Stories: Cotopaxi
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Life Under an Active Volcano in Ecuador
It was June 1877 and summer in the Sierra. The dry, Andean wind carried specks of ash that sprinkled down upon the sprawling haciendas and lush swaths of green pastures as hundreds of farm animals grazed at the foot of Cotopaxi, one of the world's highest active volcanoes. Since the beginning of the year, the majestic snow capped summit,...
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Oil and Lava
On the final day of March 2014, President Rafael Correa was blinking away tears on live television. Extreme close-ups showed the bombastic leader struggling to suppress emotion as he listened to student Daniela Armijo thank him for creating “the hope of a new Ecuador.” But Armijo was not just any student. And this was not a run-of-the-mill political event....
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Cidade do Equador convive com a ameaça do vulcão Cotopaxi
Vista aérea do vulcão Cotopaxi. Os policiais chegaram sem avisar naquela madrugada de 15 de agosto. Bateram nas portas gritando para que os moradores deixassem suas casas na urgência de cinco minutos. "Explodiu o vulcão, corram!", foi a ordem ouvida pela equatoriana Ximena Guaman, 31, que despertou de seu sono para, de repente,...
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Next to One of World’s Largest Volcanoes, Ecuadoreans Brace for What’s Next
In June 2015, activity was detected in Ecuador’s Cotopaxi, one of the world’s largest volcanoes, for the first time in 100 years. The volcano began slowly erupting in August. The Ecuadorean government has begun preparing emergency response plans in case of an eruption, but future activity poses a high risk for the country—airspace could be closed...