Is There Democracy in Ecuador – video

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Quito Ecuador: State of Emergency with continuing fires

In less than a week there were 63 new forest fires of 2054 that have occurred since June 1 in Quito, which led yesterday to city authorities to declare a state of emergency in the city operating. Yesterday, noon, the fire occurred in the Bosque Protector La Mena 2, in the south of Quito. Firefighters […]

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Ecuador: cellphones going to ten digits September 30, 2012

The National Telecommunications Secretariat (Senatel) introduced today a part of the National Numbering Plan, through which a new digit increase in cellular telephony. This is the number 9, which users placed after the zero. Thus be 10 digits that the user will have to remember to make a call. ECUADOR REAL ESTATE – EITHER BUY […]

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Quito Ecuador: alleged child pornographer used Facebook to communicate with 13 year old victim

Elcomercio.com reported that officers investigated for alleged child pornography. The suspect was arrested by uniformed the Homicide Unit of the Judicial Police and the Intervention and Rescue Group (GIR), at 18:00 on Tuesday, in a building north of Quito. The Police said the investigation was conducted after the mother of a 13 year old to […]

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Manabi Ecuador: another drug shipment of cocaine abandoned on coast

In the enclave of Punta Blanca marine Jaramijó canton in northwestern Manta, Manabi a Chevrolet was abandoned in 1970. It happened at 21:30 on Thursday. In the automotive wooden bucket were two bags inside which there were 100 brick-shaped packages. A joint operation between the police and members of the Navy allowed to discover the […]

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United Nations report on sex trafficking in Ecuador

Human trafficking, nationally, almost always accompanied by sexual exploitation. So says the study entitled ‘The state of human trafficking in Ecuador’. This was done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). On page 45 of the document states that “the smuggling of easy sex” relates to slavery. “In Ecuador, the places of […]

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Esmeraldas Ecuador: refinery chemical leak

According to lahora.com.ec, …..With masks over their nose and mouth, hundreds of workers of different contractors of the Korean company SK evacuated facilities Esmeraldas refinery, before a possible leak of a strong chemical. The event took place from 16:30 on Thursday, half an hour before the usual time of departure of the work. One of […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: Bus assailant beaten up by passengers, arrested

According to Eluniverso.com, passengers of a bus line 110 beat a guy who minutes earlier, along with another individual, had threatened and beaten with a gun to remove their belongings.The man, identified as Alejandro Humberto Ascencio Head, and his companion jumped on the bus when traveling on the streets Santa Monica and July 25, at […]

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Ecuador: Interview with Larry Birns, Director of Council on Hemispheric Affairs

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Crime in Cuenca Ecuador

According to tuseguridad.ec, there are three areas of Cuenca, Ecuador where murder offenses, illegal drug sales, and robberies are prevalent, and demonstrate the insecurity of the city. The areas identified are Cayambe, La Merced, and the bus terminal. Cayambe – Between February and June there have been six murders. These offenses involved drug sales and […]

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Ecuador: visits to Inca archaeological site Ingapirca up 11 percent, 29 percent foreign tourists

Andes.info.ec reported that visits to the Archaeological Complex of Ingapirca, southern Ecuador, were up 11% compared to tourist arrivals recorded in the first half of 2011. From 39,971 tourists visiting the place, 71% is domestic tourism and 29% abroad, the Ministry of Tourism. Major visitors come from Cuenca Ecuador (27%), Guayaquil (18%) and Quito (12%), […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: 22 homicides to date in 2012

So far this year, in the canton of Cuenca has recorded 22 violent deaths caused public shock and not yet clarified by the entities in charge of investigations. The governor of Azuay, Police and statistics ECU-911 handles the claim that the main ingredient to make them all violence is the liquor, so suggest urgently intervene […]

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Fires continue to rage in Puembo Quito Ecuador

It marks the sixth day and the flames in Puembo not let up. In addition, the police captured the alleged arsonists Ilaló. Walking through the gorge in Puembo The Guambi feels hot as hell. The passage of fire in the five-day fire has focused on pastures and walking can feel like the heat penetrates through […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: average of four businesses robbed/assaulted a day

Tuseguridad.ec reported that assault / robbery premises is an offense that increases in Guayaquil, only fourteen days attached to the Office of Guayas Judicial Police received 56 complaints of this type, which means that daily recorded four steals in the City. From January 1 to August 12 of this year 486 illegal occurred while until […]

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Ecuador: Suspect in murder of Gloria Daniela Lopez Lema from United States, captured

Telegrafo.com.ec reported that Dina Lema Villalba, age 57, and on the list of most wanted from the province of Tungurahua, was captured on Spetember 4, 2012, in Quito, Ecuador. Dina Lema Villalba, according to authorities is believed to have participated in the murder of her niece Gloria Daniele Lopez Lema, and Ecuadorian national residing in […]

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Ambato Ecuador: bystander killed in attempted assault on bank customer

Elcomecio.com reported that At 10:00 today, six people on motorcycles took part in a failed assault on one of the customers who came to a bank operating in Ambato. Police Commander Tungurahua (e), Mario Robalino, reported that an employee of a local cooperative attended the entity with the idea of withdrawing money, but ultimately did […]

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Ecuador: complaints by tourists of gold jewelry scams in Chordeleg

Video report from Sol Television states there have been recent complaints by tourists of selling fake gold in jewelry in Chordoleg Ecuador. The report does not name the establishments accused of such actions. Complaints were made at city hall.

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Ecuador: WHO states some drinking water supplies near oil sites significant hydrocarbon levels

Eluniverso.com reported in Ecuador the drinking water of some villages near oil extraction plant contains petroleum hydrocarbon levels 288 times the accepted standards of the European Union today denounced the United Nations Program for Environment (UNEP) and the World World Health Organization (WHO). “The rational use of chemicals can reduce the huge financial implications and […]

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Ecuador: import quotas hit four sectors of economy

Elcomercio.com reported that decreased job, falling sales and higher prices are some of the effects that have tended to import restrictions, established about three months ago. On June 15 became effective resolutions 66 and 67 of the Committee of Foreign Trade (Comex), establishing quotas, in volume and dollars, for the purchase of vehicles and cell […]

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Indigenous movement to march against insecurity in Cotopaxi

Lahora.com.ec reported that with white flags, this September 14 Indigenous and Campesino Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) held a march for security. Mario Alomoto, MICC president, said in Cotopaxi have been stolen over 2,000 sheep and each is valued at $ 120. Read Article

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Guayaquil Ecuador: nearly half ton of cocaine seiezed in ship ready to sail to Belgium

Lahora.com.ec reported that Guayas Counternarcotics Police foiled Friday night August 31 sending 434,689 kilos of cocaine that was headed for the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The discovery was made in the container stands CAXU 6194144, DAVIDE SA company, which was ready to sail from the seaport. The drug was found hidden in 77 iron pipes […]

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Ecuador: Numbers of informal merchants increases to about 2000 in city’s center

According to lahora.com.ec, the presence of street vendors in the city of Loja parties increased during August and September. Although the ordinance that prohibits this activity in the center of the city, merchants do not respect. Victor Illescas, Commissioner of Health of the Municipality of Loja, says the informal lojanos not, but from other provinces […]

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Ecuador, shortage of specialists in public hospitals

The lack of specialists in public hospitals in the country is not resolved, while the risk remains that doctors give up their seats for the eight-hour workday. Nine professionals already decided to retire this level of Hospital Baca Ortiz and three Enrique Garcés Hospital in Quito, for example. According to the College of Physicians, will […]

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Quito rural areas near new airport, fire alerts

Lahora.com.ec reported the fire was unstoppable in Puembo. It details the hectares but Indaves affected farm. Furthermore, Nuns Madrigal, flames risked a residential complex. Two fires that persisted for several days kept busy members of the Fire Department of Quito. The first began on Saturday Puembo sector and until yesterday had consumed several acres of […]

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Ecuador: Governor of Azuay calls for increased drug prevention among youth

Elcomercio.com reported that the governor of Azuay, Humberto Cordero, was surprised by the actions of certain groups of young people with alcohol and excess consumption of some drugs in the wake of the murder of Juan Antonio Serrano, brother of the Minister of Interior. Speaking to ECUADORADIO, intensely concerned Cordero said this and also the […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: six reported kidnap express assaults over Friday and Saturd

Elcomercio.com reported that the assaults in the form of non-stop express kidnapping. This Monday Prosecutor attached to the Guayas Judicial Police in the north of Guayaquil, there were three complaints from victims of assaults in taxis. R. Leyva reported that this morning, at about 09:00, when addressing a cab Chevrolet Aveo gray friend, the driver […]

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Ambato Ecuador: woman drugged after making withdrawal from bank

According to Eluniverso.com, Ana Chango cashed a check for five thousand dollars in Banco del Austro, located in the center of this city (Ambato), never imagined that she would risk walking less than a block to go and deposit the money in the agency of the Bank of Guayaquil. Police said two women unknown Chango […]

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Ecuador: tourist was victim of kidnap express leaving Guayaquil airport

ElUnviverso.com reported that on August 21, 2012, a tourist from El Salvador arrived at the airport José Joaquín de Olmedo. Two suspects in a yellow cab committed a secuestro express fifteen minutes after Ileana Martinez Lainez arrived at the airport. Police reported that the cab had been used in other assaults on individuals. When police […]

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Ecuador: dealer detained selling drugs from cemetery

According to Extra.ec, Fabio Enrique Veliz Villamar, 49, was arrested in the parish Guare, Baba Canton, after being accused of drug dispensing in the cemetery of the town. According to reports, the subject constantly frequented the cemetery, but not to visit the dead, but to engage in drug supply to poor record guys who used […]

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Santa Lucia Ecuador: Eight poisoned by adulterated alcohol

The Friday night as relatives watched the corpse of Martha Gregoria Ortega, on Santa Lucia, eight of the participants were intoxicated by drinking alcohol allegedly adulterated. In a relapse, this Sunday, four of the victims had returned to the hospital because of back ailments: diarrhea, body aches, among others. Honorio Bajaña Araujo by telephone, said […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: six suspects detained in murder of minister’s brother

Eluniverso.com reported that the indictment hearing against the six suspects arrested in this case was scheduled for 10:00, then postponed to 16:00, because evidence still being collected. However, this afternoon the Interior Ministry said on Twitter that there is still no definite time. According to reports from the police, apparently strangers entered a private party […]

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Ecuador: Minister of Interior’s brother murdered in Cuenca

The early hours of Sunday, between 01:45 and 02:00, an incident would have been recorded in the historic center of Cuenca, leaving a toll of one killed by the name of Juan Antonio Serrano Salgado, 34, brother of Minister Interior José Serrano. According to reports from the police, apparently strangers entered a private party that […]

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Guaranda Ecuador: Fires still not under control in grasslands, forest

A real environmental disaster occurs in the northern province of Bolivar, because a bushfire that would have started at 09:00 last Thursday and until yesterday afternoon could not be controlled despite the efforts of firefighters and community members. In addition to the destruction of a pine forest and large areas of grasslands, the accident killed […]

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Galapagos Islands: Ecuadorian authorties detain ship with 30 sharks, arrest 14

The Ecuadorian authorities have detained a ship with 30 sharks aboard Marine Reserve in the Galapagos Islands and arrested 14 people. The Governing Council of Galapagos said the vessel “Angelito Forever IV” used gear “not allowed”. He had set sail on August 25 Manta port in the continental coasts of Ecuador, about 1,000 kilometers of […]

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Ecuador: Son of Randy Borman, American leader of Cofan Indigenous tribe kidnapped, released

On July 23, 2012, Felipe Borman Quenama, an American-Ecuadorian was handcuffed and kidnapped at gunpoint at the Cofan Survival Foundation in Nueva Loja, Ecuador. According to the National Police of Ecuador website it was reported that Mr. Borman’s family received communications from individuals with Colombian accents, demanding $3 million dollars for the release of the […]

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Ecuadorian-American kidnapped, held for ransom, released in the Amazon jungle

Eluniverso.com reported an Ecuadorian-American remained sequestered for 40 days. Today the Minister of Interior announced the delivery to their families. Borman Quenama Felipe, 24 years old, was abducted in a forested area in the province of Sucumbios. For he demanded $ 3 million. The National Police of Ecuador, through the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Unit, secured […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: six percent of students victims of bullying, 39 percent at risk

When a child who used to play and be active, suddenly changed his nature, is isolated, is most of the time silent, nervous or becomes aggressive might be suffering from “bullying” or bullying, as Blanche Shephard, a clinical psychologist, who last year conducted a survey in 74 city schools. The investigation was conducted by the […]

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Ecuador Prisons: 361 correction officers replaced by new recruits

Eluniverso.com reported the guides 361 replacement and corrections officers in the country, who failed the evaluations took place yesterday backed by troops of the Armed Forces and National Police tightened security of the 42 social rehabilitation centers and Provisional Detention exist nationwide.The 361 former officials took up a purchasing process of resignations after it was […]

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Ecuador: improvement in domestic flight time departures, arrivals

The punctuality of flights covered by domestic airlines has improved between January and July this year. Earlier this year, LAN Airlines, Aerogal, Tame and Saereo reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) 70.2% of operations on time, on average, five airports: Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Baltra and Manta. Last July, the percentage rose to […]

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Ecuador: military has seized large amounts of weapons, ammunition, explosives in El Oro province

El Oro – Between January and August, 44,730 have been seized ammunition of different calibers, 3272.12 kilograms of explosives, 185 gallons of sulfuric acid (supposedly used in illegal mining), 494 guns of various types and sizes, were also arrested 20 people who have been invited orders of the Judicial Police of the province of Oro, […]

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Ecuador: National brewery raising prices

The National Brewery confirmed that increased the price of its various brands and sizes since last August 1, justifying its decision on the global rise in the price of raw materials and the level of inflation in the country. Read Article

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Ecuador: 10,356 drivers sanctioned for speeding since new law took affect June 11

Since the promulgation of the regulation to the Traffic Law (June 11) 10 356 drivers have been penalized for exceeding the speed limit within the moderate range (fine and point reduction). Police have arrested 280 people. Those who break the law are more men. There are 9448 men fined for exceeding limits within the moderate […]

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Ecuador: Vanguardia magazine files two million dollar claim against President Correa

The magazine Vanguardia yesterday afternoon presented a demand for two million dollars, for moral damages against the president, Rafael Correa, for official assertions about alleged labor violations at the company Gran Tauro. In addition, special emphasis on its request that Correa publicly rectify their claims. The brief was filed in the Civil Division of the […]

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Ecuador: Theft of Electric Cables causes collapse of El Oro province electrical power

Lahora.com.ec reported that the cable theft caused the collapse of energy towers in El Oro The result: most of the province in the dark. Transelectric Staff working since yesterday in placing a tower emerging the El Carmen, in the parish the base in El Oro, to normalize the electricity of the 14 counties in the […]

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Ecuador: Emilio Palacio, journalist granted political asylum United States

Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio — sentenced last year to three years in prison for denouncing President Rafael Correa — has been granted political asylum here in the United States. Palacio announced the news this morning during a press conference with his lawyers. He pointed out, however, that he received notice of the decision just 24 […]

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Ecuador: Shipment of cocaine from Colombia seized on Rumichaca Bridge en route to Guayaquil

Police in Ecuador seized 191.7 kg of cocaine from Colombia in an operation in the border bridge Rumichaca, the institution said yesterday. The shipment was transported on a truck Tuesday Ecuadorian registration had previously been in the Colombian city of Pasto, according to the official report. Read Article VIDEO OF BRIDGE FROM ECUADOR TO COLOMBIA […]

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Ecuador: Currency Controls on outflow going into effect

Exemption from tax on foreign exchange outflow (ISD) to transactions not exceeding one thousand dollars now only apply for two monthly movements, said the director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Carlos Marx Carrasco. Previously these movements had no limitation. With this resolution, which will be ready tomorrow and will apply from the next week […]

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Ecuador: American (U.S.-Ecuadorian citizen kidnapped for ransom, rescued by Anti-Kidnapping Extortion Unit

Eenteratecuador.com reported the National Police of Ecuador, through the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Unit (Join) informs the public that an operation in the last few hours, he was released on American Ecuadorian citizen Aconda Mario Germán Ramírez, who was kidnapped in the province of Esmeraldas. On Tuesday, August 21, at approximately 20:00 in the sector Atacames, […]

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Belarus citizen gains political refugee status in Ecuador

Aliaksandr Barankov’s case drew attention after Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange earlier this month. Judge Carlos Ramirez of the National Court of Justice found the political refugee status granted Mr Barankov to be justified, according to a court official. Mr Barankov, 30, had argued he could be killed if sent back […]

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Ecuador: increase in pirate activity prompts Navy into increased patrols

Lahora.com.ec reported the Navy decided to deploy to Esmeraldas Ecuador part of his squadron of corvettes and missile boats at the unstoppable wave of thefts of motor boats and fishermen from pirates. Yesterday afternoon, they arrived at one of the docks of Puerto Emeralds International Commercial corvettes ‘Galapagos’, ‘Emerald’, ‘Gold’ and Missile Frigate ‘Quito’. The […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: IESS hospital has more HIV patients, less medication

Drugs for AIDS patients in the Hospital scarce Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, belonging to the IESS, in Guayaquil. Abacavir and lamivudine are antiretrovirals that are beyond the reach of the sick for six weeks. Therefore, complaints have been filed in the Office of the Ombudsman to demand delivery is restored, fearing a relapse in treatment.The shortage […]

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Ecuador, Colombia Border: 200 cartriges explosives, pentolite, firearms seized

Uniformed police seized late on 200 cartridges point fifty admitted that as explained by the Ecuadorian border to Colombia and were destined for the interior. In recent days in the Colombian Ecuadorian seized large quantity of war material as pentolite, ammunition and firearms, the border authorities explain that target irregular groups active in Colombia and […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: Apartment building boom for U.S. retirees

Eltiempo.com.ecThe construction department is a growing trend in this city. Foreign retirees, elderly people and young couples are those who prefer to live in these spaces. Some sectors, such as Avenida Primero de Mayo, where such development is evident. Between the Three Bridges and the Avenue of the Americas, have been built about 10 apartment […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: Shoe salesman detained posing as doctor in emergency room, treated patient

“Judge, what happens is that I went to the hospital to see me and that Dr. Rosanna Benavides said ‘come over here a minute’ and took me to a guard. That called police, she carried a folder and an apron and I pointed to the agents who ‘were not mine’. I never pretended to be […]

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Manabí Ecuador: six police convicted in deaths of two youths

The deaths of Luis Jaramillo and Danilo Bowen, aged 16 and 19, were sanctioned. The Sixth Court of Guarantees Manabi panels found guilty six policemen who were on active duty in Manta. The youth disappeared the night of October 16, 2011 in Las Cumbres neighborhood in Manta. And two days later their bodies were found […]

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Ecuador: miner dies in 60 meter fall into tunnel

At 08:30 on Tuesday resulted in the death of the miner Darwin Medardo Vera Vera, 28, after falling into a sinkhole where timber placement performed in the galleries of the mine Jorupe Alto, located in the district of El Castillo Canton Zaruma. Vera’s colleagues explained that the man was making a work of woodwork inside […]

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Ecuador: Casino executive sentenced to prison for offending officials

After nearly three years of trial, Jaime Solorzano Invermun exejecutivo of casinos, was sentenced yesterday to three months in prison and ordered to pay damages for contempt of offending a public official. The judgment convicting the Ninth Court of Criminal, in Quito, Patrick headed cow. The holder of the Court invoked article 231 of the […]

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Municipality of Quito Ecuador: digitizing property boundary surveys, owners in for surprises

Real Estate Ecuador Elcomercio.com reported that in 2010, the Municipality of Quito began the process of updating the register of the land of 423,000 hectares in the district. The update cadastral register is a database of planes 710 000 urban land and about 60 000 rural. There also has information that relates to the spatial […]

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Ecuador: shortage of drug treatment centers

Fabricio Delgado, technical director of the Institute of Neurosciences, Guayaquil Welfare Board, says that despite all the efforts that have been made to prevent the consumption, the average age of first use is maintained between 13 and 14 years. Therefore argues that we must intensify prevention in the most vulnerable group. The center opened in […]

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Five international routes being considered for fuel subsidy with direct flights to Ecuador

NEW AIRLINE ROUTES UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR DIRECT TRAVEL TO ECUADOR – According to ElUniverso.comm the Production Sector Council will be responsible for prioritizing new air routes to enter the incentive scheme announced by the government earlier this month. The idea is to grant a subsidy of 40% of a gallon of fuel for three years […]

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Ecuador: two tourists remain hospitalized after alligator attack, Yasuni National Park

Eluniverso.com reported an alligator attacked two tourists ages 26 and 28 years in a lagoon at an ecolodge Napo Wildlife Center, community Añangu Orellana province, showed ‘overexposure’ and ‘neglect’ of each of the parties, the ministry Environment in a statement. The attack took place on August 12, while the visitors, a man and a woman […]

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Ecuador: Two bus accidents three days, 19 dead, 32 injured, no sanctions

Eluniverso.com reported frequent users of buses in Canton Chilla and parishes Uzhcurrumi, Abañín, Guanazán and about 50 surrounding communities who have expressed a lot of fear when traveling, as units covering those routes constitute a danger. In this area, in a span of three days, there were two accidents. In the first, last Friday, 18 […]

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Ecuador: climate change, ash from Tungurahua affects increase in price of vegetables

Eluniverso.com reported climate change and the ashes that have affected crops in recent weeks in towns near the Tungurahua volcano have left increases between 5% and 50% in the prices of products coming from the central highlands. These changes are noted in the values ​​of the products that are sold in Groceries Transfer Terminal in […]

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Guayaquil Ecuador: Woman raped in yellow taxi during “kidnap express”

Nervous, tender and tearful appeared yesterday morning a young street Antepara O’Connors and Joseph, south of Guayaquil, where the left after suffering an express kidnapping during which she was raped by two men. The victim’s sister said yesterday in a complaint filed in the Prosecutor attached to the Judicial Police (PJ) that she left a […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: City buses to return to regular service hours

From next Monday, September 3, 475 urban buses circulating in the city modified the service hours to match the income classes in the Sierra Region. Application Ivan Quizhpi, chairman of the House Transportation Basin, explained that since that time the bus will return to standard time. This means that drivers will come out with their […]

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Cuenca Ecuador: access for the disabled is inadequate

The problem is repeated in most sidewalks, hindering the movement of the elderly or disabled, as Esteban Orellana, architect of the National Research Institute of Gerontology, INIGER. Cuenca is a city within the project pilot cities for seniors and people with disabilities, a study launched by the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, in conjunction […]

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Church tourism major draw for Cuenca Ecuador

Church tourism is one of the attractions of Cuenca. In the center of the city are more than 18 buildings dating from 1500 Catholic and infrastructure and religious images still remain, says the tour guide, Sebastian Astudillo. Foreigners U.S., Germany, Peru, Chile and Colombia are the most interested in learning about these monuments and usually […]

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Ecuador records trade surplus of USD 389.6 million between January and June 2012

Lahora.com.ec reported that Ecuador achieved a surplus of 389.6 million dollars in its trade balance during the first half of 2012 against 217.2 million in the same period of 2011, said Sunday the Central Bank (ECB). He said that from January to June, the country exported products by 12,158.9 million (including crude 7369.5 million) and […]

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Ecuador: coastal waters report through August 31, 2012

The Oceanographic Institute of the Navy that informs citizens about wave conditions, from 24 to 31 August 2012, there was the arrival on our shores of waves with southwesterly moderate to strong. From 24 to 26 August the waves fluctuate between 2.01 to 2.5m., From Monday 27 begin to fall 1.4m. to 29. The 30 […]

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Quito Ecuador: Mariscal, assault, property crimes up 32% in 2012

This 2012, crimes against persons and property rose 32% in La Mariscal. From January to July 1346 was reported, compared to 995 in the same period of 2011, says the CSOM. Violent deaths this year increased by 75% in the sector of four events between January and July 2011 to seven in the same period […]

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Quito Ecuador: Man presumed drugged with Scopolamine at bank ATM, dies

Ppelverdadero.com.ec reported that at 22:00 on Wednesday, Carlos Ceron Albuja Thomas, 43 years old, with Ricardo Patricio Simba Panchi were presumably drugged while drawing money from the cashier of the Bank of Guayaquil, located in the streets Cuero y Caicedo and August 10. According to reports from relatives of Ceron, he died while being taken […]

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Ecuador: 7 financial computer crimes committed daily in 2012

Eluniverso.com reported in the first six months of this year the Attorney General has nationally registered 1354 cases of financial crimes. The provinces that most complaints are recorded with 563 complaints Pichincha, Guayas and Santa Elena 275 to 131.In addition, the governing body of the national banking system ordered change old 332 ATMs nationwide, to […]

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New Quito Airport will be at least $30 in taxi fare one way into town

Eight lanes under construction looming ahead, amid the dust and the sound of the machines that widen the road. From Quito to Tababela is far but no traffic and when the clock strikes 13:57 the taxi. Reaches the destination with the sigh of never embark on that route, at least if you have a client […]

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Ecuador: two arrested for speeding on way to the coast under new law

Two people were arrested on Saturday for exceeding the speed limit, on the third day control of the Transit Commission of Ecuador. Both exceeded the speed limit on the road to the coast, so they were taken to the road in June delegation to Daule. At 13:36 the driver Edgar Francis Xavier Viteri was apprehended […]

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Ecuador has largest number of refugees in Latin America, 65% without visa

Ecuador is home to the largest number of refugees in Latin America, according to the High Commissioner of the United Nations on the matter (UNHCR). But only 35% of foreigners with that status appears in the record as a carrier Migration Visa 12-IV. This visa is granted for people displaced from their country of origin […]

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Ecuador: 124 police deaths over 20 months

LOOKING FOR A HOME IN ECUADOR? TRADE accessed information of the General Command of the Police, according to which, from January to August this year, Ecuador reported the death of 44 policemen in various circumstances. In the same period of 2011, there were 57 deaths. In addition, last year there were 80 deaths in Ecuador. […]

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Quito Ecuador: theft of cancer drugs from hospital causing problems for patients

Elcomercio.com reported… Some cancer patients being treated at the Hospital Eugenio Espejo, have experienced irregularity in the delivery of your medications. The explanation given to them in the hospital is that the shortage is due to theft that occurred in the hospital pharmacy, on 26 May, which amounted to almost USD 55,000. One patient who […]

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AI reports Ecuador misused judicial system to stop protests

Ecuador’s judicial system is being used by the authorities to clamp down on indigenous and campesino leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting against projects that will affect their environment and lands, said Amnesty International in a new report today. The report ‘So that no one can demand […]

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Ecuador: corrupt pharmacetuical department of hospital double invoicing to sell drug supply

An internal investigation at Hospital Abel Gilbert Guayaqui pontoon l discovered a web of corruption that marketed the drugs destined for the nursing home, and are subsidized by the Government. Leakage of drugs began with the Lead Systems, Javier Patiño, who manipulated the computer program that took control of the hospital’s drug stock. Read Article

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10 illegals from Bhutan found locked in home in Ambato Ecuador

Members this week police found ten Asians crammed into a house located in the village of Huachi in Ambato. Foreigners are from the Kingdom of Bhutan, a Buddhist nation located in the Himalayas between India and China.Read Article

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Biloxi neighborhood in Quito Ecuador isecure according to neighbors

Fear of leaving home and returning to college. He described Elizabeth O., inhabitant of the Biloxi, the aftermath that left the assault she suffered five months ago. It was 20:30 when, with a gun in hand, a man jumped in front of her and her companion. The two walked down the passage that connects the […]

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Daily wild fires in Quito Ecuador

Ultimanoticias.com reported yesterday – At 15:45 they were alerted on Avenue Simon Bolivar, the circle of the cyclist, Metropolitan Park sector, flames consumed the vegetation of the area. 12 firefighters rushed to the site. At 16:30 the fire was brought under control in the sector. The other emergencies were reported in Yaruquí, Tababela and Pasochoa. […]

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Ecuador: closed credit union Makita Kuk reopens to customers

Makita Kuk reopened Hoy.com.ec reported the doors of the cooperative Makita Kuk reopened after closure on 9 August. At its headquarters located in Bastion Popular (Guayaquil) already catered the requirements of its customers, after the intervention of the state, now joined Daule agencies and El Triunfo in Guayas and Los Rios Babahoyo. The cooperative, which […]

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Tungurahua volcano emission of ash and gases slow substantially

The volcano’s activity decreased in the last 24 hours. Gas and steam are directed westward. The Tungurahua volcano continues to emit light emission of gases, steam and ash in the last hours. The winds directed to the western sector of the Colossus. Technicians Tungurahua Volcano Observatory (OVT), which monitor the Massif based on Patate Guadalupe, […]

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Ecuador: Bus falls three hundred meters in crash, 16 dead over 20 injured

lahora.com.ec reported that this morning a bus belonging to cooperativa Transportes Chilla lost control and fell into a ravine of over 300 meters. This is a developing story – so far – 16 dead, and at least 20 injured. The bus was transporting workers. The accident happened in an area of El Oro called the […]

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Several arrested after drugs from Ecuador entered Belgium and the Netherlands

In a container transporting a coffee shipment from Ecuador to Europe, officials discovered 2.3 tons of cocaine. According to Hoy.com, the shipment departed from the port of Guayaquil, arrived at the port of Antwerp in Belgium, and then made its way to the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The drug operation was linked to the […]

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San Clemente Ecuador: two children discover three packages of pure cocaine on beach

Two small plastic looking between the stones, the beach north of San Clemente, found three packages that were lined brick type with blue plastic. The discovery spread throughout the entire population and the police raided the homes of the parents of the children. After verifying the facts, it was learned that packets of cocaine were […]

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Military machine gun seized in home outside of Guayaquil Ecuador

Mac Machine gun, military use, was seized late Wednesday in a house in the 23 and Captain Nájera, southwest of Guayaquil. The discovery of the weapons was the result of intelligence work of the Guayas Judicial Police and the Armed Forces. The prosecutor Francisco Campos said two people were arrested at the scene and identified […]

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Ecuadorian gang of thieves dismantled in Madrid Spain

Spanish police dismantled the so-called “string band” (banda de la cuerda), made up mostly of Ecuadorians, and stealing houses in Madrid with their inhabitants inside, then climb down from the roof with climbing gear.Police said they arrested six men and a woman aged between 28 and 41 years, including a Spanish. Read Article

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Ecuador: new fee for each hectare used in shrimp farming

Eluniverso.com reported that shrimp industry representatives are concerned with the creation of an annual payment for the exercise of aquaculture of $ 25 for each hectare of this crop, which applies to those with farms larger than 10 hectares. This provision, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries, was published in the […]

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Ecuador: President Correa asks investigation into insults tweeted about him

According to Eluniverso.com, President Correa asked SENAIN to investigate insults made towards the President, and that legal action be taken. Read Article

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Seven drug laboratories dismantled along Colombia-Ecuador border

Seven people were arrested after officials dismantled seven illegal drug laboratories along the border between Colombia and Ecuador. In the Ecuadorian town of San Lorenzo, officials discovered an illicit chemicals marketing scheme was operating under the cover of a lumber company. According to El Nacional, the supplies were taken to Colombia to produce drugs, where […]

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Banos Ecuador: Tourism has doubled with onlookers of active Tungurahua Volcano

The presence of tourists has doubled in recent days in the canton Baths (Tungurahua) as Xavier Mayorga, head of the Risk Management Unit of the Municipality. He said that the reactivation of the volcano focuses the attention of visitors. “He has made known the presence of tourists from the Coast, as of Esmeraldas. Busloads of […]

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462 grams of heroin found in post office in Ecuador; Meant to go overseas

462 grams of heroin derived from cocaine were found in a package meant to be shipped from Ecuador to a location overseas. It was discovered in a post office, El Mercurio reports. Officials do not know who sent the package, or who was to receive it. This type of drug is priced too high for […]

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Colombia: Navy seizes armaments, explosives near Ecuador border belonging to FARC

Elespectador.com reported that the Navy seized a cache with war material in Nariño department recently had several attempts on the electricity infrastructure. War material belonged mobile column “Daniel Aldana” of the FARC, as authorities said Tuesday. War material was found in rural Salahonda and according to a statement from the Navy, consisted of 36 kilograms […]

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Potential Impact of Climate Change Esmeraldas Ecuador (report)

Potential impacts For Esmeraldas, potential impacts of climate change are related to the increase in superficial temperatures at sea and land. For the area of the Esmeraldas river basin, increase projections in the superficial temperature varies from +2°C to a maximum of +3°C.17 This means an increase in the demand for energy for refrigeration, air […]

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Ecuador: Huge potato crop losses due to ash fall from volcano Tungurahua

Eluniverso.com reported …… that at least are 2,000 families who have suffered losses by the damages in the 5,000 hectares of crops and pastures. So, in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (Magap) delivered livestock feed, but said that what arrives is insufficient. He argued that at least are 2,000 families […]

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Ecuador: Reventador Volcano not being monitored by seismic stations due to damage

Because seismic stations damage there are no records of seismic activity. There was a column of steam at 600 m above the crater northeast direction Western. ANNEX TECHNICAL AND OBSERVATIONS Seismicity: For seismic damage was not determined the number of earthquakes on this day. Observations, and ash emissions: There are no reports of the lookouts. […]

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Ecuador: Tungurahua Volcano Update, 16 explosions recorded

The Tungurahua volcano activity is regarded as a moderate to high level, unlike previous days activity today has been characterized by the generation of explosions moderate to high, with few events of continuous issues, the explosions were accompanied by guns of varying intensity that caused the windows shake. The observed emission columns amounted to 5 […]

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