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The last of his breed: Baltazar Ushca, who kept Andean ice harvesting alive, dies at 80
“He is a national treasure in Ecuador,” said Patch, who brought Ushca and his daughter ... an estimated 15,000 feet up ...
Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
For 60 years, Baltazar Ushca worked a rare but rigorous trade: ice merchant. Once or twice a week, he climbed snow-capped ...
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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Migrants walk along the highway in Huixtla, southern Mexico, ...
This newly discovered mammal species has a tail that is longer than its entire body
Although only 5 inches from head to butt, it sports an impressive tail of about 6 inches—longer than the rest of its body ...
Spanish National Police seize 13 tons of cocaine hidden in banana containers
Spain's national police said Thursday its seized the largest known shipment of cocaine into the country, about 28,717 pounds, ...
Trust Me, Pikaia Lodge Is the Hotel to Book if You Wanna Do the Galapagos Islands Right
Read on for one Cosmo editor's review of the Pikaia Lodge hotel in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with insight on the food, ...
Fluffy creature — with tail longer than body — found in the Andes. See the new species
Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, ...
Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 10 people
Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency says that at least ten people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions ...
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24 hours in the Galapagos Islands: A day of adventure, conservation, and connection
Nearly 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador and their stunning array of beach towns is a closely guarded gateway to another world where nature thrives and time al ...
We retired abroad to Cuenca, Ecuador, once the US got too expensive. We still love the expat hot spot 14 years later.
After the Great Recession, we retired early to a walkable city in one of the cheapest countries to retire to. Cuenca, Ecuador ...
Baltazar Ushca, ‘last iceman’ of Ecuador’s highest peak, dies at 80
He was the last of a community legacy that made a living off the Reschreiter glacier, whose ice was mostly used for refrigeration before electricity was widespread in their stretch of the Andes.