eluniverso.com reported the odds are greater that there is a moderate El Niño phenomenon during the first quarter of 2016, according to the monitoring conducted by the National Committee for the Regional Study of El Niño (Erfen).
This was said Johnny Correa, deputy technical director of the Oceanographic Institute of the Navy (INOCAR) in a joint meeting with Cesar Navas, Coordinating Minister for Security and Luis Jaramillo, Secretary of Risk Management (SGR), on Monday in Guayaquil.
Correa said that until January 2016 above normal rains in the coastal region of the country is expected, while in the coastal profile of Manabi and Santa Elena precipitation would be below normal rates.
According to Navas, preventive work will continue because a moderate El Niño leads to a strong winter that can cause damages. “It’s going to be on any winter we’ve had, but not the 97 and 98”.
The anomalies continue to drop, that is, the chances of a strong El Niño phenomenon is less, Correa said, but noted that changes in the behavior of this phenomenon may be continuous, so that monitoring is constant. Read Article
salvaguardias blamed for low sales and the closure of businesses elcomercio.com/Washington Paspuel reported commercial activity along the only street that leads directly to the neighboring cities of Huaquillas, in southern Ecuador, and Aguas Verdes, in northern Peru, shows a different picture, depending on which side of the border in which the visitor is located. On […]
American tourist killed in tour Chimborazo, November 25, 2015 eluniverso.com reported the Environment Ministry yesterday reported the death of a foreign tourist within the Fauna Production Reserve Chimborazo, in the area of the lagoon, near the second shelter, 5100 meters above sea level. Staff at the tour operator with which made the trip tourists, unveiled […]
ROGER F NORIEGA Since taking office as a maverick outsider nearly nine years ago, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has transformed the country by centralizing economic and political power under his authority and suppressing potential opponents in the private sector, media, and civil society. He has implemented a costly populist agenda, which has bolstered his popularity—initially […]
A DEEPER INSIGHT INTO THE CULTURE OF ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK latinvex.com/Analytica report: Credible media reports say that president Rafael Correa, conscious of the depth of the recession, would prefer not to have to deal with it under his leadership – hence his announcement not to run in 2017. So do some of his […]
eeiplatform.com reported…As a response to complaints that online government approval of e-invoices was slowing down shipments and supply chain processes, Ecuador recently announced that it is reversing its approval model – now providing a 24-hour buffer for companies to submit e-invoices. As the SRI (Ecuador’s tax authority) begins rolling out this new model, here’s what […]
MINISTER OF HEALTH: By virtue of the notification made by Colombia on October 16, 2015, before the first 9 cases of Zika virus infection presented in that country, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) issued an update on epidemiological alert, which states: “Given the expansion of Zika virus transmission in […]
In three years, 104,731 cell theft was reported in the country eluniverso.com reported – Josselina M., 17, went jogging on Monday and took his cell phone Nokia 111, valued at about $ 30, confident that, by its characteristic and its price would not attract the attention of criminals. She was wrong. Two men on a […]
zeenews.india.com reported – The association has decided “to suspend all activities related to Ecuadorian soccer”, announced AFE. Ecuador’s Footballers’ Association (AFE) declared on Thursday it will go on strike in support of its members who have not been paid for between four and five months in over a dozen clubs. The association has decided “to […]
NPR.ORG – Ecuador’s economy is faltering thanks to a year of record low oil prices and fears of a “godzilla” El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean. The situation is drawing bizarre parallels to the last major financial crisis to hit the small South American country in the late 1990s. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: People in […]
amsterdamnews.com/ Karen Juanita Carrillo reported: Ecuador and Peru – first imprisonments for racial discrimination Ecuador: An anti-racial discrimination decision was handed down Nov. 19, 2015. This case involved Michael Arce, who entered Ecuador’s Escuela Superior Militar—the nations’ premiere military college, known as ESMIL—in 2011 in hopes of becoming Ecuador’s first Black army officer. Arce was […]
telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean authorities announced Tuesday plans to destroy hundreds of weapons seized during anti-smuggling operations over the past year. Over 200 illegal firearms and more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition will be destroyed by the military by the end of the month, state media has reported. Over 1,000 weapon accessories will also be destroyed, […]
latimes.com reported Ecuador announced Thursday that it will begin requiring Cubans to get entry visas beginning Tuesday, seeking to discourage the flow of migrants. Deputy Foreign Minister Xavier Lasso said Ecuador wants to curb the flow of migrants who have been using Ecuador as a transit country to reach other nations without permission. He said […]
eluniverso.com reported Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa confessed he will not go for re-election for family reasons and that the ruling party, is shaping up to postulating the former vice president Lenin Moreno. Morales said at a press conference in La Paz, Correa asked the revelation during a […]
Unionists and social groups anticipate protests in Ecuador AP/pulsoslp.com.mx reported – The country’s main trade unions, associations and social groups announced Tuesday they will meet a day of mobilization and protests against a proposed 15 constitutional amendments proposed by President Rafael Correa and including indefinite reelection of all elected offices. Workers are particularly resistant to […]
CAROLYN CUI, MANUELA BADAWY The Wall Street Journal REPORTED….Two of the most punishing trends in emerging markets are the rising US dollar and falling oil. And caught between them is Ecuador. The South American country has the misfortune to be an oil producer with a “dollarised” economy that uses the US currency as legal tender. […]
huffingtonpost.com reported in Ecuador, roughly one in six women have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence. To put it another way, 3 million Ecuadorians have counted themselves a victim of gender-based violence in their lifetime. According to the same Pan American Health Organization research, 38 percent of women in Ecuador have been physically abused, 26 […]
eltiempo.com.ec reported in Ecuador fourteen native or ancestral languages are spoken. In the coastal region, the Awa nationality Awapit; Chachi, Cha palaa; Epera, Siapede; Tsáchila, Tsa’fiquí. In the Amazon, the Cofan nationality, ingae; Secoya and Siona, the Paicoca; Huaorani, Huao Tedeo; Shiwiar, Shiwiar Chicham; Zápara, Zapara; Achuar, Achuar Chicham; Andoa, Andoa; Kichwa, Kichwa; Shuar Shuar […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported… Ecuador transacted by $ 2,673.9 million in Sucre Transactions of the export sector of the country and importer with the Single System of Regional Compensation (Sucre), the virtual currency of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA), totaling $ 2,673.9 million since July 6, 2010 to November 10 this year, with […]
elcomercio.com reported the authorities of Colombia dismantled in Caqueta (south) and Nariño (southwest) a network dedicated to trafficking operating in the Colombian Pacific and Ecuador, reported today, November 23, 2015, police said. The organization moved by deception to Florence, capital of Caqueta department, to underage girls who promised to join the “Summer Girl” competition taking […]
freshplaza.com reported there is currently a worldwide oversupply of bananas. Traders in Europe, Russia and the U.S. pointed out that prices are low due to a large supply. In China, prices fell because of a large domestic crop and increased imports. In Latin America, several countries started producing bananas, creating new competitors for Ecuador. In […]
Jackie Minchillo/internationalliving.com reported… From our balcony, aided only by a pair of binoculars, my husband and I sit and watch whales breach, roll, and spout all day long. Before I lived here, I figured that you’d have to hire a boat and go out for miles to see whales—but not here. For some reason—perhaps the […]
telesurtv.net …. Yet if not Correa, then who? There’s the rub. Anti-Correa sentiment is certainly concerted, but save for the likes of right-wing, businessman Guillermo Lasso, who fell well short at the 2013 presidential election, there is no obvious contender. Leonardo suggests that there needs to be a confluence of the left and the right […]
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Mercado San Roque timesofindia.com reported …. QUITO: Six blocks from Plaza San Francisco, tarpaulins and spread-out sheets take over a maze of alleys in Ecuador’s capital city every Saturday. Men, dressed in worn-out jackets, hover around mounds of shirts, ornaments, backpacks, stuffed animals and a host of other knick-knacks put out for sale at the […]
eldiario.ec/ reported… At Sakhadi Seham, terrorist alleged that ravaged Paris, he spent six months in Ecuador before attack on Paris. One of the people being investigated for having participated in the string of bombings that hit Paris on November 13 left Bogota in July bound for the French capital and bribed immigration officials to leave […]
QUITO, Ecuador— For many Cubans, the road to “freedom” starts high in the Andes mountains, 1,600 miles south of their island. Ecuador is one of just two countries on the American mainland that doesn’t ask Cubans for a visa upon arrival. And there are regular flights connecting Quito to Havana, which makes it about the […]
eltelegrafo.com.ec reported that a state of emergency has been declared declared today in 17 provinces of the country because of the presence of El Niño. President Correa issued the emergency decree to last last 60 days. According to Ecuador’s Constitution, the state of emergency allows the President to suspend or limit freedom of movement, freedom […]
UPDATE TO STORY: SEVERAL SOURCES BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE HAVE VERIFIED THAT MS. BROWN WAS LOCATED SAFE AND SOUND – NO LONGER MISSING CUICOCHA, COTACACHI Missing from Cuicocha, Cotacachi, Jill Brown was last seen in Cotacachi at 12:00pm on Saturday November 14th 2015. Contact Paola Ige in Ecuador at: 0993724572 or call 911. Police contact: […]
Strikingly tall skeletons uncovered in the Ecuador and Peru Amazon region are undergoing examination in Germany, according to a research team headed by British anthropologist Russell Dement. Will these remains prove that a race of tall people existed hundreds of years ago deep in the Amazonian rainforest? Since 2013, the team has reported finding half […]
Three dead and 19 injured after the accident via Loja-Catamayo – November 13,2015 Eluniverso.com reported …. A bus transportation cooperative ‘Union Cariamanga’, covering the Loja Zapotillo route crashed Friday morning in Loja-Catamayo road. Product of the accident three people died and 19 were injured, so they were transferred to nursing homes and Loja Catamayo. It […]
Post Name Maximum Lodging Rate M & Maximum Per Diem ECUADOR Cuenca 118 84 202 ECUADOR Galapagos Islands 284 131 415 ECUADOR Guayaquil 173 102 275 ECUADOR Manta 108 71 179 ECUADOR Other 118 84 202 ECUADOR Quito 190 107 297 SOURCE – US DEPT OF STATE THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – READ THIS […]
americasquarterly.org/ Ecuador has embarked on a strategic campaign to draw international visitors, spending a record $60 million on tourism in 2014. Rising from the remains of the Inca empire, with a newly opened airport and a subway in the works, Ecuador’s capital blends colonial history, Andean culture and contemporary infrastructure. 1. Go colonial Quito’s historic […]
Guillaume Long/Opendemocracy.net wrote / Guillaume Long is the president of the international commission of the governing Alianza PAIS party in Ecuador and the minister for culture. His twitter page is @GuillaumeLong This latest wave of conservative euphoria in the face of Latin America’s economic travails is just the most recent chapter in an ongoing campaign […]
TELESURTV.NET reported…Ecuador has rejected the report, which uses a similar “human rights” discourse as the country’s opposition. In a statement released Wednesday, Ecuador’s governing party, Alianza PAIS, rejected the “latest political intervention against the government of Ecuador by the U.S.-based organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report released on 10 November 2015.” The report […]
telesurtv.net reported that thousands of supporters of President Rafael Correa rallied in central Quito Wednesday in the face of renewed opposition protests. “Correa has done so many things for our country. So many things,” Correa supporter Rosa Chiquimarea told teleSUR English. Amid crowds clad in the lime green of Correa’s PAIS party, Chiquimarea said the […]
cuencahighlife.com reported… Protesters opposed to proposed constitutional amendments, including one that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term, clashed with police Wednesday night at the Parque Calderon glorieta. Police and protesters in a shoving match Wednesday night in Parque Calderon. Photo credit: El Tiempo Police and protesters in a shoving match Wednesday night […]
Sarah Lozanova wrote: The El Niño phenomenon of 2015-2016 is expected to be rival that of 1997-1998, which caused losses equal to 14.5 percent of Ecaudor’s GDP. El Niño causes a weakening of the trade winds, allowing heat to accumulate. The phenomenon shifts global weather, causing flooding in some areas and droughts in others. Ecuador […]
International Living Writer Recommends Book if you are looking at the downside of living in Ecuador April 22, 2015, 9:41 – From a Social Media Group on Ecuador Wendy Hetlet DeChambeau Wow, ummm I guess I’ve caused a stir, lol. Thanks to those of you who have complimented my writing, it’s always appreciated. And so […]
cuencahighlife.com reported Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that beginning November 5, applications for foreign residency will no longer be processed in Cuenca. Pablo Martinez, Foreign Ministry regional director and Guido Reyes, Ecuador’s Director of Immigration. Pablo Martinez, Regional Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Wednesday that residency applications from Azuay, […]
hrw.oRg REPORTED: Ecuadorian security forces used excessive force to disperse anti-government protests in August 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities appear to have made no serious effort to investigate officials who committed abuses. Instead, the government congratulated security forces for their performance, dismissed the protests as violent, and brought criminal charges against nonviolent […]
QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Ecuador is one of the most biologically and geographically diverse countries on the planet, increasingly recognized as an outstanding destination for travelers of all types. The World Travel Awards recently named Ecuador as South America’s 2015 Leading Green Destination, and the capital city of Quito earned the distinction […]
Reuters.com reported/ (Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; Writing by Girish Gupta) – Ecuador’s inflation rate fell to 3.48 percent in the 12 months to the end of October compared to the same period a year earlier, the government’s statistics agency said on Monday. Consumer prices were down 0.09 percent from September, the agency added. Ecuador closed […]
tribeler.com/expreso.ec reported…Prices began to rise in Ecuador, according to Central Bank figures, in September 2013 and reached their highest peak in June 2015 (4.87% annual inflation), even with safeguards in effect, import quotas and technical standards, which also contributed to the upward trend in production costs. Since then, the trend has been downward, accumulating two […]
earlybirdinecuador.wordpress.com reported… Jan and I have been visiting and enjoying Canoa’s beaches now for over three years. On our near-daily strolls, we have had the pleasure of crossing paths with many an expat and Ecuadorian. However, an unexpected encounter this morning was quite at odds with all of our prior shell-hunting excursions. We were down […]
(Guayaquil Ecuador) Ecuadorian Mother becomes a Chef, Continues On Despite Great Adversity – A Story of Tenacity This is a story of heartbreak and disasters. However, it is also a story of a woman despite overwhelming odds against her has continued towards her dreams when most people would have given up long ago. I met […]
This is a post made by an expat in Ecuador on a Facebook group and involves a medical emergency her husband experienced while living on the coast of Ecuador. ———- This is a very long post about the availability of healthcare in rural areas on the coast and how important it is to know this […]
FT.COM reported Ecuador is at a crossroads. Lavish spending by a leadership not afraid to augment high oil revenues with extra debt has done much to improve living standards. Public spending has almost doubled from 24 to 44 per cent of GDP since Rafael Correa assumed the presidency in 2007. And with a 50 per […]
oct. 16 in.reuters.com reported on Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Friday he had accepted the resignations of three ministers as part of a cabinet shuffle that comes at a time when the Andean oil exporter is struggling with low oil prices. Correa said Production Minister Nathalie Cely, who had helped the leftist government improve […]
mining.com reported Ecuador aims to attract at least $750 million in foreign mining investment during the first quarter of 2016 by opening new areas rich in gold and copper for exploration. The tiny nation, feeling the pinch of long-sustained weak oil prices, has high hopes that mining incentives and tax benefits will polish its tarnished […]
panampost.com/ Belén Marty – Over 300 radio and TV stations in Ecuador could disappear overnight, according to a warning issued by Ecuadorian NGO Fundamedios on Wednesday, October 21. The Agency for Regulation and Control of Telecommunications (Arcotel) is currently reviewing hundreds of network licenses, and claims that the government agency that originally issued them was […]
By Sylvan Hardy – cuencahighlife.com One of the most perplexing aspects of life in Cuenca — and a source of continuing befuddlement for expats — is the weather. It’s not only a point of confusion with expats, but even with locals who’ve lived in it all their lives. With the approach of an El Niño, […]
Opinion – María Aguilar – PANAMPOST – Ecuadorians by now understand full well how the Rafael Correa administration will justify any behavior, even if illegal, if it serves the interests of the “Citizen Revolution.” One of the most telling examples is the case of Pedro Delgado, Correa’s cousin, who became the director of Ecuador’s Central […]
QUITO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — An official with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday declared that Ecuador is free of illegal cultivation, with no evidence that coca, poppy or marijuana plants being sowed in the country last year. READ ARTICLE
Quito (Pichincha).- The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador (MSP) issued an epidemiological alert mandatory for health facilities of the Comprehensive Public Health Network and the complementary network due to the epidemiological alert issued by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO), for nine cases of Zika virus in Colombia. The […]
reuters.com reported Ecuador has now slashed its growth projections twice this year, from 4.1 percent originally and 1.9 percent mid-year. The South American nation’s dollarized economy means it has been hard hit both by the tumble in commodities prices and the appreciation of the U.S. dollar. First elected in 2007, Correa has faced protests this […]
Ecuador’s President Used Millions Of Dollars Of Public Funds To Censor Critical Online Videos buzzfeed.com reported Exclusive: BuzzFeed News has seen leaked documents that reveal Rafael Correa used the intelligence budget to delete content critical of him and the first lady from YouTube, Facebook, and other sites. The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, used millions […]
alvaronoboa.com / Guayaquil, Thursday September 17, 2015 ASK CORREA TO RESIGN Press Release ALVARO NOBOA ASKS CORREA TO RESIGN TO HIS The Ecuadorian businessman Alvaro Noboa, in the middle of a peaceful march that took place yesterday afternoon, once again asked his resignation to the head of state, noting that the economic and moral crisis […]
theguardian.com/Fidel Narváez (Opinion) There are more than 46,000 social organisations registered and operating in Ecuador under new legislation, engaged in all sorts of activities; many of them scrutinise the government, and many are in plain opposition to it. Many of them have foreign financing. Not one, however, has been closed down or harassed for political […]
telesurtv.net reported – A cultural shift is underway in Ecuador, so that consumers trust buying Ecuadorean products. Production fairs put on by the government allow citizens to learn more about products of medium and small scale producers, so that when they go to the supermarket the recognize the products, and want to buy local. “The […]
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ANDES.info.ec reported… Reforms on the inheritance draft bill will be submitted to the National Assembly in the following days. Quito, Sept 15 (Andes).- The Executive will send to the National Assembly many reforms on the inheritances draft bill in the next days with the aim of fighting “evasion” mechanism, Pabel Muñoz, national secretary of planning […]
ANDES.INFO.ec reported Ecuador has built more than 8,700 kilometers of roads in the past eight years Ecuador has built more than 8,700 kilometers of roads in the past eight years, said Wednesday the president Rafael Correa to inaugurate the reconstruction of Zhud-Cochancay-El Triunfo way, 98 kilometers, linking the Austro the southern Ecuadorian coast. “More than […]
The Ecuadorian government announced it will enforce tougher controls against contraband activity at the border with Colombia. The proposed action announced by Ecuador President Rafael Correa included stricter taxes on imports which arrive over land and higher gas prices for vehicles with foreign license plates. These controls are an attempt to reduce the effects of […]
telesurtv.net reported Rafael Correa called on “democracy supporters” from all political orientations to resist violent political actions. “This week, the same people as usual, will be back with their meetings, marches and strikes. This is their way of life, while we are working hard, for the love of our country,” – Rafael Correa. President Rafael […]
ASKING NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES FOR ASSISTANCE THEMALAYSIANINSIDER.COM reported… Ecuador called on Latin American neighbours yesterday to help it battle forest fires that have forced families to flee some neighborhoods of the capital Quito and its outskirts. Correa said there were 17 major forest fires raging, and the area around Quito, the world’s highest capital city, had […]
news.mongabay.com/Sandra Cuff reported…The streets of Ecuador will fill with colorful flags and footsteps again on Wednesday as indigenous organizations and other groups renew protests over government policies. The planned marches come on the heels of nation-wide protests that wracked the country in August, drawing many thousands of participants. These resulted in arrests, clashes with military […]
hispantv.ir reported…”Iran is self-sufficient in the development of science and technology,” says Ximena Ponce. The vice president of the Education Commission of the National Assembly of Ecuador said that his visit to Iran aims to use the experience of Iran in the fields of education, science and technology. In recent years, Iran and Ecuador have […]
jgrguardiannews.com reported a hunter who killed a jaguar in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest was sentenced to six months in prison, officials announced Friday, in a case echoing the deadly shooting Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe. Ecuador’s Environment Ministry said Friday that the hunter posted a picture on Facebook of the slaughtered big cat. The man, identified […]
Newsamerica.org reported….When Henry Fernández was young, his father went to Spain with the promise to return soon to Ecuador to give his family a better life. But he never returned. That experience had such a profound impact on him that as soon as he turned 16, he decided to leave his hometown of Biblián to […]
By Fabiola Torres López / OJO PÚBLICO ecuadorreview.com/ While the Ecuadorian government militarizes illegal gold-mining camps to evict the small-scale miners from territories granted in concession, Guayaquil Airport is a sieve for shipments of gold of suspicious origin. After traveling to Ecuador and getting access to previously unknown records of gold exports, OjoPúblico discovered that […]
abcnews.go.com reported the U.S. State Department is expressing concern about what it calls increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and association in Ecuador. The statement also called on Correa’s government to uphold its international commitments to respect free expression and association as fundamental democratic rights. Correa issued a decree last month related to renewed activity […]
abcnews.go.com/AP reported President Rafael Correa’s government has initiated proceedings to shut down Ecuador’s sole remaining press freedom group, accusing Fundamedios of political partisanship. The watchdog group was notified Tuesday in a letter from the Communications Secretariat, director Cesar Ricuarte said Wednesday. The letter accused Fundamedios of publishing essays and tweets “of indisputably political bent” but […]
news.com.au reported… Living on the edge: Life near Cotopaxi active volcano in Ecuador Latacunga has been under a state of emergency. Four hundred people have been evacuated and more than 27,200 students have been relocated to schools outside of the danger zone. An eruption has the potential to harm more than 300,000 people between Cotopaxi, […]
Galápagos Sea Lion Behavior Differences in Relation to Human Exposure Connor Piechota, Kevin Watson, & Ryan Fuxa College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John’s University Abstract Our study examined the behavioral differences of the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) in relation to human presence . Our main goal was to determine whether sea lions would be […]
50 years of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ecuador eluniverso.com reported one of the principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is service to others, since they consider that if they serve the fellows are serving God. This was explained last Wednesday night, Fabian Vallejo, one of the […]
theguardian.com/Nick Cohen wrote: Regimes from Belarus to Ecuador, from Venezuela to Turkey, know that, if they can frighten that someone, and deter others from thinking they should imitate that someone, the torrent will vanish like water down a sinkhole. ……. I am not attempting an ideological assault on Latin American socialism, although I will note […]
greenleft.org.au/Federico Fuentes wrote Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is facing the most important challenge yet to his self-styled “Citizens’ Revolution”. A range of indigenous groups, trade unions and leftist parties mobilised across the country on August 13. Their long list of demands included calls for land reform, opposition to mining, support for bilingual education and the […]
telesurtv.net reported Correa called on people to defend Ecuador from Western “campaign to discredit the country” via social media. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa blasted international media, including the Guardian, the Economist and Le Monde for allegedly publishing “lies” on the recent opposition protests that hit the country mid-August. The president told The Economist via Twitter […]
panampost.com/Belén Marty reported Ecuadorian free-speech NGO Fundamedios reports that Ecuadorian journalists and activists have likely been attacked with the same spyware used to target the late Argentinean prosecutor Alberto Nisman and Argentinean journalist Jorge Lanata. On August 25, the NGO released a statement based on data collected for an article published on August 21 in […]
telesurtv.net reported an audio message has been circulating online that falsely claims the alert level has been raised from yellow to orange. A government spokesperson said Tuesday that the alert level at the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador remains at yellow and dispelled rumors circulating on social media that the danger level is being manipulated by […]
Why Birdwatchers Flock to Ecuador Home to the highest density of bird species per acre on Earth, the country is a birder’s paradise smithosonianmag.com/Noah Strycker reported if you’re visiting Ecuador, I recommend the Tandayapa Valley area, a few hours’ drive northwest of Quito, for maximum bird and terrain exposure. Several excellent lodges cater to nature […]
MARTIN PALLARESSEPT. 1, 2015 / Opinion published in New York Times There is a strange connection between volcanoes and political crises in Ecuador: They seem to erupt together. According to Pedro Cieza de León, who chronicled the Spanish conquistadors’ arrival in the Incan Empire, when Pedro de Alvarado entered the land that is now Ecuador […]
Scenarios for a Possible Exit for Assange Assange remains trapped in the embassy in England where the leaked documents note that he’s had increasing tensions with the local staff. Wired.com reported a new set of leaked documents from the Ecuadorean embassy in London shows that diplomatic officials there have brainstormed methods they could help Assange […]
Bill Riordan/International Living wrote… I love my life in Cuenca, Ecuador. I start the morning with a coffee on my terrace, watching the hummingbirds flit around the feeders that I put up and just enjoying the view. A walk to el centro takes me to the little tienda (store) that sells a pound of Loja […]
telesurtv.net reported the period that knew the greatest reduction of child labor rates is 2007-2010, stated the U.N. body. The number of working children under 15 years old has dropped in Ecuador from 15 to 2 percent in over a decade, the National Institute of Statistics and the UNICEF revealed during the presentation of a […]
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catholicregister.org reported Carlos Leon and Carmen Barrera thought the worst was over when they escaped the death threats in Colombia. Caught between a gang of extortionists and the owner of the property where he was working as a construction foreman, they left on a plane with their twin daughters, each carrying little more than a […]
This statement was originally published on fundamedios.org on 20 August 2015. fundamedios.org on 20 August 2015 reported: On 17 August 2015, journalist Mart?n Pallares was fired from the newspaper El Comercio for comments that he made via his personal Twitter account, where he has been very critical of the Ecuadorian government. The journalist, who had […]
AP/Maria Jose Sanchez wrote Ecuadoreans are already contending with a rumbling, ash-spewing volcano and rising living costs because they use the appreciating U.S. dollar as their currency. Now they’ve been told that Ecuador’s oil — its principal export and a vital source of government funding — costs more to produce than it earns. President Rafael […]
ww4report.com reported UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz issued a statement Aug. 24 expressing concern about ongoing violence against protesters by security forces in Ecuador, and called for a “just and impartial” investigation. The statement made special note of “accusations of violence against indigenous women” who participated in peaceful demonstrations. […]
Ecuador: Widespread Protests from Left and Indigenous Sectors Demand Progressive Changes Carlos Zorilla reported the largest protests – and by far the longest-lasting – against Rafael Correa’s government have been raging all over Ecuador since August 13th, when hundreds of thousands of people in a national strike called by the Indigenous People’s organizations and Labor […]
Ecuador: Everybody’s Darling QCOSTARICA TRAVEL & LIVING reported the InterNations Expat Insider 2015 survey ranks countries by different factors such as the quality of life, personal finance, working abroad and making friends. In most of those categories Ecuador takes a leading position. For example, a stunning 94 percent of the foreigners in Ecuador are pleased […]
The Ecuadorian middle class rose nearly doubled in 10 years rose from 14% to 27% Consumption in malls, walled housing and tertiary studies define people in this stratum. The political aspirations between Guayaquil and Quito are different. telegrafo.com.ec reported research by INEC (National Institute of Statistics and Census) in 2011. Senplades data even speak of […]
telesurtv.net reported a drop in the price of oil has forced the Ecuadorean government to find US$800 million in savings from “non-essential” works and projects. A US$800 million cut to Ecuador’s national budget will not touch government social programs or decentralized governments, Finance Minister Fausto Herrera has confirmed. Speaking on Saturday, on Citizen’s Link, Ecuador’s […]
telesurtv.net reported ash from Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano rained down on a dozen villages in the country’s central Andean region Saturday. Authorities in Ecuador reported that the Cotopaxi volcano erupted once again, spewing clouds of ash and steam over the surrounding areas. In response, the government carried out “emergency response simulations” as well as “military training […]
An Indigenous assembly and march have been called for Friday. telesurtv.net reported after this past week of demonstrations, where over 116 police officers and members of the armed forces were injured and at least 60 people detained, some Indigenous groups aligned with right-wing movements have vowed to continue their protests and strike against the government […]
BURGLARS ENTER THROUGH ROOF OF APARTMENT Last week an expat family residing in Cuenca, Ecuador for three years were enjoying the day at home. Living a few blocks from Parque Calderon across from Vina, they decided to take a walk down to the river as many expats do everyday. They were gone from between one […]
theguardian.com/David Hill – Would you believe me if I told you that while president Rafael Correa was singing “Hasta siempre, comandante” with a band in the main square in central Quito last Thursday night just one block away riot police were tear-gassing and clubbing Ecuadorian citizens? Or that elsewhere in Ecuador the police have been […]
elcomercio.com reported from August 10, 2014, when it entered into force the new Criminal Code (COIP) until June, the Prosecutor reported 72 deaths of women due to gender. That is, each month there were seven crimes in the country. These types of murders are known as femicide. The first incorporated COIP that figure in Ecuadorian […]