elcomercio.com reported in August the cost of the Basic food basket was USD 638,06, representing a deficit of USD 3.39 between the income and the cost of the basket. Ecuador registered a monthly inflation of 0.21% in August 2014 compared with 0.17% of the same month in 2013, according to the National Institute of statistics and censuses (INEC) the morning of Thursday 4 September of 2014. Cuenca and Guayaquil registered the least inflation for the month of August. Read Article
plenglish.com reported Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, urged United States authorities today to free the three remaining men who were part of the Cuban Five and who are about to complete 16 years of imprisonment on U.S. soil. “Hopefully at some point there will be understanding by the American authorities, and the the three Cuban […]
eluniverso.com reported according to these data, 2012 the rate of suicide in Ecuador, with respect to the year 2000, increased by 3.4%. In the division by sex, femenidos suicide rate decreased by 8%, while they rose 9% male suicides. The report specifies, on Ecuador and other countries, to the civil registry has low coverage and […]
Opinion Page of El Sentinel Guillermo Martinez, El Sentinel Columnist wrote: For years, authoritarian Latin American presidents have censored in-country publications critical of their actions. Ecuador’s Rafael Correa is no exception. Correa, who has a Masters and a PhD from the University of Illinois, goes much further. He has companies and government officials going after […]
telesurtv.net reported Ecuador and China signed a military cooperation accord in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries. Ecuador and China signed on Wednesday in Quito an agreement on military assistance aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of defense between both countries. The deal was signed by Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa and […]
Ecuadortimes.net reported the Ministry of Environment (MAE for its Spanish acronym) will allow the work of the national guides in 12 protected areas in the three regions of the country. These areas were identified because of their great success in tourism. These national guides, with academic qualifications in the fields of tourism and who possess […]
GOAL IS TO BOOST TOURISM ecuadortimes.net reported the Ecuadorian government lifted the hotel moratorium to build new infrastructure for tourist accommodation in the Galapagos Islands, said Tourism Minister, Sandra Naranjo. This decision “is part of a complete strategy. Galapagos needs to switch to a model of high quality and not high quantity of tourists”, Naranjo […]
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Eluniverso.com reported The Presidential Office of the historic Palacio de Carondelet approaches. Until 2015, the office of President Rafael Correa will relocate in the barracks Epiclachima, first Army Division, located in the South of the capital. “There is going to build the political platform of the Government, where will be the new office of the […]
A letter from Ecuador’s Ambassador to the U.S., Nathalie Cely published in the Wall Street Journal Ecuador’s Electronic Cash Is Strong The reality is that our economy is prospering, our society is stable and investors are returning. In her latest article about Ecuador (“Ecuador’s Phony Bitcoin Ploy,” Americas, Aug. 25), Mary Anastasia O’Grady once again […]
lainfo.es reported the Tungurahua volcano increased its activity this weekend with the emission of ash and incandescent material, an Ecuadorian official source reported. The Tungurahua-in the central Andean Ecuador and five thousand 23 meters height-increased activity, which was considered moderate since 1 August, when the authorities raised the alert level from yellow to orange, said […]
rsf.org reported the opposition daily Hoy has had to close because the authorities have intervened to liquidate the company that publishes it, Edimpres SA. The Office of the Superintendent of Businesses seized control of the company on 26 August on the grounds that it was unable to pay its creditors. Hoy had already stopped producing […]
andes.info.ec reported Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa emphasized that he will not allow population is mistreated by public services. He also stated that he had received complaints from patients of Eugenio Espejo Hospital, although in 2011, he had given the order of that relatives must be assigned a place to stay while they wait for emergency […]
telesurtv.net reported the findings from the International Monetary Fund’s Article IV assessment contradicts local Ecuadoran media reports. Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa issued a statement in his weekly public address clarifying erroneous claims that had been made by local media earlier this week, stating that the International Monetary Fund had declared that Ecuador was nearing dangerous […]
citizen.co.za/afp reported a group of Ecuadoran nuns opened the doors of their convent to the outside world Saturday — a first since the order arrived in the South American country 150 years ago. The nuns of the Mothers of Augustine were expelled from Colombia in 1864 and subsequently settled in the center of Quito, where […]
mining.com/Reuters reported China is serious about expanding its international portfolio: The Asian giant’s recent foreign purchases include a 20% stake in Brazil’s Libra oil field, a skyscraper near Wall Street, and the country’s Lenovo tried, but failed, to buy Canada’s Blackberry. But these acquisitions pale in comparison to what records reviewed by Reuters are showing. […]
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Ecuador is in talks with China Development Bank to renew a $1.5 billion credit line, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday, saying that the funds would be used for investments to be carried out in 2015. It was not immediately evident when the original credit line was approved. Ecuador’s Finance Ministry […]
ecuavisa.com reported Oscar Antonio Berrocal Sandi, alleged Sinaloa cartel representative in Ecuador, was arrested at Bogota’s El Dorado airport when he tried to enter the country from Quito, Colombia Migration reported today. Known by the alias “Charlie”, “the chef”, “the farmer” or “Rolex” Berrocal was in the spotlight of the American authorities for the crime […]
AFP, Yahoo News Reported after surviving a harrowing rape attempt, Any Hurtado took up boxing — and found herself surrounded by other Ecuadoran women using their fists for protection in a country torn by sexual violence. Statistics paint a disturbing picture of the threats women face in the South American country: six out of every […]
BBC.COM reported the Ecuadorean government has released more details of its plans to create what it calls the world’s first digital currency issued by a central bank. Central bank officials say the electronic money, as yet unnamed, will start circulating in December. The new money will be used alongside the existing currency in Ecuador, the […]
cadenagramonte.cu reported Ecuador managed to reduce maternal mortality from 70 per 100 thousand live births in 2011 to 46.6 now, but much is yet to be done, according to a source from the Health Ministry quoted here by local press reports. Coordinator of the Strategy for a Quick Reduction of the Maternal Mortality Rate, Veronica […]
ecuavisa.com reported government officials said that the Ecuadorian industry will be called on to produce to replace imported drugs, which have begun to run short in the market following the announcement of the setting of price ceilings or ceilings. So it said Deputy Minister of industry and productivity, Byron Proano, who Wednesday participated in Guayaquil […]
ecuavisa.com reported the Ecuadorian Government said on Wednesday that the FoundationKonrad Adenauerlinked to the party of German Chancellor Angela Merker, decided to leave the country because he did not want to adhere to the controls imposed by Quito to the NGO’s foreign. The Organization announced that it will close its office in September on the […]
elcomunista.net reported the Ecuadorian Government has imposed a system of labelling for processed products which alerts on the content of fat, salt and sugar. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert for the rates of obesity and overweight in Ecuador. The Government activated a series of public policies to combat it. On Tuesday the […]
telegrafo.com reported Ecuador announced there will be a 47% reduction of its military posts by the year 2017. However, there will remain military units along the border shared with Colombia. Currently, there are 11,000 troops assigned to the border territory. The Defennse Minister stated that some military installations will be relocated. The goal for these […]
starmedia.com reported in a new report by the behavior of the Massif, the Unit held that “superficial manifestations are responding to a promotion held a magmatic body who has not managed a quick exit to the surface”. “High levels of SO2 gas log, significant inflation in the high part of the Tungurahua volcano and the […]
BBC.com reported that Six Ecuadorean police officers have been given 12 years in jail for trying to assassinate President Rafael Correa. The six took part in a mutiny in 2010 during which officers besieged the president at a Quito hospital. One of Mr Correa’s bodyguards was killed when the mutineers opened fire on the president’s […]
elcomercio.com reported after 14 years of remodeling and expansion, within a programme of urban regeneration, the boardwalk in avenida Simon Bolivar has become the main tourist reference and recreation of the city icon. According to the Malecón 2000 Foundation, responsible for the Administration and maintenance of this recreational park in Guayaquil, is visited monthly by […]
Two foreign were arrested with drug eluniverso.com reported two Serbian citizens heading to Holland were arrested at the airport in Guayaquil, once detected a suitcase with 2,270 kilos of cocaine. Read Article
Hoy.com.ec reported from 24 to 28 November 2008, the Ecuador made public its project RLA3006. It was during the meeting called “Development of activities on uranium production cycle”, that was developed in Brazil, where the Ministry of electricity and renewable energy (MEER) and the Undersecretary of Control, research and nuclear applications (NAICS) explained plans for […]
Greenleft.org.au reported since Ecuador’s president Lucio Gutierrez was ousted from power in 2005, relations between Ecuador and the United States have deteriorated with the Andean nation’s increasing rejection of US hegemony. The government of Rafael Correa, first elected president in 2006, has embraced regional integration, moving closer to its neighbours ― in particular Venezuela and […]
LAINFO.COM reported Ecuador ranks fourth of the safest countries in Latin America, according to a study released by Gallup. The report notes that Ecuador has led the greatest leap in security Achievement 2009 to 2013 President of this country, Rafael Correa, attributed “to success in the fight against crime, gun control, the autonomy of the […]
Eluniverso.com reported the handling of fireworks in the José de Antepara and Manuel Galecio streets, in downtown Guayaquil, would have caused the fire that destroyed a House of mixed construction and partial damage to other two adjoining homes. “The spark of a Fireworks game fell on the roof of the House and originated the fire,” […]
lainfor.es reported Peruvian Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez said Sunday his Ecuadorian counterpart Ricardo Patiño on the location of two members of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces missing in the border area. Sergeant Roberto Greza Reasco and Wellington Chihuango conscript lost contact with their units since 18 August. Both belong to the Ecuadorian military post “Cononaco”. Read […]
lahora.com.ec reported a new application from Colombian to order taxis through mobile devices, Tappsi, an initiative that was born two years ago in Bogota, it launched its service in Ecuador, country which becomes its Second International after Peru market. The service is now available in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil Ecuador, on devices with […]
hoy.com.ec reported government authorities and social leaders of Ecuador will visit Chile next week with the objectives of attracting investments and know examples of responsible mining in the country, said today the Ministry coordinator of strategic sectors. The Ecuadorian delegation will be headed by Minister Coordinator of strategic sectors, Rafael Poveda, authorities of the national […]
businessweek.com/bloomberg reported Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa sent parts of a finance bill back to congress to clarify rules governing a fund that was set up as a lender-of-last-resort for local banks and held $1.64 billion at the end of last year. Correa, a 51-year-old former economics professor, asked lawmakers to spell out changes to the […]
A group of citizen scientists have been saving people’s lives around the “Throat of Fire” Tungurahua volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes for nearly 15 years now. A new report details the success of this network of volunteers as they struggle to preserve the lives of people who chose to live around active volcanoes. A group […]
ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA BIGGEST VICTIMS IN LATIN AMERICA What is “Machete”? SECURELIST.COM REPORTED…”Machete” is a targeted attack campaign with Spanish speaking roots. We believe this campaign started in 2010 and was renewed with an improved infrastructure in 2012. The operation may be still “active”. The malware is capable of the following cyber-espionage operations: Logging keystrokes […]
elcomercio.com reported The cost of tickets for travel on bus public transportation between the capital of Ecuador and the city of Ibarra (Imbabura), located to the North of the country, increased from the afternoon of today, August 21, 2014. The National Agency of transit (ANT) authorized carriers raise the value of USD 2.50 fare to […]
Ecuador’s coastguard boosts fleet with two Damen Stan Patrols (SPa) 5009 22 Aug 2014 Damen has recently signed a contract with Astilleros Navales Ecuatorianos (Astinave) to construct two Damen SPa’s 5009 for the Ecuadorian Coastguard. The Ecuadorian shipyard will build both vessels locally with Damen Technical Cooperation, which is Damen’s method of ‘building on site’. […]
andes.info.ec REPORTED…95% of large and medium-sized companies that manufacture food in Ecuador adjusted to the new rules of graphic labeling on nutritional content, which was demanded by the Ministry of Health in 2013. According to the National Regulatory Agency, Health Surveillance and Control (Arcsa), there are 10.102 processed foods nationwide, corresponding to large, medium, small […]
Leader criticises US role in region telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa inaugurated the Esquipulas Regional Forum in Guatemala Tuesday with a call for the strengthening of Latin American socialism and a critique of US policy in the region. During his opening speech, President Correa emphasized the structural issues impeding regional development, saying those issues […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador is one of the victims of a cyber espionage campaign, seeking military, diplomatic and governmental information, which has been in place since 2010. It has also affected 778 people in Colombia and Venezuela, warned the Russian computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. “We can not speculate on the origins, but we know, that […]
lainfo.es reported the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa criticized on Tuesday, during his visit to Guatemala, the role of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), guild which he described as the field of “most backward oligarchy” in Latin America. “Who appointed them to the SIP, which are the owners of the media, judge and jury?” […]
ecuadortimes.net reported last Tuesday in Quito, doctors and medical students marched to ask the Judicial Council to prepare judges to judge their cases and to reject the twelve-month sentence of imprisonment imposed on one of their colleagues. Victor Alvarez, vice president of the Medical Federation, said that his colleagues remain concerned about how judges will […]
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh – August 20, 2014 reported Ecuadorian shrimp exporters capitalized on a banner summer production season this year with July shipments to major markets at record totals. In the US, Ecuadorian volumes were also at record totals for the month– particularly for smaller sized shrimp; but the overall share of Ecuador’s shrimp […]
wsj.com/Mercedes Alvaro reported President Rafael Correa, in speeches and televised interviews, assures followers he’d like nothing more than to step aside when his current term ends. “The easiest thing would be for me to retire in 2017 as one of the best presidents in our history, as the people refer to me,” he said in […]
latinamericanhistory.about.com / The bright and sunny Galapagos Islands, far out in the Pacific Ocean, seem like a strange place for a ghost! But according to the locals, the former American Air Force base is home to a wandering spirit who targets lonely men late at night. “The Headless Gringa” crushes her victims in their sleep […]
andes.info.ec reported the Minister of Health of Ecuador, Carina Vance, confirmed this Tuesday the project of building a pharmaceutical plant that will stand in Yachay, and in its first phase, it will allow savings of $48 million annually, for the Public Integral Network Health. The building is part of “Ciudad del Conocimiento”, a center dedicated […]
emiliopalacio.com reported that journalist Paulina Bustamante of the newspaper Diario Centinela of Loja surprised President Correa with a question not approved by his advance team for prearranged questions. On Thursday, August 14, 2014 in front of President Rafael Correa, the reporter refused to read the prepared question that had been arranged and tried to pose […]
latimes.com reported WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange suggested at a news conference Monday that he could soon be leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been holed up for two years to avoid extradition to Sweden. Assange did not explain, however, under what circumstances he thought he could go. Related story: WikiLeaks cheers Snowden […]
eluniverso.com reported a woman of unspecified age and a child aged 7-8 are the two victims who left the accident between a Chevrolet pickup truck red and the cooperative fleet Bolivar bus happened Sunday passes 16:00 in the sector of large spot of the parroquia San Plácido de Portoviejo, according to preliminary information provided by […]
eluniverso.com reported in the midst of a new period of waves, which ends today, another tourist drowned the evening of the last Saturday on the beach of the Montanita municipality, in the North of the province of Santa Elena. Danilo Merchán Tacuri, of 24 years, had arrived that day from the city of Cuenca and […]
elciudadano.gob.ec reportedQuito (Pichincha).- Sandra Naranjo, Minister of Tourism, met with representatives of Jet Blue Airways Corporation, a U.S. airline, intended to set up alliances with Ecuador through the Fort-Lauderdale (Florida) -Quito route. Chad Meyerson, director for Latin America and the Caribbean for Jet Blue Airways Corporation, and Jeffrey Goodell, Vice President of Government and Airport […]
gringosabroad.com reported… Accurate Details Regarding the Vilcabamba Kidnapping (August 2014) Here is an accurate summary of the events regarding the Vilcabamba home invasion, robbery, and kidnapping of an American couple. The couple requests that their privacy be respected and to please understand that each time they are asked to relay details it is traumatizing. Thus […]
eluniverso.com reported Ecuador fell 4.5% to 4% its expectation of growth in 2014, due to delays in external financing and that it expects an increase in the import of petroleum products, President Rafael Correa said Saturday. “We believe that we are going to have to reduce our expectations of growth (…) The ECLAC said that […]
elmercurio.com.ec reporte the police officers they come to reviews to avoid that the citizens carrying weapons. Aiming to reduce robberies at people and illegal activities, the national police develops operations called “Locks” “Cerrojos”, which consist of preventive controls in the streets to request identity documents to citizens and verify that they do not carry firearms, […]
Eltiempo.com.ec reported traders and brokers of used vehicles must issue new documents at the time of purchase and sale transactions, shall also update the single registry of taxpayers, RUC, within a maximum period of 90 days. Jaime Ordóñez, regional director of SRI, said in the RUC of the dealer or intermediary with natural or legal […]
eluniverso.com reported that Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito, said yesterday that the municipality received almost 2,000 calls from people reporting damage to their homes from the quake of 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred last Tuesday. Technicians of this entity, indicated, verify the veracity of these reports to then proceed to repair them because the […]
Elmercurio.com reported that an American citizen was kidnapped in Vilcabamba Ecuador in Loja. The four assailants demanded a $400,000 ransom to secure her release. The kidnapping according to the prosecutor was conducted Tuesday August 12, in Viclabamba. Apparently the womans partner and a man helping with translations for the couple were not taken. The victim […]
elmercurio.com reported Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa affirmed that dollarization adopted by his country in 2000, “remains” and stepped out of versions of certain analysts have warned of an alleged output of that system the entry into force of a new Monetary Code. This legal instrument “what endangers dollarization?” Correa asked during a television interview in […]
diariocentinela.com.ec reported in the tourist information of the parish hall Vilcabamba police authorities, gathered political Lieutenant, Member of the municipality, parish GAD, and Presidents of the districts of Vilcabamba, to discuss the security of the place which in recent months has shown an increase. Diego Guerrero President of the parish Government of Vilcabamba (GADV) noted […]
cronicamercurio reported on their Twitter account that Four suspects were detained for the kidnapping/for ransom of an North American woman in Vilcabamba. The woman was found tied up in the storage area of a condo building in Cuenca. The suspected kidnappers demanded $400,000 in ransom for her release. The four suspects, a woman and three […]
CRITERIOHIDALGO.COM reported The Institute Geophysicist (IG) in Ecuador, reported 57 aftershocks of the quake of 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale that struck Tuesday at this capital, with the balance of three dead, eight injured and minor material damage. The Institute Geophysicist (IG) in Ecuador, reported 57 aftershocks of the quake of 5.1 degrees on […]
Author: World Food Programme – Rural Ecuadorian women are saddled with domestic duties, in addition to the responsibilities of tending agriculture and living a rural lifestyle, which often entails withstanding domestic abuse and marginalization. Rural indigenous women in Ecuador experience a disproportionate amount of domestic violence. In all of Ecuador, six out of ten women […]
The train of this city to Salinas Estampas porteñas Evocation of Gustavo Cáceres Castro, physician and Professor. eluniverso.com reported Back in the year 1940 Lizardo García and Velez, close by the school streets Prosecutor Vicente Rocafuerte, worked the first railway station whose Rails joined Guayaquil with Salinas and the whistles as the locomotive No. 8 […]
rt.com reported Ecuador doesn’t need anybody’s permission to export agricultural products to Russia, which now has a big gap that needs to be filled after it banned supplies from a number of western countries, said President Rafael Correa. “I want to immediately say that we don’t need to get anybody’s permission to sell products to […]
news.com.au reported…IT IS one of the most spectacular railroad journeys in the world and one of the biggest engineering feats of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ecuador’s national railway hugs treacherous mountain faces, passes through tiny villages and offers incredible views of the Andes. Dubbed the most difficult railway in the world, it […]
NPR.org reported Ecuador is trying to build a high-tech city, which it hopes will spur a more diverse economy. The tiny South American country is concerned about possibly running out of the natural resources it relies on for most of its revenue. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Now to Ecuador which is rich in oil and gold […]
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excelsior.com.mx reported at the least two people would have died and other 18 were injured by the landslide in a quarry located north of Quito, as a result of an earthquake of 5.1 magnitude and replica of 4.1 that they rocked this afternoon to the Ecuadorian capital. This was reported by the Ecu-911 emergency service […]
ccffaa.mil.ec reported the armed forces seized large amount of explosives (Anfo) that were found abandoned in a boat, during a border control operation executed by members of the operational command no. 1 ”, on Saturday, August 09, in the sector of Conejo-Riveras, rio San Miguel, province of Sucumbíos, on the border with Colombia. The explosive, […]
A mining project is planned for this biodiverse area of Quito, despite community opposition. upsidedownworld.org / Gkillcity.com There is a rain forest in Pacto, and rivers, waterfalls and pre-Incan remnants of the Yumbo people. This part of the western Andes mountain range ecosystem preserves endemic plant species such as the ivory nut-producing palm and a […]
worldeinnews.com reported the government of Ecuador expects private 4G networks to be operational by mid-2015, state news agency Andes reported, citing the country’s strategic sectors minister Rafael Poveda. The official added that the government expects the deployment of 4G networks will take nearly 9 months. In June, Ecuador’s government had kicked off negotiations with mobile […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported in the rehabilitation centers of Ecuador there are 158 persons imprisoned for the crime of trafficking in persons since 2010. Only in the last year were captured 48, of which 4 are foreigners and the rest is in the country, according to figures from the Justice Department of indicators, human rights and statistics […]
lahora.com.ec reporte the former Colombian President and appointed Secretary-General of Unasur, Ernesto Samper, he said yesterday that the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, would be a “good partner” to seek peace between the Government of Juan Manuel Santos and the army of national liberation (ELN). Samper valued at Caracol Radio the participation of Ecuador in […]
expreso.ec reported Via Lligua connecting Banos with Patate remained closed to traffic again from Saturday due to heavy rains that caused a landslide. It is the third time so far of the year that the road is cut to the circulation of vehicles by the effects of the storm. At the last close, three vehicles […]
eluniverso.com reported the Colombian tourist Clara Isabel Quiroga Soyko died last Saturday in this town of Santa Elena, allegedly drowned. The lifeguard Luis Vélez said that supposedly the victim entered the sea after drinking alcohol. “It would seem that it was in ethyl State, in the very early hours in the morning, and the current […]
radioespectaculo.com reported employees of Claro and Movistar are concern about not knowing how they will cover their debts of housing or educational and upset by the statements of President Rafael Correa, in which questions that profits of telecommunications companies are fruit of its productivity, marked the day of workers of enterprises Movistar and Claro. They […]
infobae.com/AFP reported the President of Ecuador found it “unnecessary” to a referendum by the reform on the clauses that limit the possibility of staying in power. The decision is in the hands of the Constitutional Court. The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, referred today to the project of constitutional reform that could enable the indefinite […]
plenglish.com reported About 200 Cuban physicians will travel today towards several regions of Ecuador, to work in vulnerable and difficult access zones, to contribute to the governmental objective to ensure health services for the entire population. According to a report posted at El Ciudadano website, the mission of those physicians, specialists in Family Medicine and […]
tasnimnews.com reported Iranian first vice-president expressed Tehran’s enthusiasm for the enhancement of bilateral relations with Ecuador in all fields. In a Sunday message to his Ecuadorian counterpart Jorge Glas, Eshaq Jahangiri congratulated the Latin American nation and government on the country’s Independence Day. “I hope we will witness a further enhancement of ties between the […]
A continuing HIV epidemic and differential patterns of HIV-STI risk among MSM in Quito, Ecuador: an urgent need to scale up HIV testing and prevention. Jacobson JO1, Sánchez-Gómez A, Montoya O, Soria E, Tarupi W, Chiriboga Urquizo M, Champutiz Ortiz E, Miranda SM, Tobar R, Gómez B, Riera C. Author information Abstract This study characterized […]
Cancer mortality and quantitative oil production in the Amazon region of Ecuador, 1990–2010 Suresh H. Moolgavkar1 , Ellen T. Chang1, Heather Watson2 and Edmund C. Lau1 Abstract Purpose Controversy persists over whether cancer risk is increased in communities surrounding oil fields, especially in the Oriente region of Ecuador. This ecologic study uses quantitative exposure data, […]
themoreheadnews.com/Shayla Menville reported It has been four months since Dennis Walling left Morehead to fly to Ecuador for what he thought would be a life changing job interview. He was arrested at the airport as he was leaving the country when drug dogs marked his suitcase. Walling and his family claim he was unknowingly used […]
Kidnapping in Vilcabamba Marcelle Elizabeth Muller is a psychologist. Robert Walter Sniadach is medical. They have been in Ecuador three years, six months lived in Cuenca, the rest in Loja. Both include the programme for the protection of victims and witnesses of the Prosecutor’s Office and the support of the national police service. lahora.com.ec reported […]
elcomercio.pe reported more than 800 illegal gallons of oil were seized once members of a same family were operated in their attempt to enter the city of Sullana transporting fuel from Ecuador. The family, dedicated to the smuggling, was part of the band “Los Menas” and was intercepted when it crossed the bridge Isaiah Garrido, […]
eluniverso.com reported The Ecuadorian Juan Pablo Larrea Cruz, shareholder of the company’s chartering Sky Jet Elite Corp. (based in Miami), today said that he met with authorities of the drug enforcement agency of United States (DEA, by its acronym in English) due to the seizure of three aircraft of that company performed last week. According […]
Xinhua) — Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced that the Andean country will open an embassy in Palestine, local media Andes Agency reported Tuesday. “Ecuador has decided to open an embassy In Palestine and we already have a diplomatic mission in Ramallah, heart of Palestine, ” the foreign minister wrote in his Twitter account. “Palestine […]
plenglish.com reported Ecuador Defense Minister, María Fernanda Espinosa, will preside over a military ceremony on Thursday to receive the CASA C-295 aircraft, the first of a group of three that will come to the country to modernize the existing fleet. According to a press release from the Air Force, the new aircraft is part of […]
nytimes.com/JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. wrote the simple black-and-white advertisement, addressed “to whom it may concern” in all capitals, had a taunting, catch-me-if-you-can tone. The author said he could be served legal papers only in his native Ecuador and only in person. “It would have to be done by looking me in the eyes, asking my […]
andes.info.ec reported Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa defended the Governement´s intention of reforming the Telecommunication Law so that the profits of these companies, benefit all citizens and not just a handful. He also hinted that the Governement will analyse the company profits. “Why do 4,500 families get 130 million (dollars) of profits based on the use […]
andes.info.ec reported divorces increased in Ecuador to 87%, while marriages decreased to 14.71% in the last nine years, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Census. During this period divorces went from 11,251 to 21,122. In 2013, on average, marriages that end up in divorce lasted around 15 years. This period […]
Ecuador without question is on the map of most anyone considering moving abroad. There have been a number of promoters and press outlets touting the low cost of living, remarkable geography and culture of Ecuador. Any time someone considers a move overseas, it is serious business and the more information you have, the more informed […]
This book is not a sugar-laden milkshake of feel-good, fuzzy dribble telling you what a paradise Ecuador is for expatriates. For over 32 years author Nicholas Crowder has been intimately involved in a deep study of this intricate and complex country. The author shares his vast knowledge, rare insight and experience of an often misunderstood […]
From Wikikepdia.org… The 1998–99 Ecuador banking crisis resulted in about 70% of the country’s financial institutions closing. In 1999, economic activity decreased by 7–8% and the currency depreciated by 195%.[clarification needed][1] Per-capita income in US dollar terms plummeted by 32% during the year.[1] Unemployment increased from 9% to 17% and underemployment increased from 49% to […]
elmercurio.com.ec reported the old cathedral, Todosantos heritage complex, the Inter-American Center of crafts and arts Populares (CIDAP), in addition to the museums of the hat and the Aboriginal cultures yesterday attended the public. Most of these venues do not give service Sunday, but this time did so since they are part of the “Meet your […]
Insecurity in the main road of Easter has become common in various segments, match its inhabitants. An example is the intersection with calle 11, nine blocks after the place where Jeomaira was injured. “They know get two armed types, cross to the victims; and while one says it, the other steals the bike or things,”says […]