Bulletins and News Discussion from February 10th to February 16th, 2025 - There Is Noboa Alternative - COTW: Ecuador

Image is of the Galapagos Islands, sourced from here.

Moving the megathread topic slightly away from the chaos of the United States and going back around the world, we will begin with paying attention to Ecuador.

Ecuador has been ruled by Daniel Noboa since 2023, after he won the snap election. He's about as ghoulish as one gets; a neoliberal right-winger and as much as a marionette to the United States as Milei. Two months ago, he gave effective control of the Galapagos Islands to the United States and is allowing them to build a military base there - beginning the potential conversion from a natural paradise to unsinkable aircraft carrier.

We are now seeing the rematch between Noboa and Gonzalez; the latter of which is a leftist politician with a similar ideology to Correa, the socialist who ruled Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The divide in Ecuador today is largely between the Correaists and those who oppose them, though Leonidas Iza represents the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador and commands a notable share of the vote.

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small news but Google maps changed the Gulf of Mexico to gulf of America
But those abroad still see Gulf of Mexico (with gulf of America in brackets lmao)
- but wait where are my international rules and norms
- Yet all the Ukrainian cities under russia still not use russian names? nor do the recently renamed cities in south africa.
- Deeply unserious
  
  now thinking about it , did they do somthing like that before with the gulf of California thats not touching california ?
  
  No because the Gulf of California is for Baja California, which is that little peninsula you see to the left. Baja California North and South are two Mexican states.
  
  oh damn , so theres a hole califonia in mexiko penisular and province & gulf..
  the Problem is much graver then i tought.
  Edit: And Its only connected with mainland Mexico via 2 roads throuh a desert... Just on the Promlematic file pile together with the jingoistic american Legislature..
- they do this with a few things, mainly border disputes which show differently depending on where you are. still pretty fucked
- Not really new, you can see the border move depending of where you are using google map. (ei. Sino-Indian-Pakistan border)
- Renaming it is so stupid. Would Americans assume the Irish sea was named that because Britain decided the Irish should have it? The fact that it's called the Gulf of Mexico implies American hegemonybecause Mexico is treated as the 'other' in the name.

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