Fernando Villavicencio Killing:6 Colombians arrested;Presidential elections to go ahead on 20 August
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Fernando Villavicencio Killing:6 Colombians arrested;Presidential elections to go ahead on 20 August
Six Colombians were arrested in Ecuador late yesterday in connection with the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio a day earlier.
Villavicencio, a well-known anti-corruption crusader, was shot dead as he left a campaign event in the capital city.
A 7th suspect was killed in a shootout with police following the assassination.
The ‘Los Lobos’ gang has taken responsibility for this killing which has been described as a "political crime of a terrorist nature" aimed at sabotaging the August 20 presidential election.
The Ecuadorian government has said that although the assassination was an attempt to sabotage the election, the vote will nevertheless go ahead.
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has declared a two-month state of emergency after the incident apart from declaring three days of mourning.
The question which now what does this assassination mean for Ecuador.
Negotiations on Global Treaty , to End Plastic Pollution , Reach Critical Phase .
'The Independent' reports that negotiators from around
the world have met to discuss what could become
a global treaty meant to end plastic pollution. .
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on
Plastic Pollution has begun agreeing on treaty language
at their fourth of five scheduled plastics summits.
The most ambitious and contentious
idea revolves around limiting how much
plastic can be manufactured globally.
As most plastics are made from fossil fuels
and chemicals, oil and gas exporters
have strongly objected to the limitations, along
with plastic-producing countries and companies.
According to Stewart Harris, an industry spokesperson
with the International Council of Chemical Associations,
the treaty also focuses on recycling and reuse. .
We want to see the treaty
completed. We want to work
with the governments on
implementing it. The private
sector has a role to play, Stewart Harris, an industry spokesperson
with the International Council of Chemical
Associations, via 'The Independent'.
'The Independent' reports that the Scientists’
Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty provided
scientific evidence on plastic pollution at
the negotiations.
I heard yesterday that there’s
no data on microplastics,
which is verifiably false:
21,000 publications on micro and
nanoplastics have been published, Bethanie Carney Almroth, an ecotoxicology professor at Sweden's University of Gothenburg who co-leads the coalition, via 'The Independent'.
Ecuador's chief negotiator, Walter Schuldt stressed that
countries present at the negotiation share a common
vision of moving forward in the treaty process.
Because at the end of the day,
we’re talking about the survival
of the future of life, not only
of human life but all sorts
of life on this planet, Walter Schuldt, Ecuador's chief
negotiator, via 'The Independent'
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