ONTOPMAG.COM REPORTED…. The appeal of a gay Ecuadorian couple denied a marriage license was heard on Tuesday. In November, Santiago Vinces and Fernando Saltos were joined in Guayaquil by dozens of supporters as they applied for a marriage license at the civil registry office. While the government had 8 days to decide, the couple was informed the following day that they did not meet the qualifications to marry. Under the Ecuador Constitution ratified in 2008, gay and lesbian couples are recognized with civil unions, granting them all of the rights of marriage except for joint adoption. But marriage is reserved for heterosexual couples. Read Article
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freshplaza.com reported that the world’s main banana importers are looking for new opportunities; the goal is to find countries that still have something Ecuador lost: a preferential treatment from the market with the highest prices, the European Union. In 2013, Ecuador exported a total of 256 million boxes of bananas worldwide; barely 2.9% more than […]
Mining concessions granted to Canadian and Chinese-owned companies in Ecuador are illegal and should be cancelled in compliance with the Mining Mandate, argues a legal brief submitted yesterday to the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court by the the Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) and MiningWatch Canada. The Mining Mandate is a constitutional-level norm that has been in […]
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02/04/2014 PORTLAND, Ore. ice.gov/ — A former Maryland resident who moved to Ecuador where he sexually abused young boys and produced child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison. Kenneth Robert McVicker III, 50, pleaded guilty in October 2013 to traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors, […]
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wired.com reported that February is off to a roaring start … another brief post to direct you to the significant explosive eruption (see above) going on right now at Ecuador’s Tungurahua. You can see the eruption right now on the IG-EPN webcams and it looks like both an ash column and pyroclastic flows heading towards […]
newsinfo.inquirer.net reported that Ecuador’s media oversight agency has fined the newspaper El Universo for a cartoon it published about prosecutors’ Dec. 27 search of the home of a journalist who has since left the country. The agency also ordered Xavier Bonilla on Friday to “correct” his cartoon, which portrays soldiers slamming a door down onto […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the use of motorcycle drive in rural areas facilitates transport of people and cargo in narrow or muddy roads. Its usefulness increases in winter. The construction and expansion of roads, the need to save time and the lack of public transportation turned the motorcycle on a means of transport increasingly used in […]
bbc.coluk reported that police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses. The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying that the retired general was arrested in Washington and will be extradited to Ecuador. Mr Vaca and nine other officers have been accused […]
Robin Llewellyn writes for IC Magazine: On 10 January Andrés Donoso Fabara, Ecuadorian Secretary of Hydrocarbons, filed a formal complaint against eight indigenous leaders: Humberto Cholango and Bartolo Ushigua, President and Vice-president of CONAIE (Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador); Franco Viteri, President of GONOAE (Governing Body of the First Nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon); […]
Are we safer in Ecuador? Andy Taylor, an expat (therapist and writer) living on the coast of Ecuador considers the issues. Home invasion robberies horrify expats living in Ecuador, just as they do anywhere. Burglaries are vulture-like attacks leaving us feeling like prey. They are an infringement of our human right to both privacy and […]
hrw.org reported that the judicial reform process in Ecuador poses a very serious threat to the country’s judicial independence, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Gustavo Jalkh, president of the Council of the Judiciary. Since 2011, a judicial council made up almost entirely of former members of the administration of President Rafael […]
knightcenter.utexas.edu reported that the Ecuadorian government has asked cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, known as Bonil, to appear before the Superintendent of Information and Communication and explain the contents of an editorial cartoon published in newspaper El Universo that officials are calling defamatory. Seven months after Ecuador’s new Communications Law came into effect and created the office […]
bnamericas.com reported that Mexico and Ecuador are the only major countries in Latin America to have average internet connections speeds in line with or above the global average, according to the Q3 State of the Internet study released by internet content delivery network specialist Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM). In the third quarter of 2013, the global […]
jiji press reported thatEcuadorean prosecutors said Tuesday they had captured seven members of a gang of kidnappers in a series of raids during the investigation of the fatal shooting of a Japanese couple last month. Tetsuo Hitomi and his wife were shot after hailing a taxi on Dec. 28. The husband died while his wife […]
Andes.info.ec reported- So far in 2013, Ecuador recorded 3,000 cases of street begging, which shows a clear reduction regarding this issue because in 2007 there were nearly 100,000 cases of children on the streets, said Doris Soliz, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion, during the launch of the campaign ‘Da Dignidad por un Ecuador sin […]
Freshplaza.com reported that Ecuador exported 253 million boxes of bananas, 5 million more than in 2012. This amount, however, didn’t meet the producers’ expectations, as they thought there would be a higher increase in sales during 2013. Last year’s banana exports are still lower than the peak reached in 2011, when exports amounted to 285 […]
elcomercio.com reported that according to the Ministry of the Interior, Ecuador fell in the past three years 8 points the homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants. In 2010 was 18.2 and last year stood at 10.8. The Government described as “historic” the reduction what were the strategies that have been adopted to reduce violence? Daniel Pontón, […]
lahora.com.ec reported that the objective is to prevent the reproduction of the Aedes aegypti. Starting today, workers of health of Guayas will leave to fulfill tasks of fumigation to prevent the spread of dengue vectors carriers. Luis Palomeque, director of the National Malaria Eradication (SNEM), said that the work which began in 2013, when surrendered […]
Lahora.com.ec reported the following regarding sexual assaults in Ecuador: 1. 24 out of 100 women sexually assaulted were victims of a family member. 2. 19 percent of the sexual attacks were committed by unknown individuals. 3. 16 percent of sexual attacks were committed by a friend. 4. 15 percent of sexual attacks were committed by […]
lahora.com.ec reported With very good pulse, Marco Leon begins to move the pieces that are failing a clock. After inspecting it and testing it, notice that the minute Cannon has released. Again you open the clock and adjusts this piece that holds the minute hand. He is one of the few ‘professional time’ that still […]
online.wsj.com reported… Growth in Ecuador’s banking sector will likely continue to be affected this year, as President Rafael Correa’s administration looks to pass stricter regulations following a series of other rule changes that have been implemented since he took office. According to data from Private Banking Association of Ecuador, or ABPE, the nation’s banks had […]
Interpol reported…Two organized crime networks involved in fuel smuggling across Peru and Ecuador have been dismantled following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting. More than 60 interventions were carried out as part of Operation Alisuyo, targeting the criminal gangs known as ‘culebras’ or ‘snakes’ because of the way they move across borders. One […]
Fri 11th Jul 2008 LONDONPROGRESSIVEJOURNAL.COM by Samuele Mazzolini Despite poor international coverage, the governmental confiscation of 195 firms, including two major TV channels belonging to the holding ‘Grupo Isaías’, has constituted a major event in Ecuador, for a variety of reasons. First and foremost the long-overdue need for the state to undertake punitive and compensatory […]
au.new.yahoo.com reported that Ecuador’s state-owned Tame airlines resumed flights to Caracas Saturday after a three-day hiatus over Venezuela’s failure to make $43.2 million in overdue payments, a Quito airport official said. Tame Flight EQ524 departed Quito at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) on route to Caracas via a layover in Bogota, the official told AFP on […]
elcomercio.com reported that a woman of 39 years died after being run over by a bus, in the capital of Azuay. This incident took place approximately at 17:00 today, 25 January 2014, in the avenida Dos Bosco and Francisco de Orellana, to the South of the city. According to witnesses, the woman is she slipped […]
eluniverso.com reported that a contingency plan to replace physicians who give in State hospitals will be set up by the Ministry of health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is recruiting foreign specialists. Yesterday said President Rafael Correa, in your link, as a response to the resignations this week and the criticisms of the […]
Eluniverso.com reported that Emergency Operations Committee was declared permanent session this afternoon. The Governor of Esmeraldas, Paola Cabezas, summoned its members to let them know an alert weather issued at 14:30 this Saturday by the Inamhi, for the province of Esmeraldas. This alert indicates that: “On the coastal profile of the province of Esmeraldas, there […]
On January 12, 2014, in La Milina Salinas Ecuador a retired couple from the U.K. found themselves victimized by two gun wielding men in their 30′s. Read Article Now for a second time in two weeks January 25, 2014, the same couple have reported on a social media forum they were assaulted and robbed by […]
Gallupcom report for Ecuador August – Sep 2013 Reflects Change from Latest Poll For Worldwide Tracking Thriving 36% -1 Struggling 56% +1 Suffering 8% – Payroll to population 20% -2 With home Internet access 35% +9 Satisfied with local schools 77% +1 Confident in national government 62% -2 Confident in honesty of elections 47% +9 […]
NBC investigative journalist Jonathan Dienst reacted skeptically to Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D., N.J.) statement denying new allegations that he interceded inappropriately on behalf of two foreign nationals Thursday on Rachel Maddow. Dienst reported earlier today the FBI is looking into whether Menendez took campaign donations from American relatives of two Ecuadorian bankers in exchange for […]
telegrafo.com.ec reported that aAfter a process of research, the health portfolio next to the Fiscalía closed this company that has its facilities in the North of the city of Quito. The company Adipharm Express S.A., responsible for storing pharmaceuticals, was closed yesterday to keep in their cellars medicines expired from 2012 and others without registration. […]
Ecuador will allow the entry of Chinese tourists without that they request and acquire a Visa in the Asian country, said today the Vice President of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, visit this week to Beijing in search of investment. Ecuadorian Vice President made the announcement during the investment forum “Ecuador-grows” held today, January 22, at the […]
thehill.com reported that NBC 4 New York reported Thursday that the bureau is probing whether the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations committee pressured the Obama administration to keep brothers William and Roberto Isaias from being expelled back home, where they’re wanted for embezzlement. A spokeswoman for Menendez called the allegations “outlandish.” ADVERTISEMENT – […]
hispantv.ir reported…Correa ordered diffusion of HispanTV in all Ecuador In a conversation with the world’s press, where one of the topics discussed was the freedom of expression and international relations, the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, ordered that HispanTV be spread in all the Ecuador. The President also ordered the Secretariat of […]
HRW.ORG reported… After being re-elected to a third term in February 2013, President Rafael Correa promulgated a sweeping new Communications Law in June regulating broadcast and print media, which undercuts press freedom. The Correa government continues to subject members of the media to public recrimination. Prosecutors use overly broad counterterrorism and sabotage offences against government […]
presstv.ir reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has announced plans to call for the withdrawal of some US military officers from the South American country. Speaking at the Carondelet presidential Palace in the Ecuadorian capital Quito on Wednesday, Correa said his government will ask Washington to withdraw “nearly 50 military personnel” assigned to the US […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the number of doctors who presented this Wednesday the resignation at the public hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez de Quito as a rejection of the contents of article 146 where the wrongful death by professional malpractice is typified climbed to 90. Patricio Guerrero, representative of Anesthesiology of the Hospital, announced that until past […]
elnuevoherald.com reported that the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, acknowledged on Wednesday the existence of “tensions” with the United States and railed against the manifestations of “neo-colonialism” from that country, at the time defended the Latin American sovereignty on issues such as human rights and freedom of expression. There are “tensions” and also “mutual mistrust” […]
FUNDS BELONGING TO TAME BEING HELD IN VENEZUELA CENTRAL BANK CAUSES SUSPENSION OF FLIGHTS obraspublicas.gov.ec reported that Mr. Fernando Guerrero, Gerente General de TAME EP reported that, as of January 23 the TAME company has decided to temporarily suspend regular air operations between Ecuador and Venezuela. This decision has been taken solely by the non-transfer […]
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latino.foxnews.com reported….More than six months after an Oklahoma teenager disappeared while hiking on a family trip in Ecuador, relatives and friends are still holding out hope that he will be found alive and say they are grateful for the support the Ecuadoran government has provided….Authorities in Ecuador believe the teen, who is from Oklahoma City […]
bloomberg.com reported…Ecuador, where the fatty beans used to make chocolate have been grown since pre-Columbian times, is surpassing Brazil as Latin America’s top cocoa producer after boosting planting and offering education programs for farmers. Cocoa-bean output rose 13 percent last year to 220,000 metric tons and the South American country is poised to become the […]
Reuters.com reported… Ecuador hopes to lower its trade deficit this year through new quality controls for imported products and support for domestic industry to produce such goods at home, a government official said on Tuesday. OPEC’s smallest member has over the last five years seen its trade deficit grow steadily as a result of shrinking […]
chinadaily.com.cn reported that Vice-President Jorge Glas of Ecuador, who is currently visiting China, encouraged more Chinese investment in his country, which is a business gateway to Latin America. Glas spoke during an economic forum on Wednesday in Beijing that was sponsored by the China Council for Promotion of International Trade. Ecuador and China share complementary […]
Mindo: A Tale of the Misty Mountains by Mary Kuder Mindo. Paradise. Those two words will forever be connected in my mind after my recent visit to Mindo, Ecuador. Because I am a bird-lover, and a lover of natural environments in general, I had heard and read a lot about Mindo (pronounced mean-doe) even before […]
usatoday.com reported…Some of the worst El Niños, the infamous climate patterns that shake up weather around the world, could double in frequency in upcoming decades due to global warming, says a new study out Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change. During an El Niño, water temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean […]
freebeacon.com reported that an Ecuadorian journalist says police recently raided his home and stole thousands of documents involving alleged corruption by government officials in the latest attempt by the country’s leaders to silence the media. Investigative journalist Fernando Villavicencio told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview that his house was raided in the middle […]
pfcenergy.com reported that Ecuador produced 505,000 bbl/d in 2012, almost all of which was crude oil. Ecuador’s oil production increased year-over-year from 2011, but remains below a 2006 peak of 536,000 bbl/d. The steady increase in state oil production and the decline in private sector production suggest that some of the increases in state oil […]
telecompaper.com reported that Ecuador ended December 2013 with over 2.37 million fixed telephony subscribers, according to a report from the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel). CNT had over 2.04 million fixed voice customers or a market share of around 85.82 percent.Read Article Learn about the complex culture of Ecuador by reading this book
Calgaryherald.com reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has told a government newspaper that he doesn’t plan to seek another re-election when his term ends in 2017. The paper El Telegrafo quotes Correa as saying it’s dangerous when one person becomes indispensable. Correa took office in 2007 and won election again in 2009 after a new […]
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laht.com reported that authorities on Thursday rescued 17 people who had been held at a clandestine clinic where patients were subjected to electroshock and even rape, the Ecuadorian Attorney General’s Office said. Among the people freed is a minor, who said that he “was tortured with electricity to ‘heal’ his behavior problem,” the AG’s office […]
laht.com reported that a Searcher drone went down in the sea off Ecuador’s Manabi province, said Capt. Fabricio Rueda, commander of the Naval Air Service’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron. The drone crashed on Friday due to engine problems after one hour of flight time, the El Diario newspaper reported on its Web site. Read Article […]
Eluniverso.com reported that the confiscation of 74 kilos of cocaine and the arrest of five people, including a priest, was the result of the anti-drug operation called transporter, held in Ibarra, which included raids and seizures in other four cities in the country. READ THIS BOOK FOR AN INSIDE LOOK AT ECUADOR’S CULTURE The police […]
JIJI Press reported that ten members of a criminal group have been detained in Ecuador on suspicion of involvement in the December shooting of a Japanese couple, Ecuador’s interior minister Jose Serrano said on Twitter on Wednesday. The minister said Ecuadorian authorities are currently examining seized guns and mobile phones. The couple was on a […]
eturbonews.com reported that Panama, Costa Rica and Ecuador offer the most attractive programs in the world for retirees—wooing foreign pensioners with special visas and significant discounts on everything from airfare to health care, reports InternationalLiving.com. Panama comes out on top with the best retiree-incentive program in the world, receiving a perfect score of 100 in […]
Newsweek.com reported…Earlier this month, Newsweek published a story on a tribal dispute in Ecuador. What follows is a letter to the editor from Nathalie Cely, Ecuador’s ambassador in the United States, and a response from the story’s reporter, Bethany Horne. Dear Editor, Your article on conflicts between indigenous groups in Ecuador (“After All the People […]
ElComercio.com reported….They offered invitation letters, certificates of false identity and other documents. Therefore, the criminal organization charged them up to USD 1 500 to those affected so that could travel to the United States and Europe. Thus ended the unity of organized crime and transnational of the prosecution, after investigating a criminal network that was […]
WILDLIFEEXTRA.COM REPORTED…January 2014: A team of 10 experienced conservationists, bird and horticultural experts, depart this month to survey the remote Cerro Blanco Forest in South West Ecuador, with the aim of tracking down and collecting vital data on the Ecuador Amazon parrot. Until recently, the Ecuador Amazon parrot was considered to be part of a […]
Telegeography.com reported that Ecuador’s Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel) has ordered Telefonica subsidiary Movistar to cease marketing five localities as having 3G coverage, as the service quality in those areas failed to meet criteria as measured by the regulator, Telesemana reports. Movistar must remove the following areas from its list of 3G coverage zones: Ramon Campana […]
Washingtonpost.com/AP reported An opposition politician says electronic documents stolen from her email are being used by government media in a smear campaign in what could be the first case of a public figure’s digital privacy being violated for political ends in Ecuador. Martha Roldos, a former presidential candidate, told The Associated Press that she believes […]
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called Latin America today to continue fighting for comprehensive integration, after warning about some mistakes in the processes that the region is currently undergoing. We need to keep fighting for that integration of a new kind, comprehensive integration, said the president in statements to Radio Republica, in the seventh anniversary, today, […]
CNNespanol.com reported that a caricature in a newspaper has bothered to President Rafael Correa . The president summoned the author of the drawing to show if it is true what is in the pic. It was the night of December 26, 2013 when 12 policemen from the intervention group and admitted for ransom by the […]
NAMPA / AFP. reported… Ecuador’s new media regulator, considered a censorship tool by the opposition, has opened proceedings against a press cartoonist whose drawing was considered offensive by President Rafael Correa. Xavier Bonilla, who works for El Universo, one of Ecuador’s main newspapers, which is known for its critical tone against the president, told AFP […]
Freebeacon.com reported…Observers wondering who would assume the mantle of Hugo Chavez as Latin America’s fiery, anti-American strong man did not have to wait long. That man is Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Correa won a second term last February and promised to continue his “citizens’ revolution.”* However, his record looks different beyond the rhetoric. More than […]
from reporter montubio: Ecuador has a long history of radio broadcasting. One of my favorite older stations is “Radio Cristal” 870 AM… Known as La voz del Pueblo. The station began operations in 1957 and is still going strong. There are a couple of unique aspects of this broadcaster. Many well known musical artists have […]
Radio Station HCJB, the Voice of the Andes reported… it will air its final English-language broadcasts on international shortwave radio from Ecuador on Saturday, May 6, even as the station’s English Language Service shifts its emphasis toward teaching English as a second language. English was one of the first two languages, along with Spanish, to […]
RT.com reported that Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has unveiled the country’s first domestically made unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone is to help Quito fight drug traffic and will also be on sale in South America, costing “7 times less” than its Israeli equivalent. “We have pleasant surprises… Whether you believe it or not, we are […]
On January 12, 2014, in La Milina Salinas Ecuador a retired couple from the U.K. found themselves victimized by two gun wielding men in their 30’s. According to one of the victims, the incident happened when she was preparing dinner at 5:00 pm. Her husband was on the front patio when the two assailants pointed […]
Workers.org reported that in Ecuador, years of organizing, resisting and fighting back led to the election of President Rafael Correa in 2006. Correa is identified with the protest movement. His election was a referendum on neoliberalism, and he won overwhelmingly. After Correa was elected, the U.S. imperialists tried to overthrow him. They turned to the […]
Reuters reported that Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was airlifted from a cruise ship by the Ecuadorian Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack on Jan. 1, according to the website Galapagos Digital. The website, citing Ecuadorian newspapers and blogs such as El Universo and El Comercio, said Bezos was flown by helicopter to his private […]
The food in Ecuador is a complexity of simple ingredients manifest in surprisingly flavorful dishes. Bowl after bowl of murky soup appears at Almuerzos, followed by what seems to be endless lumps of carbohydrates to accompany an unidentifiable stew of meat. The surface of these appearances belies little of their flavor though. Rich broths spiked […]
radioangulo.cu reported that Ecuadorian scientists presented to the world 35 new species discovered through Noah’s Ark project, fostered by the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT) and the Ministry of Environment. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador Through the study of samples and DNA, the researchers discovered eight reptiles […]
upsidedownworld.org reported in past weeks, the governments of Ecuador and Bolivia moved to shut down or expel major NGOs (non-government organizations) that work on issues of the environment, extractivism, and indigenous rights. In Ecuador, the Ministry of Environment dissolved the Fundación Pachamama (Pachamama Foundation) after accusing it of anti-government activities. Despite the NGO’s own denials, […]
cre.com.ec reported that the integrated security ECU 911 service reported that during the Christmas and new year holiday, which began on December 24, 2013 and culminated on January 1, 2014, coordinated 87.618 emergency care. These data correspond to the information provided by the eight centres of SIS covering 14 provinces of the country. According to […]
WSJ.com reported that Ecuador’s foreign debt in October totaled $18.33 billion, up 16% from a year before, the central bank said. The amount is equivalent to about 20% of Ecuador’s $90 billion gross domestic product forecast for 2013. According to current law, the country’s debt-to-GDP limit is 40%. Read Article Want to know more about […]
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Elcomercio.com reported … In the morgue of the Judicial Police of the Guayas, in the North of Guayaquil, remained until noon on Monday, December 30, the body of a Japanese tourist, who would have been the victim of a presumed Express kidnapping. The foreigner was found dead, with a bullet impact, on the sidewalk of […]
elcomercio.com reported…Dawn on this Wednesday, January 1 was the first violent death of the year in the Azuay capital. Turuhuayco streets and the worker was found the corpse of the University student, Jorge V, 21 years. The body was found down near a puppetmouth. He received a stab wound in his chest. The fact, which […]
latinatimes.com reported that the home of Ecuadorian journalist and opposition activist Fernando Villavicencio was raided by Ecuadorian police on Friday, Dec. 27, 2014 according to local news outlets. According to the Ecuadorian free-press group Fundamedios, Villavicencio was at home with his family when a group of police broke into his home with machine guns and […]
Elcomercio.com.ec reported that accident numbers in 2013 increase over 2012 despite improvements in infrastructure and roads. 2025 deaths recorded through November 2013. 24,759 accidents reported through November 2013. More than 19,000 injuries. Major contributors to Accidents: inexperience behind the wheel, intoxication while driving, failure to follow traffic signals, Speeding. Read Article DESIRE TO KNOW MORE […]
ELTIEMPO.COM.EC reported that the increase is $22, recalling that in 2013 the basic remuneration is $ 318. The Government had to set the rate, once the workers and the employers failed to reach an agreement. Employers proposed a rise of 17 dollars over the current SBU, while employees raised an increase of 30 dollars. To […]
A Tale of an Ecuadorian Night Watchman ecuadortalesfromthemiddleoftheearth.blogspot.com reported…In Ecuador, there is a tradition of the Night Watchman. It took me about a month to completely acclimate to my surroundings before I became aware of him. He comes “on shift” every night in my neighborhood at about 7:30 p.m. and stays all night . . […]
elcomercio.com.ec reported that Ecuador and Chile are the countries with the highest percentages of defense spending in the region relative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This conclusion the report entitled ‘Military Balance in South America 2013’, published by the New Majority organization Argentina in mid-November this year reached. In Ecuador, these data are corroborated […]
lahora.com.ec reported that The Ministry of Health closed a Burger King in Quito because of a lack of hygiene. Health officials inspected the fast food restaurant after a picture began circulating on social media of a rat on the premises. The inspectors found the Burger King at Orellana and Reina Victoria had improper waste management […]
Elcomercio.com.ec reported a this time of Christmas and new year is when the risk is increased. Suspects take advantage of they are not owners or an oversight during a family reunion to perpetrate theft or assault on houses. According to the statistics of the Observatory Metropolitan de Seguridad Ciudadana (CSOM), robbery with assault real estate […]
thefrontierpost.com reported that Ecuadoran authorities ordered a policeman accused of involvement in a failed 2010 coup bid against President Rafael Correa to be held pending investigation. Prosecutor Franz Valverde in Quito ordered the detention of the officer, whose name was not disclosed. The officer faces a charge of attempting to kill the president; if convicted […]
Reuters.com reported Ecuador’s economy will grow around 4 percent this year while inflation will remain below 3 percent, President Rafael Correa said on Thursday, adding GDP in 2014 will likely expand 5 percent. “The year 2013 has been a good one for the economy,” Correa told reporters in the port city of Guayaquil. The year’s […]
variety.com reported…Ecuador is experiencing a mini production boom, churning out four to five pics a year compared with one every two years before 2007, and one every four years before 1999. Local hits such as Sebastian Cordero’s “Pescador” (2011) and the country’s foreign Oscar entry this year, “Mejor no hablar de Ciertas Cosas” by Javier […]
There are thousands of festivals each year in Ecuador, many more than one could attend in a lifetime. However, one stands out with origins from a tragedy that hit northeastern Ecuador hard in 1868. Two massive earthquakes of 6.3 and 6.7 magnitude on August 15th, and 16th. Ibarra was devastated. Every building was destroyed. The […]
OPINION PIECE BY GLENN GARVIN FOR MIAMI HERALD: Ecuador, having bargained away virtually all its oil production to China in return for low-interest loans to finance President Rafael Correa’s spendthrift populism, is in dire need of a new export. And the president seems to have found one: tyrannical censorship of his critics. Correa’s increasingly novel […]
Digitizing public services in Ecuador meets the objective of the National Government of the Citizen Revolution, led by President Rafael Correa, to perform work for the needy and forgotten. Thus, a balance is achieved through the implementation of public policies, to build a sustainable social development, sustainable, efficient and effective, experts estimate… Read Article THINKING […]
bbc.co.uk reported that an Ecuadorean indigenous group can seek enforcement of a $9.5bn (£5.8bn) judgement against US petrol giant Chevron in the Canadian courts, an Ontario appeals court has ruled. Tuesday’s decision by the Ontario appeals court is the latest turn in the two-decade old case between Texaco, which has since been bought by Chevron, […]
bnamericas.com reported…Ecuador’s environment ministry and the decentralized autonomous government of Cuenca signed an agreement for preliminary studies into a waste management program in the city, as well as the design of solid waste separation and recycling plants. Read Article – Registration required Do you live in Ecuador? Do you live in Cuenca? This book will […]
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News Releases Dec 17, 2013 – At least 350 families in the Amazon region of Ecuador will use solar energy provided by an IDB-GEF pilot project. Ecuador has made significant strides to increase levels of access to electricity among its citizens. This effort has made it one of the countries in Latin American and the […]
Written by Amnesty International There are growing concerns for the safety of Carlos Zorrilla, an environmental activist in Ecuador, and others who have protested against development projects in the northern region of Intag. These concerns come after Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa repeatedly attacked their activities during his weekly addresses to the nation. WANT TO UNDERSTAND […]