Amid Protests, Ecuador Fires Galapagos Park Chief
Ecuador has fired the popular director of Galapagos National Park even as environmentalists criticized authorities for failing to take better care of the pristine islands. Edwin Naula was the park's eighth director since President Lucio Gutierrez took office in January 2003. Before his dismissal, environmental groups had criticized the lack of stability in park leadership and some 300 rangers seized park offices to protest his expected removal.