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Welcome to Ecuador! I arrived on September 17th, 2008. Cumbaya is in the Eastern Valley Suburb of Quito, just a few minutes South of the Equator, at 7,200 ft. Elv. in the heart of the Andes Mountains, where the weather is mid to High 50’s F. in the evening, and mid to High 70’s during the day all year round.
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CASE MAY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO RAPE AND DEATH OF FIFTEEN YEAR OLD FEMALE Sources: Vistazo.com, Extra.ec, Elcomercio.com, Expreso.ec,Twitter.com, Facebook.com, Linkedin.com On August 26, 2018, the lifeless body of fifteen year old Carolina Andrango was found in a vacant lot located in Comité del Pueblo, a neighborhood of Quito. Apparently she had been a victim of […]
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American is being investigated in the death of a fifteen year old as well as an involvement in a suspected sex trafficking ring —– elcomercio.com reported during a police operation in a residential neighborhood in the north of Quito, a foreigner from the U.S. was arrested for investigations into the Carolina death case. The 15-year-old […]
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Ecuavisa.com reported that two U.S. citizens were arrested in Montañita, in the province of Santa Elena, for the alleged kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl . The couple left the U.S. with the child on February 17, 2019. The FBI and the National Police of Ecuador worked in cooperation with each other in the capture of […]
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Workers and unions report approximately 10,000 public workers dismissed(including health personnel) since the end of February, 2019. telesurenglish.net reported: During a press conference on Wednesday, several unions of Ecuador headed by the National Union Organization of Workers of the Ministry of Health (Osuntramsa), rejected the massive layoffs in the public sector perpetrated by the Ecuadorean […]
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The ‘Lenin Dossier’ that incriminates the president of Ecuador for an apartment in Villajoyosa, Spain. The opposition deputy Ronny Aleaga has delivered to El Confidencial the documents presented to the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office that demonstrate the alleged purchase of the property. There is sufficient evidence of an unjustified increase in the patrimony of the current […]
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UPDATE TO MURDER OF U.S. EXPAT AND ASSAULT OF HIS WIFE (MARCH 6, 2019. According to diario expreso Robert S. Almquist and his wife Marcia Miller Almquist were in their residence on Saturday evening in La Armenia (Quito) Ecuador. They did not set the alarm to the house and Mrs. Almquist after midnight was alerted […]
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UPDATE TO MURDER OF U.S. EXPAT AND ASSAULT OF HIS WIFE (MARCH 6, 2019. According to diario expreso Robert S. Almquist and his wife Marcia Miller Almquist were in their residence on Saturday evening in La Armenia (Quito) Ecuador. They did not set the alarm to the house and Mrs. Almquist after midnight was alerted […]
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FAMILY BELIEVED RANDALL BELL WAS LIVING IN ECUADOR WHEN ACTUALLY HE WAS DECEASED ALMOST A YEAR EARLIER IN FLORIDA Randall D. Bell an American citizen from Arkansas and Missouri lived in Ecuador for approximately five years. The volunteer group on Facebook Ecuador Emergency was alerted on September 28, 2018, that Mr. Bell’s whereabouts were not […]
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Human Rights Watch – When two same-sex couples went to the civil registry in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador to get married last April, they were refused. The registry argued no Ecuadorian laws would permit their marriage. The couples went to court. An appeals court is set to rule on these cases in the near […]
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August 29, 1998 GULFNEWS.COM 1. Cubana airliner – 69 passengers perish in crash at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito Ecuador. 2. Red Cross officials reported that 77 bodies were recovered from the crash site. The crash happened just after takeoff at the end of the north runway. SPANISH SLANG ECUADOR – SPEAK SPANISH LIKE […]
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elcomercio.pe reported… With the purpose of strengthening the migratory control in the northern border, the National Superintendence of Migrations activated this Thursday the Photographic and Decatalogical Registry of the foreigners who daily enter the country through the Binational Border Care Center (CEBAF) of Tumbes . In this way, indicated Migrations, will be made the registration […]
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July 14, 2018 -ultimahoraec.com/ One person died during the recording of a music video by the Ecuadorian artist Don Day. The victim, according to witnesses, was a tourist who had nothing to do with production. The production team attended the Saturday morning of July 14 to the Laguna Salto de Oro resort in the Pedro […]
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mongabay.com In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought some land in the district of Esmeraldas in northern Ecuador. This land is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi, a town of some 400 people settled in the 19th century. The situation came to a head in 2015 when judges in the provincial court […]
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ASSANGE CASE rt.com/ WikiLeaks supporters, including Kim Dotcom and journalist Glenn Greenwald, have slammed Ecuador’s foreign minister after he claimed that refugees were prohibited under international law from making political comments. Jose Valencia made the statement in an interview with El Universo when asked about Assange’s ongoing asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Speculation […]
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AMNESTY.ORG Santiago Coronado/Amazon Watch Americas Human Rights Defenders and Activists Ecuador: International coalition calls on President Moreno to protect ‘Nature’s Guardians’ after attacks Today, 9 August 2018, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, an international coalition has launched a campaign and sent an open letter to President Lenin Moreno, proposing three concrete […]
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aljazeera.com – Ecuador has declared a state of emergency in three northern states after a large influx of migrants from crisis-ridden Venezuela entered the country via Colombia. (Carchi, Pinchincha and El Oro province)s The move is intended to help establish the infrastructure to support the new arrivals, who do not have humanitarian refugee status in […]
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thinkgeoenergy.com / Ecuador with funds from JICA and GDF will advance geothermal exploration in the geothermal fields of Chachimbiro, where temperatures of 235 ° C were recorded in the drilled well, and Chacana, where a series of gradient wells will be made. At the GEOLAC 2018 Conference, held in Mexico City, on July 17 and […]
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The cost of living in Ecuador is always a popular topic among expats and those planning on moving to the tiny country high up in the Andes. A recent survey by numbeo/Bloomberg revealed how much $100 would buy of various products. 100 DOLLARS WILL GET YOU THIS 100 BEERS 400 HUNDRED LOCAL BUS TICKETS 2 […]
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This is a developing story: The following information was forwarded to LatinAmericaCurrentEvents.com by an anonoymous source. (non-edited) “As reported today in FB Vilcabamba Community. Alejandro Francia was an young Argentinian artist who did a lot of creative work here in Vilcabamba. This place is really attracting a lot of sociopaths …. have no idea why. […]
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theguardian.com reported three Ecuadorian journalists who were abducted by dissident Colombian rebels have been murdered, Ecuador’s president confirmed on Friday. Lenín Moreno offered a reward of $100,000 for information that leads to the capture of the rogue guerrilla leader known by the alias “Guacho”, who is believed to be responsible for the abduction and murder […]
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECURITY SAFETY ISSUES IN ECUADOR GOV.UK – fco Transport safety There has been an increase in robberies on interstate transport and at bus stations, especially Quito, Baños and Latacunga tourist towns. Most incidents took place at night. Where possible you should avoid travelling by road after dark. Cases involving British nationals have been […]
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eldiario.ec / In just four days, criminals pretending to be police officers committed three robberies in homes. The victims said they filed complaints with the authorities and hope that this will be investigated and the assailants will be captured. María (protected name) is one of those harmed. She said that at noon on Monday, when […]
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HOME BELONGING TO U.S. EXPAT INVADED/CANADIAN ASSUALTED LINK TO THE VIDEO OF THIS HOME INVASION IS BELOW ARTICLE ———————————————————————————– In an exclusive interview with one of the victims of this home invasion in Ecuador, a detailed account is revealed of this harrowing ordeal for three expats from the U.S. and Canada. This event took place […]
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This is an opinion and observation in general about health care in Ecuador for current and future expats. This expat recently visited the U.S. regarding medical issues and shares the thoughts of her medical team and the care she is receiving in Ecuador. The post is from social media and the name of the individual […]
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Mosquera: ‘I come to apologize to Ecuador and confess the crime’ elcomercio.com – machine translated Sara Ortiz “I come to apologize to Ecuador and confess the crime .” With this message, the former Minister of Electricity Alecksey Mosquera began his statement in the lawsuit for money laundering that takes place this Friday, March 2, 2018 […]
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independent.co.uk / Helen Coffey afecities.economist.com / ECONOMICS INTELLIGENCE UNIT With regards to the criteria, digital security relates to smart city technology and how well-protected it is. “As ‘smart cities’ connect their infrastructure to broadband Internet, wirelessly enabled sensors, big data and analytics, they are becoming more vulnerable to cyber-attack if security measures are not widely […]
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Los Ríos Province. A double-cab pickup truck slammed into a milk delivery truck according to the newspaper El Telégrafo. At least least 11 individuals died in the horrific accident. Some of dead are children. The mishap was on the road from Babahoyo to Jujan. Initial reports indicate that the pickup may have blown a tire. […]
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We all at some point have had trouble with an ATM machine. You punch and prod the buttons but somehow you cannot figure out what is wrong. Someone near you offers to assist you in conducting the transaction. Words of Advice – DON’T ACCEPT THEIR HELP – You most likely are being set up for […]
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The health centers report the arrival of patients with the infection in their eyes, conjunctivitis is contagious. By Eva Acosta Cases of ‘patada china’ increase in Guayaquil The health centers report the arrival of patients with the infection in their eyes, conjunctivitis is contagious. By Eva Acosta Thursday, February 15, 2018, at 13:03 Cases of […]
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According to official figures, there are a total of 7,000 Ecuadorian troops in the border area with Colombia. Ecuador’s defense minister, Patricio Zambrano, asked the Colombian government to safeguard the border to prevent residual groups of the demobilized guerrilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from trying to enter Ecuadorian territory. “The conflict […]
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BUS DRIVER FIRED AFTER CHECKING CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING- VIDEO GOES VIRAL Most anyone who has used long distance buses in Ecuador have viewed unsafe driving practices by drivers. Here is a case where a driver was held accountable for placing his passengers at risk of injury or death. A bus driver with the Cooperativa […]
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Pan-American-Grace Airwways was a pioneer in air travel throughtout much of Latin America. Many remininensce about the nostalgic times of the great Pan American clipper ships flying high ito the Andes and to the coastal areas where the beautiful Sikorsky S-43 would transport passengers in style and comfort. On Monday August 2nd, 1937, eleven passengers […]
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elcomercio.com (machine translated) The requirement of hiring health insurance for visitors to Ecuador was postponed for six months Travel Writing (I) The obligation of private or public health insurance for foreign tourists entering Ecuador will not be effective as of tomorrow, February 1, 2018, but will take effect in six months. Through an official communiqué […]
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UPDATE TO STORY – EVIDENTLY ECUADOR has now postponed for six months required health insurance to travel or visit in Ecuador for foreingners. Read Updated Story eluniverso.com / Evidently Ecuador has now postponed the According to eluniverso.com, travelers to Ecuador, including tourists, will be required to have public or private health insurance, starting February 1, […]
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GOLD LEVEL SPECIALISTS HOSPITAL TELLS MOTHER, THEY DON’T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS TO OPERATE ON HER SON FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS On the Ecuadorian Minister of Health website, the El Eugenio Espejo public hospital in Quito, Ecuador is applauded as the only specialists hospital in Latin America to be given international accreditation. It […]
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ATTACKED TERRORIST IN SAN LORENZO, ESMERALDAS Colombian prosecutor links the attack in Ecuador with a dissident of the FARC. Radio Dinámica Ec / El Universo (Machine Translated) Colombian prosecutor Néstor Martínez, during the international meeting on domain extinction, said that the car bomb attack this Saturday in the Cantonal Police Command in San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, […]
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FORMAL IDENTIFICATION NOT MADE YET OF BODY BBC.COM A body was found in the search for a kayak instructor from Cardiff who went missing following flash floods in Ecuador, on January 20, 2017.. Former Cardiff University student Adam Vaughan, 22, was one of five men involved in a kayaking accident during a flash flood. They […]
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VICTIM HIKING WITH GROUP OF OTHER CANADIAN TOURISTS hoyenimbabura.com (machine translated) / At 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the Fire Department of Ibarra received an alert from a tourist who fell while ascending Imbabura volcano. Immediately, attention was coordinated with the firefighters, who made contact with Canadian tourists, raised six firefighters and a […]
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Elcomercio.com (Machine Translated) TERRORIST ATTACK Esmeraldas , was shocked by an explosion recorded in the police headquarters of that area located on the Ecuadorian border with Colombia . The incident was reported early this Saturday, January 27, 2018 . Witnesses said that around 01:40 there was a loud roar that shook the earth and woke […]
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ECUAVISA.COM/ELTELEGRAFO – In Cuenca, a young man of 26 years of age was kidnapped near the downtown area (Parque Abdón Calderón) on January 18, 2018, at gunpoint. The kidnapping extortion ring demanded $100,000 for his release. The kidnappers had demanded his family pay a ransom of $100,000 for his release. Agents with the anti-kidnapping and […]
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President Moreno goes right, steers away from the left, some see him as a traitor What’s Going On in Ecuador? An Interview With Wladimir Iza by Joe Emersberger / counterpunch.org Former Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, is now campaigning to have voters reject seven proposals put forward in a referendum decreed by the new president whom […]
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Ecuador is fighting crime using Chinese surveillance technology south china morning post South American country says network of security cameras has helped bring down the crime rate, according to Xinhua Ecuador has introduced a security system using monitoring technology from China, including facial recognition, as it tries to bring down its crime rate and improve […]
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19 YEARL OLD IRISHMAN DIES IN KAYAKING MISHAP AFTER FLASHFLOOD belfasttelegraph.co.uk / Alex McGourty, from Sligo, has been described by friends as an “absolute gentleman” and an “outstanding young man” who had “the world at his feet”. Mr McGourty died after getting into difficulty following a flash flood in the river Abanico, in the south […]
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19 YEAR OLD IRISHMAN DIES WHILE KAYAKING IN ECUADOR belfasttelegraph.co.uk Alex McGourty, from Sligo, has been described by friends as an “absolute gentleman” and an “outstanding young man” who had “the world at his feet”. Mr McGourty died after getting into difficulty following a flash flood in the river Abanico, in the south east of […]
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In Santa Elena, a reporter reveals an alleged patient who asked for help in the street. The interviewer asks the couple if they need any help and if they have sought assistance from the mayor or other authorities. The politely and slowly get up and head down the road. SPEAK SPANISH LIKE AN ECUADORIAN – […]
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expreso.ec- 1-19-18 On Jauary 13, 2018, a couple from the U.S. and Canada arrived in Cuenca for a twelve day vacation. They rented a short term unit in a building located at Avenidas Doce de Abril and Jose Peralta, according to neighbors. On Wednesday January 17th, 2018, a tour guide arrived to pick the couple […]
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lahora- machine translated Manabi.- The aggressions of which a 23-year-old woman was the victim, put a stop to her by going to the Prosecutor’s Office to denounce her victimizers. Luis P. and Dany F., aged 23 and 21, were arrested by the police during a raid on a house in the Tamarindos sector, in Portoviejo […]
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SPEAK SPANISH LIKE AN ECUADORIAN – READ THE BOOK SPANISH SLANG ECUADOR radiodinamica Ec https://www.facebook.com/RadioDinamicaEc/videos/167048547247840/
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eltiempo.com.ec, EFE- Machine Translated Nine people have died in Ecuador so far this winter because of the flu, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Health, which records up to 289 cases of infection. “Since the beginning of the case presentation on November 19, 2017 and until January 13, 2018 have been reported […]
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BREAKING STORY: January 17th, 2018, two U.S. Citizens/Expats found dead in apartment – Male 59 Cuban/American, Female age 56 from U.S. Under investigation, fiscal gave no opinion as to cause of death. Awaiting autopsy – apartment found intact. UPDATE TO THE DEATHS OF TWO TOURISTS FOUND DEAD IN CUENCA – UPDATE JANUARY 19 – READ […]
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Radio Dinámica Ec CUENCA, ECUADOR Bodyguards of Rafael Correa take a picture of the license plates of a citizen in Cuenca protesting outside the hotel where Correa was “cornered”. The woman denounces the former president and his entourage of what could happen to her and her family. SOME OF THE SLANG USED IN THIS VIDEO […]
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81 YEAR OLD TOURIST FROM U.S. FOUND SAFE, DEHYDRATED Lost tourist in Santa Cruz was located by coordination of the 911 ECU At around 4:43 pm on Saturday, January 13, a US citizen contacted the 9-1-1 emergency line to report that she was missing in the El Chato sector, on the upper part of Santa […]
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SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR – THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ – 100 POINTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE MOVING OR RETIRING IN ECUADOR Radio Dinámica Ec Video of Police Assaulting Suspect on the Ground –
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elexpreso.ec (MACHINE TRANSLATED) It exists, but nobody finds it. The first version of the report DAAC-0058-2017 of the Comptroller General of the State, which determined criminal liability for overpricing in the construction of six headquarters of the ECU-911, does not appear. The document, published by EXPRESO in December, detailed the results of the examination conducted […]
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IN RECENT TIMES AS MAY AS 10,000 IDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DETAINED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES / ECUADOR IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR FOR LOGISTICS IN THE DRUG TRADE expreso.ec (machine translated) Drug trafficking in its macro and micro variants has been installed in the country. There is no day when you do not realize the events […]
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ELCOMERCIO.COM / The morning and afternoon of this Sunday, January 7, 2018, high and extremely high rates of ultraviolet (UV) radiation were presented in Quito in the Inter-Andean alley, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) on twitter. CURRENT UV READINGS FOR QUITO THINKING OF MOVING OR RETIRING TO ECUADOR – THIS […]
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ATTEMPTED MURDER / ASSAULT WITH A SWITCHBLADE This first hand account of an alleged brutal attack on a tourist from Canada by another tourist from Northern Ireland is shared in the victims own words. ———————- “I am Sheryl MacDonald, a Canadian female tourist. I have been in Vilcabamba since mid November. On Friday December 22, […]
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lahora.com.ec (machine translated) Part of the skull of a baby, probably newborn, was found inside a private plot, where the dogs devoured the rest of his body. This shocking event was discovered at approximately 09:00 on Thursday by the owner of the place, located in the Jesús del Gran Poder district, of Miñarica Bajo, of […]
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Lahora.com / (MACHINE TRANSLATED)Through his Twitter account, former president Rafael correa confirmed that he will return to Ecuador on January 4. “I am going to my homeland on January 4, to be with my comrades in this fight against treason and partycracy, even victory always!” He wrote in the social network. The morning of today […]
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To many who have heard of Vilcabamba, Ecuador it is known as the “Valley of Longevity. However, to some expats from the U.S. and Canada, that are willing to talk, it also is known to have a dark side which is not often revealed to the outside world from this tiny hamlet in the Andes. […]
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.Telesurtv.net – Women rights groups say that 2017 has been far more deadly for women than previous years and that an urgent action by the government is needed. Women advocacy organizations in Ecuador are calling on the government to declare a state of emergency to confront acts of violence against women in the country in […]
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OPINION Lenin Moreno Steers Ecuador Rightward and Betrays the Revolution that Elected Him by Joe Emersberger (COUNTERPUNCH.ORG) Lenin Moreno, who was elected Ecuador’s president in April of this year, ran as a devoted loyalist to former President Rafael Correa. Here is a video of Moreno leading a crowd in cheers of “Rafael! Rafael!” at a […]
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escambray.cu / The Legislative Administration Council of the Ecuadorian National Assembly gave Tuesday night the green light for an impeachment trial against Vice President Jorge Glas after he was sentenced to six years in prison over corruption. Four of the seven lawmakers that make up that body voted in favor of the motion to authorize […]
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TELEAMAZONAS.COM (MACHINE TRANSLATED) The exodus of Venezuelans does not end on the Ecuadorian-Colombian border, with at least 2,000 migrants a day in recent weeks. Interprovincial transport increases the number of extra frequencies, to transfer migrants to different destinations in the country. Source: Teleamazonas.com SAFETY, SECURITY, HEALTH IN ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK
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eltelegrafo.com.ec (Machine Translated The projected economic growth component and the coverage of the basic basket were taken into account for the wage increase. The National Government set this Wednesday at $ 11 the increase to the basic unified salary (SBU) for the year 2018, so it goes from $ 375 to $ 386 per month. […]
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SHARP INCREASE IN MANABI PROVINCE NOT JUST LOCALIZED IN RURAL BUT NOW URBAN AREAS Transmitted both by mosquito and sand fly population eldiario.ec (machine translated) The expert also noted that this year soared the number of cases in Manabí, which in 2015 registered 293 infected, while in 2016 totaled 236, however so far in 2017 […]
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Rosie Gray,Adrian Carrasquillo (2013) Documents Illuminate Ecuador’s Spying Practices The intelligence agency of Ecuador appears to have sought in recent months to obtain new equipment for a large-scale surveillance, according to confidential government documents obtained by BuzzFeed. The capabilities sought by Ecuador resemble the National Security Agency practices revealed by Edward Snowden, who is reportedly […]
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CONSTITUTION OF ECUADOR – Article 50.- The State shall guarantee to every person suffering from catastrophic or highly complex diseases the right to specialized and free care at all levels, in a timely and preferential manner. The demands of patients do not guarantee timely access to medicines eluniverso.com (machine translated) In hospitals like the IESS, […]
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DIAGNOSING AND TREATING RARE DISEASES IN ECUADOR A CHALLENGE FOR THE MEDICAL SYSTEM ELUNIVERSO.COM (MACHINE TRANSLATED) In Ecuador, more than 400 rare or infrequent diseases have been identified, so called because they have a low incidence, says geneticist Milton Jijón of the Galenix External Consultation Center in Quito. The problem lies in the difficulty of […]
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eluniverso.com reported that a US citizen was murdered by gunfire in south Guayaquil. Authorities identified the victim as 47-year-old David Jusino, who arrived in Ecuador on Saturday morning with his wife and daughters. The victim was shot that evening after playing soccer in Guasmo Sur. He was walking home and was several blocks from his […]
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Ecuador Travel Doug Hansen / San Diego Tribune In 1998, a small group of bird-watchers in Ecuador stared intently as a diminutive bird darted along the ground. They soon realized they had discovered a Jocotoco antipitta, which was thought to be extinct. The fact that this species was alive and well in Tapichalaca’s cloud forest […]
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ohchr.org (12 December 2017) – Progress in the social sector in Venezuela and Ecuador, consistent with the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, should be more generally known and recognized, a UN human rights expert has said. In this context, regional integration and cooperation with international organizations should be boosted to ensure that social […]
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GANG CONDUCTING HOME BURGLARIES DISMANTLED – OPERATING IN FOUR PROVINCES OF Pichincha, Azuay, El Oro and Loja During the operation, electrical appliances and cell phones were seized. LAHORA.COM.EC (MACHINE TRANSLATED) Crimes such as illicit association, robbery of people and robberies in homes through the modality of estruche are attributed to a criminal organization disarticulated during an […]
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THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CUT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN HALF IN ECUADOR FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITHIN TWO YEARS LAHORA.COM.EC reported 1,769 people have died in traffic accidents to date in Ecuador during 2017. Today, government officials have committed to lower fatalities by 50% on the roads within the next two years. They announced an […]
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Many career criminals in Ecuador skillfully follow the U.S. Marine mantra of “adapt, overcome, improvise”. Almost without fail they seem to adjust to most measures by authorities to place criminals in check. For years, I have warned others that if you see two men on a motorcycle and especially without a license plate to up […]
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eltelegrafo.com.ec From December 1, 2017, foreign citizens will be able to access an extension of stay for three months. According to information disseminated by the Ministry of the Interior, interested parties may go to the offices of the Undersecretariat of Migration to initiate the respective procedure. The procedure can be carried out at any of […]
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elcomercio.com – The International Day of Fight against AIDS is remembered today, December 1, 2017, as every year. In Ecuador , 39 224 people live with this disease, according to the Ministry of Health . In 1984, the first case was reported in the country. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, carried out […]
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Ecuador continues to be a popular living and retirement destination for many from the United States and Canada over the last ten years. It is one of the most beautiful countries on the planet. However, moving and living there is much different than spending a few weeks as a tourist and then returning home. 100 […]
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Elcomercio.com reported bus drivers plan to suspend their activities from 00:00 to 18:00 (INTER-PROVINCIAL) ON Wed. Nov 29, 2017. They plan to protest changes in a land transport law. Those changes include the incorporation to the interprovincial public transport service of vans that carry passengers and parcels. That measure is scheduled to be discussed on […]
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eldiario.ec / (machine translated) Geovanni Atarihuana, director of Popular Unity (UP), today presented a request to the General Prosecutor’s Office to resume investigations into four previous complaints against former President Rafael Correa. The objective, newspaper El Comercio reported, is for the Prosecutor’s Office to request precautionary measures against the former president and prohibit him from […]
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New reasons to love Latin America’s best preserved colonial city. CNTRAVELER.COM – Cloud-high in the Andes and hemmed in by the snow-capped peaks of two active volcanoes, few cities have as dramatic a setting as Quito. The Ecuadorian capital’s 16th-century Centro Histórico (Old Town) is not only the largest and best-preserved colonial center in Latin America, […]
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ELCOMERCIO.COM Qhapaq Ñan, the ancient Andean road system, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2014. But despite that declaration, few people visit it. One of the best-preserved parts of Qhapaq Ñan in Ecuador is in Chimborazo Province. Along a 15-kilometer stretch, you can see stone walls, lagoons and páramo vegetation. Visitors can horseback ride, […]
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NATIONALPOST.COM reported that former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa returned home Saturday for the first time since leaving office as he gears up for a political fight against his hand-picked successor. A chaotic scene awaited Correa at the arrival terminal of Guayaquil’s airport, where police were called in as dozens of his supporters exchanged insults and […]
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New obligation to report monetary assets abroad derechoen140caracteres.com/ registroficial.gob.ec November 20, 2017 by Gustavo Amadoren Tributario (machine translated) The Internal Revenue Service, through Resolution NAC-DGERCGC17-00000566 has established the obligation of natural persons and national or foreign companies resident in Ecuador, to report the monetary assets they maintain in foreign financial institutions, in the following cases: […]
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CUENCA ECUADOR – TWO THIEVES IN ACTION Thursday morning October 16th, 2017, two fairly well dressed women enter a spa. Watch how they greet the employee while one of the women distract the clerk and the other pulls a classic ripoff. Source: La Voz del Tomebamba RELOCATION SERVICES TO ECUADOR – CONTACT JOURNEYMAN JACK
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eluniverso.com – machine translated Members of the National Police and a private security company inspected the address in Camino del Río where a theft was recorded last Monday. Courtesy The theft of a computer in a house and at least ten attempts to rob in other houses, generated the reaction of the inhabitants of the […]
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ELUNIVERSO.COM / {machine translated} Galápagos will reinforce tourist checks next year to prevent them from staying or staying for more than the stipulated time. The controls will involve requiring national and foreign visitors to show their roundtrip air tickets and have reservations of the places where they will stay. The president of the Government Council […]
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BBC.com – A judge in Ecuador has ordered that the country’s Vice-President, Jorge Glas, stand trial over corruption allegations. Mr Glas, who was arrested on 2 October, is the highest-ranking politician to be indicted in the massive Odebrecht corruption scandal. Prosecutors accuse Mr Glas of taking $13.5m (£10.2m) in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant, […]
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QUITO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ecuadorean state-owned oil firm Petroamazonas will sign an agreement this month to settle $300 million in unpaid bills from oil services company Schlumberger, an arrangement that includes a five-year financing deal, the Oil Ministry said on Wednesday. THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ The […]
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ecuadorinmediato.com (2013) (machine translated) Quito is the city with the highest incidence of breast cancer in the country According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is one of the most frequent in women, however in Ecuador stomach cancer is the highest mortality, followed by cancer of the cervix. In 2011, according to official INEC […]
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EXTRA.EC (Machine Translated) The recruitment of porn actors in Ecuador woke up the manhood of more than one. The applications were massive. The mail of Francisco Cruzado, director of Spanish cinema that brought the idea to the national territory, by little and collapses. 7,000 applicants and counting. Were you among those who auditioned? According to […]
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eluniverso.com / (machine translated) The cartels of Mexico conquer the drug trafficking market worldwide. The shipment of substances such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and chemical precursors to 51 countries of the five continents, through alliances with criminals, positions them as the pioneers in monopolizing the routes and conquering their empire in several countries, including Ecuador […]
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PROSECUTOR CHARGES NETWORK FOR CHARGING UP TO $13,000 TO GAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY lahora.com.ec (MACHINE TRANSLATED) The aspiring officers had to pay up to $ 13,000 to this network, according to the Prosecutor’s Office to gain entrance into the national police academy. 11 people, including doctors and other professionals of the National […]
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Adapt, overcome, improvise is the famous Mantra of the U.S. Marines. Well, many criminals and criminal organizations seem to have the same phrase in their playbook. Ecuadorian criminals as well as their imported brethren from Colombia and beyond always seem to be changing their game plan. The following criminal modalities are from an article in […]
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freshplaz.com/eluniverso.com – Ecuador: Authorities seize 1 ton of cocaine hidden underground in banana plantations Ecuador’s National Police and the National Anti-narcotics Directorate, through the Counter-Narcotics Intelligence Unit with European Coordination (UIACE), conducted the 178 Fortaleza Police Operation on the night of November 1, in which they arrested three citizens and seized a ton of cocaine. […]
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Defendant fled the U.S. and was residing in Cuenca, Ecuador at the time he was detained. North Carolina: morganton.com – A Connelly Springs man who spent two years in Ecuador after firing a weapon into a Burke County home could spend up to 11 years in prison. Dean Allan Yancey, 63, pleaded guilty last week […]
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One of Casey Anthony’s former lawyers was convicted of cocaine trafficking in court on Friday. Drugs were destined for ultimate destination of the United States. dailymail.co.uk / Todd Macaluso was found guilty of an international cocaine distribution conspiracy after plotting to fly a plane-full of the drugs from Ecuador to Honduras, according to the New […]
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