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Puerto Ayora is the best place in Galápagos for communicating with the outside world via numerous cybercafes with Internet access or telephone offices. Puerto Ayora emergency medical facilities include a new hospital opened in 2006 and the island's only hyperbaric chamber. There is a Health Center (Centro de Salud) in the northern part of ...
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Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) (Spanish: Estación Científica Charles Darwin, ECCD) is a biological research station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. [1] The station is operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation which was founded in 1959 under the auspices of UNESCO and the World Conservation Union . [ 2 ]
The island's original Spanish name was San Clemente Island [2] (Isla or Ysla San Clemente) [3] in honor of St. Clement.This was changed to Bolivia Island (Isla Bolivia) in honor of the South American revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar upon the islands' annexation by Ecuador in 1832 [citation needed] and then to Santa Cruz ([ˈsanta ˈkɾus], "Holy Cross") in reference to the cross upon which ...
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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society also maintains an office in Puerto Ayora, on the island of Santa Cruz. In November 2021, President Guillermo Lasso announced the expansion of the reserve by 50%, adding 23,000 sq mi (60,000 km 2) to protect submarine mountains northeast of the islands as the Hermandad Marine Reserve.
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The Institute also sponsors music events including an annual Navi-Jazz performance, described as a "fusion of Puerto Rican and African American musical elements." [7] The Institute is a non-profit organization that is supported in part by the Chicago Park District's museum-in-the-parks program.