Lawmakers in Ecuador on Thursday authorized the extraction of oil from Yasuni National Park, a pristine Amazon reserve. After a 10-hour debate, a loyalist congress approved President Rafael Correa’s plan by a 108 to 25 margin, with four legislators absent. Correa in August announced that he was abandoning a unique plan to persuade rich countries to pay Ecuador not to drill in the Yasuni, saying wealthy nations had failed to pledge enough money. Read Article
hoy.com.ec reported that a bus early today from the Transportation Cooperative Express Quote covering the route turned Ibarra-Riobamba in Canton Salcedo. Four people were killed and at least a dozen injured there. The accident occurred in the area of Chipualo, in the section between the cantons Salcedo and Ambato. The injured were taken to hospitals […]
elmercurio.com.ec reported that since last Tuesday you can buy anti-flu and anti-inflammatory again without the need to present a prescription in pharmacies nationwide. The Ministry of Public Health (MPH) lifted the restriction. Marco Freire, Zonal Health Coordinator, said the measure was taken because there was a decrease in acute respiratory diseases. According to a statement […]
A BOOK THAT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE MOVING TO OR LIVING IN ECUADOR advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org reported that Social network users in Ecuador could risk prosecution for crimes of libel and slander under criminal law reforms that will be brought before to the National Assembly in the coming days. Authored by Alexis Mera, the legal presidential […]
PSI(Public Services International) has sent a letter of protest to the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, calling him to urgently suspend the application of Decree 813 and informing him once again about our willingness to engage in social dialogue in order to strengthen public services and political democracy, economic and social development […]
The Spanish company Indra moved to Ecuador a system of radars and air traffic control equipment totaling $ 30 million, the company said today in a statement. These are five radars that will expand airspace control from 30% to 90% thanks to its advanced technology, he added. The new radars, MSSR Mode S, have been […]
Military wounded during attack on the northern border Yesterday afternoon, there was an attack on a helicopter of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE), on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. A soldier was injured during the incident. According to an official statement, which referred to newspaper El Comercio, the fact was in the village of […]
POSSIBLE SHORTAGES OF RICE IN THE FUTURE / RED ALERT Expreso.ec reported that water is becoming scarce in the coastal areas of the country. The seals begin to ration irrigation fluid to the plots. Rice shortage foreseen Never happened before in America Lomas, Fig Tree, The Matte and San Jacinto. For the farmers of these […]
The Armed Forces of Ecuador seized about 9,000 rounds 5.56 from Peru and apparently were intended for Colombia’s illegal groups, military spokesmen said Wednesday. Part of ammunition found on Tuesday in a raid on the seaside town of Huaquillas (southwest and bordering Peru), were within drums, told reporters the officer Marcelo Montalvo, a member of […]
Expreso.ec reported that in the first eight months of 2013, Interpol finalized 11 extraditions Quito, of which 6 were passive, ie, the Ecuadorian State the order executed by other affiliated countries. The extradition process is long and complex. The director of the entity, Carlos Sandoval Friendly Chiriboga, notes that this process can take up to […]
expreso.ec reported that the lack of resources would be the main reason Vozandes hospital closure in the parish Shell, Pastaza Province. Since yesterday started attending as day clinic outpatient, image lab and ophthalmology. While up on Monday worked inpatient services, and emergency surgery. The day clinic is only until December 31. From that date definitively […]
bbc.co.uk reported that a judge has ordered the arrest of three army and police officers in Ecuador’s first trial involving alleged crimes against humanity. They are part of a group of 10 former senior officers accused of abducting and torturing members of an illegal opposition group in 1985. Judge Lucy Blacio ordered that six other […]
lahora.com.ec reported….The attacks of alleged members of the so-called hooligans have been recorded not only inside the stadium, but also outside. Several studies in our country these events first appeared in the country in the 80s, in Guayaquil, when Emelec and Barcelona swollen starred serious clashes. According to records, between 2007 and 2013, five people […]
Eluniverso.com reported Forces, yesterday morning was the military ceremony of change of command, in which Brigadier General Edison Narvaez Rosero, who ran the command of the 4th Division Amazon was appointed commander of the Operational Group 1 Norte. Narvaez, unlike his predecessor, Gen. Fernando Proaño, who ran the detachments of the provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi, […]
Ecuador is seeking to increase exports to the United Kingdom with the active participation of its commercial office in London. There is a high demand for fair trade, organic, sustainable production labelled products but there is also a strong entry for chocolate, snacks and dried fruit. Juan Diego Stacey, head of Ecuador’s Commercial Office in […]
Pay-TV in Ecuador reached 850 thousand subscribers in July of this year, according to the last report of the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel). It grew by 5.43% in relation to the first quarter. “Penetration of the service has grown continuously, moving from 5.8& in the year 2003 to 20.64% currently”, reported Supertel. The biggest growth […]
New Law Proposed by Correa to dampen capital markets, not permitting bond offerings backed by future sales Kentucy Fried-chicken sales are not enough to back bonds in Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s local debt market. bdlive.co.za reported that Mr Correa is proposing legislation that would prohibit the sales of securitised debt if the bond is not […]
Eluniverso.com reported that the driver Armando S. reported that he was assaulted by a guy he picked up in the streets and Gómez Rendón Chimborazo, in the center of Guayaquil, and asked him to take him to the coop. According to the victim, the passenger displayed a knife and threatened to kill the driver unless […]
infolatam.com reported the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa , said Monday that is still the possibility of an attempt on his life, to commemorate the three years of a police rebellion denounced by the government as an attempted coup and assassination. Ecuadorian President called for a new boycott against private newspapers headlines emphasize not the […]
softpedia.com rpoerted that Hackers from Ecuador have breached and defaced the official website of the government of the province of Azuay (azuay.gob.ec). The hacktivists are protesting against the killing of Andean condors, a protected species in Ecuador. On the defaced page, the hackers have published a picture of a man holding a dead condor, along […]
Electronic Voting Project The first 40 machines to meet electronically reached the province of Santo Domingo . They are used in elections next February sectional, within a pilot plan that includes also the province of Azuay . Delegates of the National Electoral Council (CNE) teams showed this morning September 30 and simulated a vote. Machines […]
FT.com reported that in recent years Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, has quietly emerged as one of the most popular expatriate communities in all of Latin America. Set on the banks of the Tomebamba River in Ecuador’s southern highlands, the city is a 45-minute flight from the capital, Quito. Cuenca’s moderate costs and mild temperatures have […]
odysseymedicagroup.com reported that Tourism Investment Project In Prime Heritage Real Estate In The Historic Center Of Quito, Ecuador Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is implementing several projects with high economic impact developed by the Municipality of the city, such as the new airport Mariscal Sucre, Quito’s Metro, the New Convention Center, Industrial Parks as well […]
Ecuavisa.com reported that 476 pounds of meat and 44 pounds paiche alligator meat were seized by the Ministry of Environment on 24 September. This after one of the control and surveillance operations that are performed permanently in the Yasuni National Park. After several complaints from the public about illegal execution within the protected area, the […]
Ecuavisa.com reported…”Thanks to the Communications Act, the Ministry of Health has the capacity to ban advertising of food injurious to health,” President Rafael Correa said during his radio 341, where he talked about some of the health policies that the Government is carried out for the welfare of citizens. Correa also referred to various health […]
ecuavisa.com reported that the ministers of Colombia, Juan Carlos Pinzon, and Ecuador, Homer Arellano , with defense officials, security and military, yesterday visited the border area to contain growing coca (the raw material for cocaine) and determine the action to follow. The heads walked a stretch of 10 kilometers from the Colombian side, where aerial […]
timesca.com reported that Kazakhstan and Ecuador have established a 30-day visa-free travel for the citizens of both states, KAZINFORM reported. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Erlan Idrissov with his Ecuadorian counterpart, the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan reports. The signing of the document has […]
On February 20, 2013, Glenn Sanderse a Canadian real estate agent, was found murdered in Vilcabamba Ecuador. When his body was discovered, he apparently had been deceased for several days. Authorities indicated that his throat was slashed and he had been beaten. Mr. Sanderse was the owner of realestate.com.ec, espacios ecuador, and casabonita realty. Mr […]
TRADINGECONOMICS.COM REPORTED THAT The Personal Income Tax Rate in Ecuador was 35 percent for 2013. Ecuador Personal Income Tax Rate averaged 31 percent from 2004 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 35 percent in January of 2013 and a record low of 25 percent in January of 2004. In Ecuador, the Personal Income […]
globalpost.com reported that Ecuador and Colombia summoned senior security officials Thursday for a meeting on how to fight crime along their dense jungle border. The two-day session begins in the southern Colombian city of Cali. On Friday officials will travel to an area of the 700-kilometer (420 mile) frontier where coca plantations have been detected […]
Undercurrentnews.com reported that Shrimp prices from Ecuador are up over 70% year-on-year, with prices for headless product for the US and head-on for Europe rocketing. “It’s about who has the shrimp, they set the rules,” one European source told Undercurrent News. At the moment, with early mortality syndrome (EMS) decimating production in Thailand, China and […]
The following information is culled from a post by an expatriate from expatexchange.com/ This was an experience as described an expat family had with an Ecuadorian landlord. The property was recommended by another expat. Area: Cuenca 1. Renter found house from another expats recommendation. 2. The expat made glowing comments about the property and the […]
Soaps money savers, men tied powder, ointments and herbs to cure diseases, are part of the 1,073 products seized by the City Police in an operation in the Plaza San Francisco, in the city center. During a tour made at the weekend by the square posts, staff of the Administration, Police and Health Commissioner, verified […]
lahora.com.ec reported Judicial Police agents, along with a delegate of the Attorney arrived last night, outside the church Christ the Priest, Motupe district, located north of the city to arrest the pastor, who weighs a complaint for an alleged indecent assault against a teenager. The committee waited for the end of the Mass the priest […]
Moving to Ecuador? This book will provide you insight into safety and security issues. Judicial Police Personnel Zone 8, conducted an operation local control buy, sell and repair phones in Samborondón, where allegedly marketed objects and goods of dubious origin. The police action was carried out in the streets Malecón, between Sucre and Calixto Romero, […]
Some 800 police were summoned Tuesday Regiment Quito for medical expertise in order to verify whether they were plastic surgeries that might have changed his features that prevent participants from recognizing them as the revolt of September 30, 2010. So police confirmed several calls that came in the course of this day, some annoying, some […]
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According to a report of the National Secretariat for Risk Management, from 7 to 22 September have been recorded in the country 254 wildfires that have affected so far to 1811.32 hectares. Among the provinces where there have been these facts are Pichincha, Imbabura, Loja, Manabi and El Oro and Cotopaxi. In Azuay during last […]
Extra.ec reported that the fire that took the Metropolitan Park, located in the northeast of Quito, at Simon Bolivar Avenue, which connects the capital with the Cumbayá Valley, was reactivated yesterday morning. Several points were spread over the affected area and firefighters moved with military sites in order to placate them. Until noon, the fire […]
On September 22, 2013, a minor and three men boarded a bus northwest of Guayaquil. The adolescent began to threaten to kill passengers and demanded their wallets, phones, and money to be placed in a suitcase. One of the assailants according to a victim reported that used a knife and groped his daughter. Then the […]
THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS BOOK HAS SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION ON SAFETY AND SECURITY Expat-blog.com: September 13, 1:30 PM a few blocks from Parque Calderon, two gringo friends of mine were both attacked from the rear as they walked on the sidewalk. The husband was knocked to the ground while the two young local teenagers/early […]
Elcomercio.com reported between April and August this year have reported 414 local robberies in the capital. Businesses increase surveillance equipment. Data from the Attorney General’s report that between April and August this year have reported 414 local robberies in the capital. The figure is lower compared to the same period last year (601 complaints). According […]
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced on Saturday that his government plans to hire one thousand Cuban medical specialists at a cost of 30 million dollars annually. According to El Universo newspaper, the President said that the initiative aims at bringing preventive and family medicine to Ecuadorian neighborhoods. Correa underscored the performance of the Cuban health […]
Eluniverso.com reported that according to the AEVD, 52% of direct sellers are married, 18% single, 17% cohabiting, 9% and 4% widowed divorced. The 79% of consultants solves household expenses. A consultant sells an average of $ 250 a month. Clothing, jewelry, natural products, housewares, appliances and cooking utensils are available through a catalog, without having […]
THINKING OF MOVING OR RETIRING TO ECUADOR? THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR RESEARCH thechronicleherald.ca reported….. Anne and John Rapson have come up with a novel way to beat the high cost of retirement in Canada — they’ve moved to Ecuador. The Halifax couple, both musicians who played with Symphony Nova Scotia for years, […]
Prokerala.com reported that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has dropped countervailing duties on imports of shrimp from Ecuador, local media reported. The ITC ruled that the Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industry (COGSI), the complainant, failed to attest that it suffered from cheap imports of frozen shrimp from Ecuador as well as four other nations, […]
An Inside Look into the Intricate Culture of Ecuador indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com reported by David Dudenhoefer Despite protests at home and abroad, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has moved quickly to consolidate support for his decision to drill oil wells in Yasuni National Park, in that country’s portion of the Amazon Basin. Correa announced on August 15 that […]
Elcomercio.com reported that a Cessna 172 aircraft, the airline AeroSangay and registration HC-BGT, is sinister is late Tayuntza community in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago. According to local news sources, the accident happened around 13:00, took the lives of three people, including a girl of 10 months old. All deceased, whose identities have not […]
THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR? THIS IS ONE BOOK YOU SHOULD READ RT.COM Reported that Ecuador’s foreign ministry announced on Friday that the US has seemingly denied visas to a delegation that was set to travel to the UN General Assembly in New York to present their case regarding an ongoing dispute against Chevron-Texaco. According […]
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As part of Luxury Travel Advisor’s ongoing coverage of the 37th Travel Mart Latin America, we sat down Patricio Gaybor, general director of Quito Turismo, who told us Quito is looking to increase its luxury hotel portfolio to keep up with other Latin American destinations that are doing the same. “We are working in that […]
Ecuador’s government will spend $660 million over the next four years to promote tourism to the country and improve tourism-related infrastructure, development and training, said Vinicio Alvarado, the country’s tourism minister. Speaking Thursday at a press briefing at the Travel Mart Latin America conference in the capital city of Quito, Alvarado said Ecuador’s tourism ministry […]
SOLARSERVER – Hunter Technology SL (Huntec, Albacete, Spain) has announced that it will build two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, a 30 MW and a 12 MW, in Ecuador for Solarig Holding SL (Golmayo, Spain). Hunter expects to begin construction in October 2013 and commission the two plants, which will be located at Montecristi in Ecuador’s […]
routesonline.com reported that IBERIA from 27OCT13 is changing operations to Ecuador. Existing Madrid – Quito – Guayaquil – Madrid is being reduced from 7 to 4 weekly, while Madrid – Quito sector will maintain overall 7 weekly operation. Madrid – Quito – Guayaquil – Madrid IB6463 MAD1235 – 1805UIO1925 – 2025GYE 340 x156 IB6464 GYE2145 […]
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Elmercurio.com.ec reported that on Sunday September 15, 2013, police in a routine road check of a cooperativa “Azuay” bus in route from Huaquillas to Cuenca discovered a shipment of 63.40 kilos of liquid cocaine. a raid on Ye Cumbe. The plastic container seized held 180,000 deses of cocaine worth $700,000. Authorities indicated that drug traffickers […]
More than 20,000 poppy plants burned by soldiers in Carchi Plants were camouflaged in bean crops. Authorities reported second time crop of poppy plants have been discovered in Carchi Eluniverso.com reported that a farmer of 48 years was arrested Tuesday morning in the San Joaquin Look Canton, South Carchi because cultivation of beans between two […]
elcomercio.com reported that the president of the Sports Federation of Guayas and sister of President Rafael Correa, Pierina Correa said his Alianza País movement separation is irrevocable. She presented a letter to the national director of the list 35. Pierina Correa said he has not beaten anyone in PAIS. Indicates that she has given everything […]
The teacher unions reflect the Government yesterday asked about the decision to pay pensions to government bonds, as the punishment provided year term and are not appropriate to their needs. Though representing different sectors of the teaching branch, Alfonso Yanez, coordinator of the Retired Teachers of Ecuador, and Adolfo Ramirez, President National Federation of University […]
Theamazonreport.com reported that an international arbitration tribunal issued a partial award in favor of Chevron Corp. ( CVX ) and found the U.S. oil company isn’t liable for collective environmental damage claims in Ecuador. The case stems from a decades-old dispute over environmental contamination in Ecuador allegedly produced by Texaco Inc., a company Chevron bought […]
In tropical areas, the predominant cause of fever has historically been malaria. However by 2011, among febrile patients in northwestern Ecuador, dengue was identified in 42% and malaria in none. This finding suggests a transition in the cause of fever from malaria to other illnesses, such as dengue. Clinical and public health decisions about infectious […]
The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will travel to Cuba on Friday, according to the announcement he made on Monday by way of the Twitter social network. Correa specified that he will visit construction works carried out in eastern Santiago de Cuba province with the cooperation of that South American nation’s group of engineers of […]
For the November 21 are planned to launch the second satellite into space orbit Ecuadorian Krysaor is. This nano satellite includes some technical changes regarding Pegasus. Since Dombarovsky Baikonur in Russia, the second satellite Ecuadorian Krysaor will be launched into space on 21 November. The orbit commissioning constiuye unprecedented in the world, as will the […]
dailyindependentnig.com reported that President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has been urged by Oilwatch International not to permit the extraction of crude oil from Yasuni-ITT in order to protect the region from environmental damage. In a recent correspondent to Correa, the environment watchdog group told the president to stand firm and continue to […]
The Tungurahua volcano in the central Andes of Ecuador, after several weeks of relative quiet, has shown signs in recent days of any new eruptive pulse current, informed the Geophysical Institute (GI) of the Polytechnic National. “The seismic activity shows evidence of possible processes pressurization (pressure buildup) and the mobilization of fluids within the volcanic […]
Elcomerico.comFor the first time in the Cotopaxi International Airport in Latacunga, police seized on Sunday September 15, 2013, 50 kilos of cocaine, according to agents abroad would be valued at U.S. $ 2.525 million. According to preliminary police investigations, the shipment arrived on a trailer from the Quito airport Tababela. The drugs were in a […]
The Ministry of Agriculture announced this morning September 16, 2013 the increase in the support price of a liter of milk (ratio of profits to the producers and the retail price). Thus, the retail price of a liter in case (UHT) is passed from USD 0.75 to .80 to the final consumer. Margoth Hernandez, Undersecretary […]
Elcomercio.com reported that the Heritage Metropolitan Institute (IMP) and the Unit of Public Space Public Company Metropolitan Mobility and Public Works (Epmmop) will work together in the recovery and cleanup of 300 monuments, during the next four months. Paulina Moreno, Special Projects Coordinator Metropolitan Institute of Heritage, said French and Ecuadorian technicians working on the […]
The Association of Relatives and friends of missing persons in Ecuador (Asfadec) plans a new seedling for this month with support from indigenous communities in Cotopaxi , after a seven-year old indigenous girl, missing for three weeks was found dead. The girl disappeared on August 20, inside his home in the south of Quito, along […]
lahora.com.ecOn the seventh floor of the National Assembly, which meets the Biodiversity Committee, there was intense movement last week. The schedule stated that the morning of Wednesday September 11, social organizations began to present their arguments for or against oil exploration in the blocks 31 and 43 of the Yasuní. The expectation was great as […]
lahora.com.ec reported…”More than 1000 people lost their jobs due to the closure of 62 stations across the country,” says Leonardo Alvarado, president of the Federation of Guayas Gas. This measure is the result of the decision of the Agency for Regulation and Control of Hydrocarbon close 62 gas stations, because after technical reviews, such stations […]
Today, September 15, we performed a simulated accident at the airport Mariscal Sucre . Operations at the airport in Tababela were suspended from 09:00. In domestic arrival terminal there was influx of passengers. Staff Airport , firefighters and paramedics worked to stifle the alleged fire and attend to the injured passengers. Read Article Moving to […]
An Ecuadorian boy with a severe facial deformity is due to fly home from New York next week after going under the surgeon’s knife ten times to fix a potentially fatal condition. Ten-year-old Kevin Rosero was brought to the U.S. in January by Blanca’s House, a charity that works to improve access to modern healthcare. […]
The volcano observatory reports a change in activity, which could herald a new eruptive phase in the near future. Starting from yesterday at approximately 17:00 (local time), increased steaming and gas emissions were visible, producing a column reaching about 1 km height. Incandescence in the crater area could be detected at night as well. Previously, […]
Elcomercio.com reported ….That day, police officers and public prosecutors have seized a computer used by a person who identified himself as pharmaceutical chemistry. According to the file held in the digital files of the Judiciary, she would have ordered that “delete or cross out text: Not for Sale”. Which also modify the “expiration dates and […]
For two weeks or more chronic disease patients coming to the clinic in the Batan IESS are hampered by the lack of medicines. A patient suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus pharmacy indicated that no drug mycophenolate mofetil 500 mg to be taken daily. Because of the shortage is forced to buy private medical laboratories. In […]
Operating in the military conducted Angasmayo destroy the bridge that connects Carchi, Ecuador, with Carlosama sector in Colombia, people have thrown stones and fired against the military to prevent this is collapsed. The destruction of illegal steps that authorities agreed bilaterally Colombia and Ecuador in June, began last Tuesday in different areas of the northern […]
Police said yesterday they found three launchers of 66 mm in a house in the parish Malacatos (Loja Province). The weapons, which still investigating its origin and what it was to be used, was found during several operations that were conducted in Loja and in the parish aforesaid, to capture people who allegedly had links […]
Venityfair.com…. in 1972, crude oil began to flow from Texaco’s wells in the area around Lago Agrio (“sour lake”), in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Born that same year, Pablo Fajardo is now the lead attorney in an epic lawsuit&—among the largest environmental suits in history—against Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001. Reporting on an emotional battle […]
Have you thought of living in Ecuador? Read this book bbc.co.uk reported that Some of the striking landscapes of Ecuador’s Galapagos islands can now be explored online on Google Street View. The launch marks the 178th anniversary of the British scientist Charles Darwin’s visit, which inspired his theory of natural selection. The high-definition 360 degrees […]
READ THIS BOOK BEFORE MOVING TO ECUADOR latino.foxnews.com reported Colombia and Ecuador have settled the suit Quito filed five years ago with the International Court of Justice over the effects on Ecuadorian citizens, crops and livestock of Bogota’s aerial fumigations of coca near the two countries’ shared border, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday. […]
The most shocking development in the shrimp countervailing duty case has been the sudden reversal on Ecuador. Initially the Department of Commerce (DOC) found no evidence of Ecuador shrimp subsidies, and therefore in the preliminary ruling set their duty rate to zero (di minimus). In the final ruling in August, the DOC reversed course, and […]
Petroamazonas plans to start next month production at its Block 31, located at Yasuni National Park, the company’s general manager said. Oswaldo Madrid told journalists that production will start with an average of 2,000 bpd from the Apaika and Nenke fields. Peak production for those fields could be about 20,000 bbl. About 70% of the […]
The Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Loja will “declare war” on people who are dedicated to lend money and charge high interest rates, which are known as loan sharks. According to the police report made seven raids in different homes by an injunction issued by the court of Criminal second. Read Article Thinking of Moving […]
dover-express.co.uk reported that MILLONS of pounds worth of cocaine was seized on a banana ship in Dover on Sunday. Officers seized 47 kilos of Class A drug from the cargo vessel at the port. Two men from Ecuador have been charged with attempted importation after the cocaine was found in the hold by the Border […]
Ecuador’s mobile operator Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CNT) has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy 4G LTE network in Ecuador. CNT is deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s LTE solution to provide 4G connectivity to cities of Guayaquil, Cuenca, Machala and Loja, as well as most of the major cities in Ecuador´s Pacific Coast and Southern area. Read Article ONE BOOK […]
On September 10, 2013 El Comercio Noticias reported the case of an organization in Ecuador dedicated to locating the biological parents of individuals who had been illegally adopted as children. Since 2009, Reencuentro has made contact with 12 alleged victims of illegal adoption. According to Prosecutor Tania Moreno, cases of child disappearances in Ecuador often […]
Colombiareports.co reported that the United Nations Refugee Agency will launch a plan to aid child refugees from Colombia who are residing in Ecuador. The regional representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, John Fredrikson, stated over the weekend that he will soon launch a plan to allow easier access to a normal education for […]
UK Border Agency expert Bernard Ley was in Quito from 26 to 30 August to train migratory control staff from the Quito International Airport and the northern border. He then travelled to Guayaquil from 2 to 7 September, where he trained staff from the Guayaquil International airport and other control centres on the coast and […]
French and Ecuadorian archaeologists discovered in Ecuador’s Pastaza province the nearly 3,000-year-old remains of what appears to be the oldest home in the Amazon region, the project chief told Efe.”We found postholes and stoves and a few vestiges of ceramics and stones,” Stephen Rostain said. Read Article Moving to Ecuador? Read this book first
Yasuni-Itt: Oilwatch Writes Ecuador President, Raises Ecological Issues A coalition of Oilwatch groups around the world have expressed shock by the August 15, announcement by President Rafael Correa of Ecuador that he will permit crude oil extraction in the Yasuni-ITT. In a letter dated September 6, to Correa that was wired to AkanimoReports on Sunday […]
US buyers are holding off on orders from Ecuador, waiting to see if the International Trade Commission (ITC) confirms the proposed countervailing duty (CVD) levels, sources told Undercurrent News. Buyers are, for the most part, buying what they need and waiting to see what happens on Sept. 19, when the ITC will vote if they […]
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rijock.blogspot.com reported that The United States Secret Service, which has jurisdiction over counterfeit American currency, has warned that state-of-the-art bogus one hundred dollar bills, and Euros, are being made in Peru by skillful criminal craftsmen. The figure officially quoted is $103m, in Peruvian-made counterfeits, that have been seized in the past ten years. Though the […]
DON NADIE RECOMMENDS IF YOU ARE GOING TO ECUADOR, TO READ THIS BOOK FIRST Eluniverso.com reported that Ecuador considers the Colombian FARC guerrillas the main threat to their security, said a senior army commander said Friday. “The main threats that we carry are the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which are affecting the northern border […]
President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said today that his government has invested $ 434 million in the construction of roads and provides another 128 million in the sector until 2014. That means they are more than three thousand dollars per person in the Amazon, Correa said in his usual radiotelevisado sabatino program where management accountable […]
Tradingeconomics.com reported that unemployment Rate in Ecuador increased to 4.89 percent in the second quarter of 2013 from 4.64 percent in the first quarter of 2013. Ecuador’s unemployment rate averaged 9.20 Percent from 2003 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 12.05 Percent in April of 2004 and a record low of 4.63 Percent […]