http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/troubles-escalate-ecuadors-dream-research-university > Yachay Tech University, launched in 2014, drew faculty from around the world to its brand new campus. > It was supposed to become Ecuador’s dream research university—an international hub for science and higher education, able to recruit top talent from around the world. Instead, 6-year-old Yachay Tech University, nestled in the mountains 2 hours north of Quito, has long been mired in conflicts. Now, Ecuador’s economic woes and shifting politics have stirred new turmoil that threatens the university’s drive for “independent” status, which would allow it to run its own affairs.