, Noboa was appointed by Mahuad to join the presidential ticket without having to campaign. "The nation appears to be more stable for now," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk, reporting from Quito. McGirk, who interviewed Noboa Tuesday morning, reports that Ecuador's indigenous leaders agreed to suspend protests for a few months to allow reforms to take root. "Considering that the recent presidents have either been grandstanders or have shut themselves off from the public, Noboa seems to be good news. From what...
DIED. GERALD GAULL, 66, U.S. pediatrician, whose identification of taurine in mother's milk, an amino acid important for brain development, prompted its inclusion in baby formulas; of an aortic aneurysm; in Quito, Ecuador...
...QUITO, Ecuador: What was "El Loco" was doing in those truculent last days in Ecuador, barricaded inside the presidential palace? Stuffing his presidential pockets with everything that wasn 't nailed down. Even as an angry crowd stood outside the palace, chanting "Thief, thief, thief," the outgoing Abdala Bucaram and his henchmen were spiriting 11 burlap sacks out of the palace, sacks allegedly stuffed with $3 million in ca sh along with some of the palace's more portable treasures. Witnesses say the sacks were put into vehicles with tinted glass--and taken out of the palace at night along with...
BUENOS AIRES: Deposed Ecuadorian president/showman Abdala Bucaram is simply not ready to fade to black. The dancing, singing "El Loco" is in Argentina, trying to wrangle some support from president Carlos Menem, but his chances aren?t good. Earlier this week, Menem had advised his ambassador in Quito not to attend new president Alarcon's swearing-in ceremony, accusing Ecuador's Congress of acting inappropriately in sacking Bucaram. But with Alarcon in place and Ecuador at peace, Menem's loyalty to his friend seemed to fade with the concerns of state. Wednesday night, Menem issued a signed statement supporting Ecuador...