2/20/2023: Ecuador’s wild animals get legal rights, Berlin’s bikes overtake cars

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Pocket dictionary: debt ceiling. US’s battle to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Ecuador’s high court grants legal rights to wild animals. Berlin begins to allow bikes park in car spots.

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Ecuador’s new rights sources:

• Ecuador’s constitution: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Ecuador_2021?lang=en
• Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29032022/ecuadors-high-court-rules-that-wild-animals-have-legal-rights/
• Euronews: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/08/panama-brings-in-new-law-granting-nature-the-right-to-exist

Berlin’s parking sources:

• Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-07/berlin-s-new-parking-rules-set-up-showdown-between-bikes-and-cars
• Berlin official site: https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2022/pressemitteilung.1269946.php