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QUITO, Ecuador AP 鈥?Evidence of the crisis in Ecuador is everywhere: shuttered restaurants, soaring oxygen tank prices and countless for sale and for rent signs hanging from buildings. The South American countrys beleaguered economy and the coronavirus pandemic are pushing millions to despair. There used to be a restaurant in my retail space, but the countrys crisis caused the tenants to leave, and right now, few people have money to eat out every day, said Fausto Viteri, who is trying to lease or sell his commercial property in a once-vibrant neighborhood in Ecuadors capital city of Quito. Very few of those who come by dare to enter the businesses that have survived around here. Now, how soon Viteri and fellow landlords
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. 鈥?Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, told The Associated Press 3,500 members of the divisions quick-deployment brigade, known officially as its Immediate Response Force, will have deployed within a few days. The most recent group of service members to deploy will join about 700 who left earlier in the week, Burns said.A loading ramp at Fort Bragg was filled Saturday morning with combat gear and restless soldiers. Some tried to grab a last-minute nap on w
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