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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

Baua Electric

Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; another woman has moved to Ecuador because she can’t afford to pay her mortgage; and a man, recently diagnosed with cancer, has delayed his treatment because he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

Cars That Think

Indeed, after China’s 2008 Olympics, Ecuador and other countries with mixed human rights records purchased surveillance equipment based on systems displayed at the 2008 Olympics. When officials installed a fence around the Lake Placid Olympics Village in 1980, athletes kept leaning against the fence, setting off alarms.

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¿Por qué llevar la electromovilidad a sus flotas?

Blink Charging

Sin embargo, a diferencia de los vehículos que requieren combustibles fósiles para su funcionamiento, los EV tienen la ventaja de que sus estaciones de carga son instalables y pueden adquirirse para uso interno. En Ecuador, los vehículos de bajas o cero emisiones (como lo son los eléctricos) no gravan el Impuesto al Valor Agregado.