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Ecuador Is Launching A VR Training Program Supported By The World Bank

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Immersive training has the potential to make a huge impact on Ecuador’s education system. “ActiVaR,” one of the first technical training programs in Latin America, was launched at an event in Quito, Ecuador where 150 participants experienced VR and AR training techniques–many of them for the first time.

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EON Reality Debuts Innovative XR Education Initiative in Ecuador

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Elevating Education in Ecuador with XR Global XR Education Movement: EON Reality spearheads an international campaign, connecting with over 80 nations to foster education through Spatial AI, augmenting learning environments worldwide.

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Ecuador Tells Julian Assange His Citizenship Has Been Revoked

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Julian Assange’s long, contentious relationship with Ecuador is officially over: According to Associated Press , the nation has chosen to revoke his citizenship effective immediately. Read more.

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Ecuador's Indigenous Groups Have New Power to Protect Their Lands from Destruction

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The highest court in Ecuador ruled last week that Indigenous communities in the country should have a stronger say over extractive projects like oil drilling and mining that affect their ancestral lands. Read more.

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Plant Literally Named Extinctus Is Back, Baby

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In new research this week, botanists provide clear evidence that populations of the wildflower Gasteranthus extinctus can still be found in the cloud forests of Ecuador, decades after it was thought to have been killed off. A plant named for its own disappearance isn’t quite so extinct after all. The plant’s… Read more.

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A Giant Galapagos Tortoise Species Thought Extinct for a Century Lives

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Researchers in Ecuador have found a long lost friend. This week, government officials and conservation associations confirmed that a giant tortoise found three years ago belongs to a species that was previously thought extinct for a century. Read more.

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Edward Snowden Leaks Intent to Become Russian

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Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked a trove of classified National Security Agency secrets to journalists, never quite made it to Ecuador. His attempt to avoid extradition and prosecution by U.S. authorities hit a snag in Russia back in 2013 where he claimed political asylum… Read more.

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