Ecuadorian police forcibly enter Mexican embassy in Quito, where former VP Glas is seeking asylum. Tensions between the two countries escalate after Mexico’s President makes controversial statements about Ecuador’s recent elections. Ecuador declares Mexican ambassador persona non grata. Situation of Glas remains unknown as embassy remains under heavy police guard.
This comes close on the heels of major shipping disruption such as the Red Sea crisis and the drought in the Panama Canal that has already hit over one-third of the global goods trade at a time when WTO has predicted weak upward momentum in trade in 2024.
US Coast Guard and Maryland State Police officials said that based on the frigid temperature of the water and the length of time that had elapsed since the bridge came down there was little if any chance that the six missing could be found alive.
The bridge, which experts believed would take years to replace, was a major north-south artery, and its collapse wiped out a roadway that thousands of people used to travel to and from Baltimore on a daily basis.