The average price of a basic pay-TV package in Ecuador costs EUR 20 per month, according to a market analysis by Ecuador’s Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel). The survey showed that pay-TV has a 78 percent market penetration, led by DirecTV with 304,686 subscribers or 36 percent of the total. TV Cable Group was second with 18 percent share and 157,349 subscribers, followed by CNT-TV with 11 percent and 92,265 subscribers. CNT-TV had the lowest average tariff per channel of USD 0.29, while DirecTV with USD 0.51 and Claro TV with USD 0.55 had the highest. Read Article
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The ministry of Crossroad Bible Institute in Ecuador, which began just four years ago in 2009, will soon be opening a new Bible training and rehabilitation center for released prisoners from around the country. The center will be built on donated land in southwest Ecuador. CBI Ecuador director Angel Aguirre Villamar will be overseeing the […]
According to some, poor Police response to public intoxication or reported fights. According to the Ministry of Interior Cuenca ranks first in the country for murders that involved alcohol consumption. According to the Ministry of Interior crime rate is up 20 percent in Cuenca (2013) for the same time period in 2012. ———————————— Elcomercio.com.ec reported…30 […]
lahora.com.ec reported that the national police, through its units of intelligence and the intervention group and rescue (GIR) with the collaboration of the Judicial Police, seized yesterday in the canton Duran a large amount of explosives, 20 sacks of gunpowder and arrested three suspects. The RAID was carried out in a house in the sector […]
lahora.com.ec reported that it has beenThis was announced by the Member of the Committee on culture, Pablo Ponce, Councillor to give to know the beginning of the “Fiesta Q 2013” program with a total of 24 days of Central acts of the festivities from November 15 to December 8. The program, initially designed by the […]
lahora.com.ec reported that International editorial action, apparently committed by the front 48 of the FARC in the border with Ecuador, killed the patrol police, Jesus David Gaona. Early indications are that a sniper of the guerrilla shot him from the Ecuadorian side and killed him. The incident took place in the San Miguel international bridge, […]
lahora.com.ec reported that on November 15, 2013 at 20:00, was about an operation in an apartment located on the island of Hispaniola, Jipijapa sector, in the North of Quito, which served as a clandestine game room. 100 Points to Consider Before Moving or Retiring in Ecuador [Kindle Edition] Authorities found this site after carrying out […]
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced the approval of a $270 million loan to Ecuador to improve the ability of public agencies to provide quality services to citizens. The country has made significant progress in public administration in recent years, resulting in improved profiles for public employees and better financial management of public administration, […]
individual.com/ reported that Ecuador has asked an arbitration court in the Netherlands to dismiss a case brought against it by U.S. oil supermajor Chevron Corp., which is fighting attempts by plaintiffs in the South American nation to collect on a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment. MOVING TO ECUADOR? READ THIS BOOK. Chevron, meanwhile, says it will continue […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the Judicial Police of Azuay (PJ) detained on November 13, 2013, two Ecuadorians and two foreigners attempting to withraw money from from ATMs of a financial institution, with cloned credit/debit cards. The operation was carried out with alert cameras video surveillance of the Central of emergency ECU-911. THe suspects were found in […]
Ecuador Key Developments in Communicatons Law (Internet): May 2012 – April 2013 Freedomhouse.org ranks Ecuador Internet Freedom as partly partly free Freedomhouse.org reported the Organic Law on Communications—proposed during the coverage period and later approved—tasks website owners with “ultimate responsibility” for all content. This law, combined with government pressure, resulted in the removal of the […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the passage of the military who were carrying guns and moved on special vehicles caused surprise among the inhabitants of the North of Manabí. The fact was recorded between Monday and yesterday in the cantons Sucre, San Vicente and flints. In these sites, according to the police, has been detected that drug […]
Ecuavisa.com reported that in Quito, the Council of the judiciary staff heads checks in collaboration with the Prosecutor’s Office and the national police. The authorities reviewed documents of the merchandise that is sold at a shopping center in the historic cazco of Quito. Similar operations have also been conducted in Cuenca and Guayaquil to close […]
policiaecuador.gob.ec reported that he National Police, through the anti-crime unit and Interpol Intelligence arrested the Italian Valentino A, who is wanted internationally on charges of mafia-type criminal association. The operation took place this November 14, at 10:30, in Guayaquil. The stranger held in Ecuador on a work visa as CEO of a company that is […]
Ecuadorenvivo.com reported that according to the Regional human development report 2013-2014, presented in New York by the United Nations, 25 of every 100 Ecuadorians were victims of theft during 2012, i.e. 25.19% of the population. This is the highest percentage recorded in Latin America according to the data obtained from 18 countries in the region. […]
Eluniverso.com reported that a unidentified British tourist, 53, died Wednesday while snorkeling in the Galapagos Islands. Ecu911 reported on it’s Twitter account that the cause of death is unknown at this time. Emergency service Ecu911 reported via Twitter that death occurs due to unknown causes. The female British victim was being transferred to Baltra Island […]
Eluniverso.com reported a child one year and eleven months died in a hospital after he allegedly gave her mother accidentally drinking rat poison. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon in Santa Rosa. The woman, 31, said his intention was to supply the small syrup for flu and he was wrong. The infant was rushed to a […]
Eluniverso.com reported that an addiction rehabilitation clinic was closed yesterday in Guayllabamba, in northern Quito, apparently for work without permits. To investigate further whether in that place a patient sexually abused. The operation, headed by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Health, was conducted in the morning. Inside he found eight women, including two […]
Seventh Judge of Criminal Manabi Bailon Leonor ruled pretrial detention for four security guards Tevcol company, which on Monday guarding an armored vehicle, which was assaulted at the gas station Manabi Transport Cooperative (CTM) , on Metropolitan Avenue (via a Manta). In a report issued by the Police detailing that detainees are Orley Waldemar SC […]
The National wages Council today held a meeting to define the unified Basic salary increase. This meeting presented a series of data such as inflation, productivity, etc., such as a diagnosis of the situation in the country. The collegiate body, which meets at the Ministry of Labor Affairs, is composed of a representative of the […]
PLENGLISH.COM REPORTED…Vinicio Alvarado, minister of Tourism, said that Ecuador gives specific steps to become a tourist power, supported by multiple international awards granted in recent weeks. According to Alvarado, to make Ecuador a tourist power it is necessary to improve areas such as safety, signs, connections and promotion, as well as creation of excellence resorts. […]
Colombiareports.com/EFE reported that an oil slick from a leaking pipeline has contaminated a major Amazonian river that runs between Ecuador and Colombia, reported Spanish press agency EFE on Monday. The Trans-Andean oil pipeline reported a leak last Thursday, and the Ecuadorian Environmental Ministry is now warning that a large oil slick is spreading on the […]
Agence France-Presse reported that Ecuador’s possible scrapping of a bilateral investment treaty with the United States could lead to loss of American investment in the country, Washington’s envoy warned Monday. “If the bilateral investment treaty is canceled that would obviously have a negative effect because US companies would be afraid to invest,” Ambassador Adam Namm […]
Negotiations for regularization of foreign productions continue. The Ecuadorian Institute of intellectual property makes controls to avoid material in cd and dvd, mostly from domestic production, is sold irregularly. The process initiative is the development of the creative industry in the Ecuador. For those who fail to comply with the restrictions of copyright there are […]
Ecuadorian filmmaker and journalist Oscar Leon gives account of the day President Correa was attacked and held by the police. Part two of Ecuador: Failed Coup or Institutional Crisis? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS BOOK WILL BE INVALUABLE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS…….. IF YOU ALREADY LIVE THERE YOU WILL HAVE A CLEARER […]
teleamazonas.com reported that Civil agents will replace the national police officers. The municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito assumes from today officially control the traffic in the capital. Among its powers this issue ballots of citation and elaborate parties to offences and serious infringements within the urban perimeter of the Metropolitan District. In addition, […]
Elcomerico.com.ec reported …. According to the Ecuadorian Institute of statistics and censuses, suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death in 2011. Between 2000 and 2007 there were 1 231 cases, according to the integrated system of social indicators of Ecuador. In 2009, the figure grew to 900 cases. In the past 45 […]
Antonia Juhasz, an oil industry expert and author, will visit Ecuador to see the contamination that Texaco, now Chevron, left behind in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, and to meet with members of the local communities that were affected by the massive environmental contamination. Juhasz is visiting the South American nation in response to an invitation […]
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the Ecuadoran archipelago are probing whether global warming is related to El Nino. There is not yet conclusive evidence of a link. But experts are very serious about the possibility that climate change is making El Nino — unusually warm water in the Pacific off the west coast of South America — more frequent and […]
LAtimes.com reported that a civilian is killed and nine soldiers wounded during the breakup of an illegal mining operation. ‘Organized mafias’ are blamed. The vice president of Ecuador on Friday denounced illegal mining as growing scourge a day after a violent confrontation between soldiers and miners in an Amazonian region left one civilian dead and […]
– Some 500 people have been rescued this year from unlicensed drug-treatment clinics that brutalize and even torture their patients, Ecuador’s attorney general said Friday. About 30 people are being processed after being arrested in operations against these unlicensed rehabilitation centers, Galo Chiriboga said during a joint press conference with Health Minister Carina Vance. Read […]
If you ever wondered where the world’s most biodiverse piece of land is, you might have guessed somewhere in the Amazon Rainforest. Well, there is a particular piece of the ever- dwindling-Amazon that takes the trophy for being the worlds richest place for animal and plant diversity: Yasuní National Park, inland Ecuador. However, in this […]
Economist.com reports………MINUTES before its planned release on September 25th a judge in Ecuador blocked the distribution of “A Tragedy Hidden Away”, a book detailing a massacre of 20-odd members of one indigenous Amazonian tribe, the Taromenane, by another, the Waorani. The authors, Miguel Ángel Cabodevilla, a Capuchin missionary, and Milagros Aguirre, a journalist, promptly distributed […]
On 2 September the Government of Ecuador formally notified the UN Development Programme (UNDP) that it had brought the Yasuní ITT initiative to an end. Subsequently, on 8 October the Trust Fund’s Steering Committee agreed that the Trust Fund would reimburse all contributions received. The Yasuní ITT Trust Fund Steering Committee is responsible for the […]
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. The facility in question is the Union and Hope Clinic in Hacienda Pisuli, north of Quito, the daily El Telegrafo reported. Also held at the clinic, […]
The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, denounced the Unesco general conference of the existence of a world order “unfair” and “immoral” that puts the financial capital to human and benefiting to the rich and penalize the poor. “We need less charity and justice without the privatization of knowledge” in order to give “a major boost […]
euroinvestor.com reported that Ecuador’s state-run company Petroecuador has awarded Brazil’s Construtora Norberto Odebrecht a $370 million contract to build a multipurpose oil pipeline in the Andean country. Petroecuador said Tuesday in a press release that the contract for the 46,500-barrel-a-day Pascuales-Cuenca pipeline was signed Oct. 17. According to the schedule, the project, which includes terminal […]
aviationpros.com reported that Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) and the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDMQ) in Ecuador today formed a new partnership by signing a “Sister Airport” agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today in Quito signifies a commitment for the CDA, operator of O’Hare and Midway International Airports, and MDMQ, […]
Over thirty years ago when I arrived in Guayaquil Ecuador, some of the best fun I ever had was walking the streets of barrios. On Friday afternoons through Sunday it was not uncommon to see men sitting outside their homes with other friends playing a card game I had never heard of Cuarenta (40). There […]
One of the largest tourist attractions in Ecuador are the infamous whales. In over thirty years of studying Ecuador I am always amazed at new discoveries one can experience in this emerald of a country. Between Guayaquil and Playas there is a small fishing village called Puerto de el Morro. While fishing is the mainstay […]
globalvoicesonline.org reported…In a corner of Ecuador in Patután, Cotopaxi [en], the people are connected to the world thanks to a blog: #ruraleando. It’s likely that the patients who visit this parish’s Health Clinic have no idea that each day at the end of her shift, Denisse Calle (@niches13) publishes, without fear or self-censorship, the problems […]
Washingtonpost.com (blogs) reported – Buried several hundred pages into a new World Economic Forum report on global tourism, past the sections on air travel infrastructure and physician density (by which they mean the number of physicians per capita, not the mass-per-cubic-meter of individual doctors), are some very interesting numbers. The WEF has compiled survey data […]
Elcomercio.com reported that More than 400 Ecuadorean police officers have been detained and investigated for suspected criminal activity IN 2013, as the government attempts to reform chronically corrupt law enforcement. IF YOU ARE THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR READ THIS BOOK The treatment process within the Police PTO. Following the announcement that the agents will […]
eutimes.net reported in Loja province, Southern Ecuador and Peru border, many strange relics have been uncovered. Bones and full skeletons very similar to those of humans but of incredible size. These artifacts have been watched over for many years by several guardians in the beautiful valleys of that Province. By far the most famous and […]
They are in curves. At the bottom of chasms. In hills or sides of the road. His figure is symbolic funeral, but at the same time the memory of a tragedy that could have been avoided. Made stake or cement, with or without names, crosses planted along country roads account for a daily reality: every […]
Eluniverso.com reported that 1.5 ton of drugs found last Wednesday in the seaport of Guayaquil was bound for Belgium, Europe, as General William Balarezo, commander of Metropolitan Police District. The officer explained that the alkaloid was discovered in a container filled with pineapple and were considering other containing bananas. “And this will give us the […]
eltiempo.com.ec reported that the company Arcgold of Ecuador, which is the promoter of the construction of McDonald’s, must plant 1,000 trees of an average height of two meters, within three months, in public spaces such as Paseo Tres de Noviembre, avenues Twelve April, Ten of August and Federico Proaño. In addition, you must replant two […]
TAME Ecuador AIRLINE to Start Guayaquil – New York JFK Service from late-November 2013 TAME Ecuador from 22NOV13 is beginning service to the United States, with 6 weekly flights Guayaquil – New York JFK operation on board Airbus A330 aircraft, in all-Economy Class configuration. From 13DEC13, the airline will add 7th weekly flights for this […]
Belarus and Ecuador will consider lifting visa requirements for owners of regular passports. The idea was discussed during talks between President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Ecuador President Rafael Correa Delgado in Minsk on 31 October, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. Members of the Ecuadorian delegation voiced concrete proposals to expand […]
Wikipedia.org – The foreign policy of Rafael Correa is the policy initiatives towards other states by the current President of Ecuador, as differed to past, or future, Ecuadorian foreign policy. Correa’s foreign policy is somewhat similar to that of the other leaders of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) such as Hugo Chavez and […]
Russia plans to invest up to $1.5 billion into new domestic energy projects in Ecuador, making the South American country a key partner in the region, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in Moscow. The two countries have several ongoing energy projects, including state-owned Gazprom’s alliance with Ecuador’s state-run […]
Eluniverso.com reported that a bus transport cooperative El Dorado this morning crashed into a trailer in Ambato-Guaranda, causing the death of a 1 year old, and injured 34 people. According to reports from the National Police, the accident left a toll of 34 people injured, most of them were taken to hospital Alfredo Noboa Montenegro […]
aljazeera.com reported….the secrecy surrounding a friendly settlement in a case that Ecuador brought against Colombia in the International Court of Justice for damage caused by anti-drug spraying along the border has further angered those affected by the fumigation. Ecuador dropped the lawsuit filed in 2008 in The Hague-based Court, as a result of the agreement […]
hoy.com.ec reported that the Ecuadorian courts sentenced to one year in prison for an evangelical pastor who organized anti-Catholic marches in religious imagery destroyed along with most loyal in the country, according to a judicial source. The Eleventh Court of Criminal of Ecuador on Tuesday issued its first conviction for the crime of hatred against […]
Insightcrime.org reported that a top official from Ecuador has publicaly acknowledged the presence of transnational criminal groups from Colombia and Mexico, but insisted the country is only used to transit drugs, despite evidence of grrowing drug production. Speaking during an interview on ECTV (see video below), Vice-minister for Internal Security Javier Cordova named Colombia’s Rastrojos […]
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ECUADOR TO LIVE IN, THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOUR RESEARCH Mobile phone companies operating on the Ecuadorian market reached 17.38 million active lines at end-September, according to data by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel). Of these, around 80.69 percent or over 14 million are prepay lines. Movistar had over 5 million […]
ELUNIVERSO.COM reported that a young college student is in a clinic and his condition is serious, his family reported. She was shot in the stomach by an antisocial who stole their belongings. The victim’s father said his daughter, 20-year-old remains in the intensive care ward in a clinic that is located in the north of […]
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Eluniverso.com Logs, trash, branches and dead animals in mud houses were in cdla. Jardines del Rio in Ucubamba, Cuenca, after the heavy rain last Wednesday provoked the overflow of the creek Molinopamba. At the closing of the house of Alicia Gutierrez a dark stripe, 60 cm above the floor, revealing where the water came up. […]
october 25, 26, 27th – From 6:00 to 9:00 are announced power cuts in several areas of Manta from today until Sunday. These restrictions are made to meet a scheduled maintenance of the electrical system, as announced by the National Power Corporation (CNEL), Manabi delegation, through a statement. The cuts will now av. November 4, […]
Two policemen on active duty, involved in the assassination of swells of Barcelona of Guayaquil, George Michael Murillo, which occurred on November 4, 2012, voluntarily surrendered, after being included in the process researching the prosecution. 32 Judge of Criminal Guarantees Guayas Province in Duran (east of Guayaquil), Ricardo Arias, issued the remand order against Joseph […]
Ecuador is the Latin American country most advanced in higher education according to the Global Competitiveness Index, a study by the World Economic Forum. Ecuador rose 20 positions according to the Global Competitiveness Index System as education, quality academy management, internet access in schools, availability of research and training services. In the Innovation Index, which […]
Police in Ecuador have broken most Wednesday to drug gang and hit men operating in the Ecuadorian coast. The criminal faction, in addition to controlling drug trafficking in Guayaquil, maintained important links with international cartels like Sinaloa Mexican or Colombian of stubble. It is, as pointed Andes news agency, the most significant blow to organized […]
eluniverso.com reported that a major fire occurred yesterday afternoon in the center of Esmeraldas, on the block bounded by the Bolivar streets, Mejia, Sucre and Manuela Cañizares. According to the Fire Department and the Risk Management Unit and Climate Change in this city, there were eight houses that were destroyed. The flames appeared at 13:45, […]
eluniverso.com reported that With white aprons hanging on the gate and black ties, yesterday joined the hospital doctors rejection Baca Ortiz Penal Code. In posters, patients read: “For 15 years I taught studio to kill, we are human beings, not gods, we are not criminals.” Doctors in the province resign en masse in all hospitals […]
HRW.ORG wrote – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa should end the use of criminal defamation laws to target his critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The prosecution and convictions of the opposition legislator José Cléver Jiménez Cabrera and two union members for slandering the president violates their right to freedom of expression under international human rights […]
In the “FlowersExpo’ 2013” conducted in Moscow from the 9th to the 11th of September, Ecuador won the affection of Russian buyers for the excellent quality of its flowers. The show was diverse and exceptionally beautiful, which certainly highlighted the participation of Ecuadorian producers in this international fair. Six awards were granted to Ecuador: “BellaRosa” […]
LAHORA.COM.EC REPORTED….One company has found a virus that is affecting Facebook users Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. The company Eset, focusing on software and information security, Win32/Napolar detected, which is a new type botnet malware designed to perform denial of service attacks (DoS) attacks and steal information from infected systems. Read Article An Indispensable Guide to […]
LAHORA.COM.EC REPORTED The data yields the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) paint a less worrisome as: Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in the country, with 35.4%, followed by skin cancer, with 32 %. Interestingly, the figures rise Quito: eight out of 100 women between 25 and 64 die from it, according to […]
Vehicle traffic recorded on the current site is one of the motivations for the study. Loja, lahora.com.ec Although Swan Queen Bus Terminal is located in a strategic place, where converging pathways leading to the Coast to Cuenca and Zamora, begin to prioritize other factors pointing to relocation. In the arena, located in the vicinity of […]
lahora.com.ec reported that earlty Sunday a 19 year old was murdered a a nightclub at Calama and Veintemilla in north Quito. The youth entered the nightclub at about 1:00 am asking for help. According to witnesses a brown skin man came entered the club and fired 21 shots at the victim. Upon leaving the scene […]
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The neighbors were alarmed to hear the desperate screams coming from a house. They were those of a woman who tried to stop a group of strangers will take to force her husband. He failed. This new case of kidnapping took place last Friday in a neighborhood of Atacames, south of the province of Esmeraldas. […]
elcomercio.com reported that at least five groups living in voluntary isolation in the Amazon have been identified by different anthropologists. So says a report by a group that brings together 14 anthropologists in the country. They point out that Taromenane and tagaeri are not the only family living without much contact. Kati Alvarez, who studies […]
60 injured in rodeo Jujan Saturday afternoon at 1:15, during a rodeo celebration in Jujan, sixty people were injured when the rodeo bleachers collapsed. Children were among the injured. Victims were transported to medical facilities in Babahoyo. Initial reports reveal that there were at least 1000 people packed into a stadium that has a capacity […]
The Economist.com reported …..Our article prompted an extraordinary response from Mr Correa. On October 5th he accused us of “barefaced lies” and of acting on behalf of Chevron, which he said “has financed campaigns in The Economist”. “None of this is coincidental, it’s the empire of capital,” he explained, adding: “The whole of humanity should […]
Joaquin Jose Loayza Navarrete TERRIBLE CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH – Opinion The following opinion is from a Facebook forum Ecuador Translated by Google A friend from time to time began to feel severe pain up to the right , took her to a gynecologist known to have an office in one of the most famous […]
Loja, October 10 (Andes).- Starting this October 22nd, a new air route will link the cities of Loja (Andean South) and Latacunga (Andean Center), within the trend to increase flight to destinations other than the two main cities of Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil), which makes domestic tourism more pleasant. Flight routes between Loja and Latacunga […]
An American expatriate was ripped off of valuables on a flight to Quito Ecuador on October 10, 2013 SUBMITTED BY U.S. EXPAT RESIDING IN QUITO ECUADOR 1.The passenger changed planes in Lima Peru and boarded flight 2588 after flying overnight from Los Angeles in route to Quito, Ecuador. 2. Flight was delayed and idled on […]
Donal Murray Sr. – Agents and Developers here in Ecuador are constantly urging prospective buyers to “act now” before the prices go up or the land is all gone or the currency collapses or the zombie invasion takes over. The truth is that becoming “engaged” to Ecuador for a year or two is the safest […]
hoy.com.ec reported that the World Monuments Watch list 2014-2016, paper prepared by the international organization World Monuments Fund, brought innovations: the Museo Remigio Crespo Toral from Cuenca is listed as one of the world’s endangered monuments. “Contrary to what it seems, this is a positive statement,” said Ramiro Endara, Foundation director and spokesman Ecuador keep […]
presstv.ir reported that Ecuadoran foreign minister has announced his government’s plan to take legal action in an international tribunal against Britain for denying Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, safe passage to Ecuador. Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino declared on Tuesday that Ecuador is considering to sue London in the International Criminal Court at The Hague for its […]
Andes.info.ec reported that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, alerted citizens to be aware of new forms of destabilization and coups against progressive governments of Latin America. “All attempted coups in 21st century Latin America have been against progressive governments, left wing governments. We must be alert in light of new forms of destabilization and coups underway […]
The following information was submitted from an expatriate residing in Vilcabamba Ecuador. This particular case has not been confirmed it is still wise advice to remember to follow all immigration rules. One question many visiting Ecuador often ask is – What happens if you overstay your visa? The prudent answer to this is – don’t […]
hoy.com.ec reported the following information: 1. Ecuador has 122,301 teenage mothers. 2. Working women earn 17 percent less than men. 3.87.1 percent of mothers are heads of households. 4. 33 percent of mothers are self employed. 5. 27.2 percnet of mothers are employed in the private sector. 6. 13 percent of mothers are employed by […]
LAHORA.COM.EC REPORTED Using one of these bills ($100) in Quito, however, is something that many people prefer to avoid, not the possible falsification, but by the difficulties they have to change. Not even major banks accept paper money of that designation. “We changed only if you have an account checking or savings account,” confirmed a […]
Reported from promedmail.org – American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is an important cause of heart disease, megaesophagus, and megacolon among people in Mexico, Central and South America. Many mammals can be infected with the parasite that causes this disease; however, among animals, clinical cases have been reported mainly in dogs. Chagas disease is transmitted by the […]
fundamedios.org reported that a Journalist Threatened is after publishing an article on insurances of public enterprises – Journalist Juan Carlos Calderón received Death Threats and warnings after publishing an investigative report on Alleged mismanagement of reinsurance plans of public enterprises on the new digital magazine, Plan V. That Told Fundamedios Calderon on September 26 I […]
lahora.com.ec reported that Ecuador police arrested thirty Colombians and eight Ecuadorians suspected loan sharks form a network, said Interior Minister Jose Serrano. In an operation conducted in the port of Guayaquil (southwest), the authorities dismantled the first international band dedicated to illegal money lending in Ecuador, Serrano said on his Twitter account. Read Article If […]
lahora.com.ec reported that an anonymous receipted in Canton Rumiñahui Judicial Police led officers to a house located in the area of Selva Alegre. The raid was related to an alleged case of usury, which apparently were the victims inhabitants of the valley of Los Chillos. Last night, the agents entered the luxurious town house to […]
prayda.ru reported – Ecuador’s Correa compares America to Nazi Germany. Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa responded to Obama’s speech about exceptionalism of the United States. Correa compared Obama’s behavior with that of Nazis “before and after the Second World War,” Daily Caller said. “Doesn’t it remind you of the rhetoric of Nazis, who positioned themselves as […]
Eluniverso.com reported that Ecuador will stay another year in the list of non-cooperative countries in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, due to the lengthy approval process Comprehensive Organic Penal Code (COIP), which includes these figures toughen penalties for such offenses. This was stated by the Attorney General, Diego Garcia, who said that […]
Reported by abritinecuador.com….Two boys around 14 years of age approached me on Avenida 24 de Mayo today shoving Justin Beiber (!) posters in my face, and demanding 50 cents each for them. I immediately backed away as Uriel, the Colombian builder who fixed the roof of the house this week, experienced a similar thing last […]
elnorte.ec reported that so far in 2013, customs agents have seized $120,000 woth of unregistered cellphones at the Ecuador and Colombia border. 1. Cellphones had no documentation. 2. 50 percent of the seizures took place at the Rumichaca International Bridge. 3. Other unregistered cellphones entered through illegal passages along the border. 4. Calle Larga, Cerro […]
Source: Elcomercio.com – Third Quarter of 2013 Armed Forces seized the following explosives and other illicit materials: 1. 246,321 pieces of ammunition. 2. 19,576 dynamite sticks. 3. 458 kilos of illicit drugs. 4. Destroyed 826,952 poppy plants. 5. Seized 14 dredges for illegal mining. 6. 57,883 gallons of fuel (diesel and petrol) 7. 3332 LP […]
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE FROM GAS CYLINDER The early hours of Sunday October 6, in the parish of Sinincay Carmen, located 20 minutes from Cuenca, there was a family poisoning by carbon monoxide inhalation. According to residents of the area, the family consists of four people. One of them, a girl of 13 years, died from this. […]
Now you can access the official tourist guide of Quito from your smart phone or tablet. The Municipality of Quito, through Quito Tourism has launched an application that helps visitors to better know this fascinating city in the Middle of the World also known as the city that touches the sky. This application will be […]
According to Eluniverso.com an operation that took place yesterday for several hours from 19:00 until dawn yesterday led to the arrest of two people and the seizure of three tons of drugs, Velasco Ibarra sector, the province of Santa Elena. A squad of police arrived and raided a house suspected to be a warehouse for […]