1srt story: Ecuador Elections:

Center-right candidate Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of a banana tycoon, will become Ecuador’s next president, following an election driven by concerns over rising violence and a worsening security situation in the Latin American nation.

In the presidential election, over ten million voters cast ballots; according to figures from the National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE), Noboa received 52.3% of the total votes (4,829,130).

Luisa González, the communist candidate and first-round front-runner, was his main political challenger and received 47.7% of the vote (4,404,014), according to the CNE.

Before Guillermo Lasso, the departing president, dissolved the legislature and ordered early elections, Noboa was a member of the legislature.

As the candidate of the Acción Democrática Nacional party, he has promised to increase youth employment, attract foreign investment, combat crime using technology, and propose a number of anti-corruption measures, such as stiffer penalties for tax evasion.

Speaking to Guillermo Roman Ecuadorian student at morningside

Second story 

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Falls to a Five-Year Low

Tree loss was down 20 percent from the previous year, the environment minister announced.

Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research announced on Thursday that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest had reached a five-year low. This indicates that the nation, which has the largest share of tropical forest globally, is making headway toward its goal of ending all deforestation by the end of the decade.

quote of Brazilian morningside student Matheus Lacerda 

Third story: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/travel/machu-picchu-peru-tourism.html?searchResultPosition=2

Move Over, Machu Picchu: There’s More to See in Peru

In recent years, Peru has engaged in a grass-roots effort to elevate Huchuy Qosqo, Waqrapukara and other archaeological sites that are just as well preserved or culturally significant as Machu Picchu itself.

Elvis Lexin La Torre Uñaccori knows quite well that a wonder of the world often creates a less-wondrous world of waste — he is the mayor of Machu Picchu Pueblo, the gateway village to the bucket-list destination in Peru that draws millions of visitors (and their trash) each year.

Mr. La Torre shared this expertise in waste and waste management in February, at a two-day summit he organized about environmental and infrastructural advances at the Inca citadel. To 99 mayors and other municipal leaders from across Peru, Mr. La Torre spoke about a plastic bottle compactor, a glass bottle pulverizer and a processor his village developed for hotel and restaurant food scraps.

“Machu Picchu is a wonder seen by the world. We are fortunate. But there are many wonders in Peru waiting to be seen,” Mr. La Torre said.

Quote from Chiara del rio peruvian student at mside.