ElUniverso.com reports that runway and air terminal operations at Camilo Ponce Enrique in Catamayo will be closed in February 2012 for repair work. The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works has meet with the director general of Civil Aviation to coordinate repair works that include the reconstruction of terminal buildings, control tower, and repairing the runway and perimeter fences. The project will increase the space for public shopping for passengers by early August. Officials are recommending that travelers use the airport in Cuenca, three hours away from Loja. The Santa Rosa airport is not a good choice, officials say since the road to reach Loja will be under construction. Airlines have not released their plans for the closure of the Catamayo Airport and disruption of daily flights.Read Article
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According to ElUniverso.com Robert Hillyard Berhartd, 75 died yesterday, Monday June 13th, in a fire that occurred at his house in Urdesa. At 6:10 p.m. screams alerted the residents of av. Primera between Second and Third streets. Hillyard resided in Urdesa for more than 40 years. Firefighters tired to save his life, but Hillyard sustained […]
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According to ElComercio.com taxi drivers are protesting the increased murders of their compatriots in the past year. Taxi drivers took to the streets Monday June 13th to protest the continuing deaths of their peers in the Esmeraldas province that boarders Colombia. The president of the Provincial Taxi Drivers Union, Segundo Gallegos, says that even though […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a women was wounded in the face during a street brawl on Tuesday, June 14th at 3:30 on the streets of 10m y Sucre in Guayaquil. The victim says that the fight broke out with a drug dealer know as El Ronco about the packages of drugs. The people involved were poor […]
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According to ElComercio.com on Monday June 143h an explosive device was thrown into a house on the block, La Pradera. Four men on motorcycles committed the act of ‘terrorism’ at 3:30 in the morning. Witness report that the area resembles a war zone. The neighborhood has police protection but residents are still scared. The Intervention […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Carlos Mauricio Marin Chacon, 24 died while trying to enter the United States as illegally this past 29th of April. He is from the La Union sector, in the province of Azuay. For 40 days the family of Carlos did not know his whereabouts. On the 9th of June a person informed […]
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ElComercio.com updated the figure of loans that are going to be made to the Ecuadorian government by the Chinese. This figure that was originally release as USD 1 billion was updated Tuesday June 14th at 3:52 p.m. to a figure of USD 2 billion. The loans will be made in segments of USD 1 billion. […]
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According to ElComercio.com President Rafael Correa confirmed the increased tax on plastic bottles during a government visit to Guayaquil. Correa dismissed the twitter announcement made by Environmental Minister, Marcela Aguinaga that stated there was a review on whether to charge the bottle tax. When Correa spoke to the press he dismissed the idea of increasing […]
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According to Hoy.com.ec the Chinese Development Bank will provide a load to Ecuador in the amount of USD 1 billion, with full discretion of the moneys’ use, sources in the negotiations with China say. The deal is not official, however the source says that negotiations are in the final phase and a formal announcement will […]
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Sunday, June 12th the World Day Against Child Labor was held by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports LaHora.com.ec. 13% of the Ecuadorian workforce is made up of children between 5 and 17. Most work in agriculture, some work in mining or construction illegally. Families force their children to earn money. Ecuador’s minimum age […]
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According to Expreso.ec, the Ministry of Health in Ecuador is closely watching the situation transpiring in Germany related to the E. Coli bacteria. A new variant of E. Coli EHEC can be transferred through food or respiratory factors. The Ministry is working with the WHO recommendations for preventive measures. Ecuador officials are controlling entry into […]
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According to Expreso.ec Ecuadorian firefighters teamed up with twenty members of the Military Firefighters from Maranhao, Brazil and four Argentineans in an operation called the International Course of Collapsed Structures. This operation was presented by the Ecuadorian Fire Academy in Guayaquil. Training included responses to situations such as earthquakes. In the training sessions disasters were […]
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According to ElUniverso.com an unidentified man was the victim of a hit-and-run at 2:30 on Sunday June 12th between the streets Chambers and ‘la 38.’ Witnesses say that a car outside a nightlife sector hit him and the driver fled. The victim had serious head injuries. The witnesses complained that the fire department, called to […]
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ElUniverso.com reports that the Embassy of Ecuador in Spain and the Repsol Foundations have decided to collaborate on a program for strengthening families, especially immigrant families in Spain, to deal with gender violence and promote access to protection and judicial systems. The program was launched Monday June 13 in Madrid. The program is planning to […]
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According to ElUniverso.com on Monday, June 13 at about 11:30 a shooting and an attempted assault occurred at the drive through for Banco de Machala. The bank is located on 25 de junio and 10 de agosto. Reportedly there was one fatality, a policeman, four alleged assailants were wounded and a passerby was struck in […]
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UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon will lead a session with the President of Ecuador Rafael Correa to promote Ecuador’s environmental plan and preserving Yasuni Park during the next UN General Assembly in September. The head of the Yasuni program, Ivonne Baki said that Ban suggested the idea. Reportedly, during a visit to Ecuador this past […]
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According to ElUniverso.com a man reported to judicial police that at 8 p.m. on Sunday June 12th that he was kidnapped by several people who approached his Ford F-150 near La Prosperina on Perimeter road. The victim says his attackers took advantage of a red light and intercepted him in a Chevrolet Spark. Two men […]
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According to ElUniverso.com nine Latin King gang members were arrested in Barcelona in connection with a serious attack on a young man who wanted to leave the gang. The arrested included two Ecuadorians, two Peruvians, two Spanish, a Dominican, a Moroccan and a Bolivian, between 15 and 32 years of age. Six of them are […]
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According to ElUniverso.com there was an explosion this morning, June 13th between the cantons of Manta and Montecristi in the province of Manabi. The explosion occurred at 3 a.m. waking people in La Pradera. Three houses were affected and one family was inside at the time of the explosion. The kind of device used is […]
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In a detailed diagram, ElComercio.com details the attractions on athletes that ‘invite’ an assault or robbery in Quito, Ecuador. If exercising at night, do so under the lights. Pay attention to your surroundings when listening to music or doing exercises. Careful, an assailant could be pretending to workout in order to scout out a victim. […]
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In an image diagram, ElComercio.com reports that robberies and assaults are occurring through three methods in Ecuador First, the pedestrian is robbed or assaulted by people in a car or on motorcycles. There are usually 3 to 5 assailants and the robbery lasts minutes. Most often, the victim is in an empty place. Two people […]
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The municipality government of Quito and groups of graffiti artists signed the agreement on Thursday June 9th, 2011. Artists are not going to draw on historic building or the City Hall. Artists are generating more proposals for young people inclusion in Quito. With the government officials, spaces will be chosen where the artists are allowed […]
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According to ElComercio.com Gonzalo Marroquin, president of the Inter American Press Association (SIP) said that in Ecuador freedom of speech and the press is further deteriorating, possibly becoming the worst treatment in South America. In a statement release in Quito, Marroquin criticizes the president and his government about the recent restrictions aimed at the freedom, […]
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Telesurtv.net reports that the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa has confirmed that Patricio Pazmino, head of Ecuador’s Constitutional Court and his family have received threats against their lives. Correa says that he will not allow these acts in the Andean country. Pazmino has received threats via letters and phone calls, pressuring statements that come from […]
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According to ElComercio.com many highways are built or being constructed in order to connect the countries together. Verdu, an Ecuadorian construction company, entered Peru in 2007 to build roads. Verdu won a contract to build a 65 km road between Sullana and Alamor. Many Ecuadorian tourists use this highway to enter Peru. The company worked […]
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The office of Ecuador’s Attorney General will represent Ecuador in Washington at a June 30 hearing in the arbitration case filed against the Andean country by U.S. oil company Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY). Ecuador’s Attorney General Diego Garcia said in a press release that the final decision on the case could be known in the […]
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According to EcuaodrInmediato.com Spain and Chile are the largest economic donors to the Yasuni reserve. Earlier this year, Ecuador announced its plan to save the natural reserve of Yasuni from oil exploitation, the Yasuni-ITT project. However, without international help Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is considering oil drilling. Germany’s Secretary of State, Gudrun Kopp explained that […]
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ElComercio.com reports that an operation in the port of Manta Ecuadorian police seized 82.7 kg of cocaine with a reported destination of Spain. The total cost of the confiscated drug is an estimated USD 5 million was found Saturday in a trailer of a truck of a Manta fishing company, the narcotics division told reporters. […]
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Following a story of an assassination of two people in northern Quito, Expreso.ec reports that the couple was Colombian. The couple was stopped at a light on Avenida Republica. While the couple was talking, the two men on motorcycles descended upon the vehicle and shot around 23 rounds into the couple. The assassins fled on […]
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According to ElComercio.com two people approached a blue Volkswagen Golf car on motorcycle firing 23 rounds into the vehicle. At 8:30 a.m. Saturday June 11th two people were murdered at the light on the streets of Eloy Alfaro and La Republica in Quito. Witnesses report that the assassins were waiting for the vehicle. At this […]
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According to Expreso.ec a group of policewoman will patrol the streets of Quito on motorcycles for the first time. This pilot program is part of the traffic police patrol. If successful, it could be implemented nationally. The objective is that women will have more confidence in the police and support the women of the force […]
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According to Expreso.ec six robbers of bank customers were arrested on Friday June 10th. Also, a taxi driver was detained in connection with a criminal gang that stole USD 2,000 from a customer at a bank. The customer chased the assailants, as did a policeman on a motorcycle as the gang got away in a […]
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Reported by Expreso.ec an accident in the village Bola de Oro, near the Puebloviejo-Babahoyo highway left 5 people dead and 18 others injured on Thursday June 9th. The accident occurred when a truck hit a bus from the Bolivar Company. The bus veered to one side of the road after being hit. The police and […]
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Recently, the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce has become concerned about the economy of Ecuador report Expreso.ec. Even with high oil prices, the Commerce is concerned that the government has not made progress in the country’s growth. Eduardo Pena, the newly elected union president says that even with more economic resources than any previous administration, Correa’s […]
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According to Expreso.ec, the government has placed a tax on bottles and plastic bags in order to reduce their use and benefit the environment. Blasck Penaherrera, president of the business committee of Ecuador criticized the tax increase stating, President Rafael Correa’s intension is not to help the environment, but to finance the public budget. The […]
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During the 1960′s, the U.S. oil giant Texaco/Chevron established facilities in Lago Agrio, a town loaded inside the Ecuadorean jungle. In 1977, the State of Ecuador obtained a 62.5% stake in the oil field, but Texaco continued operating and profiting from the oil field. Finally, in 1992, Petroecuador (the State oil company), obtained the remaining […]
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Two Florida men face a federal indictment in Ohio that accuses them of sneaking counterfeit U.S. $100 bills from South America into the United States, hiding them in the headrests of rental cars and using about $5,000 a day in fake money on shopping trips around the country, authorities said Thursday. Read Article
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A conviction in an Ecuador murder trial brought a sense of justice to an Oregon family last week. John Chamberlin, the father of murder victim Max Chamberlin, said three judges voted unanimously to convict Emilio Bowen of beating and fatally shooting the 22-year-old in November 2009. John Chamberlin attended the four-day trial that began June […]
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According to Esperso.ec Mario Andres Perez was arrested by the judicial Police in connection with an assault on Assemblywoman Gilmar Gutierrez two months ago. Mr. Perez was arrested in Guayas with a warrant issued by the Fourth Criminal Court in Guayas. During a press conference yesterday, no details were elaborated on due to a continuing […]
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Between 2000 and 2006, fumigations with glyphosate were performed to kill plants that could later produce drugs. A study performed by the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de la Universidad de las Américas states that 10% of Ecuadorians on the border area between Colombia and Ecuador near Sucumbío may face irreparable genetic damage such as cancer, […]
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According to ElComercio.com the Ministry of Education has begun to provide textbooks that highlight the triumph of Rafael Correa’s rise to presidency and are written with a tone of the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels. Paragraphs are dedicated to describing a ‘citizen revolution’ and detailing the bad choices made by former presidents, reports El Comercio. […]
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•The two ministers of defense, Javier Ponce of Ecuador and Rodrigo Rivera of Colombia, are meeting today in Puerto El Carmen, on Ecuador’s side of the border, to sign a program designed to heighten security on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border per Semana.com. •There will also be a convention involving the two nations to encourage political strategy […]
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According to Ecuavisa a merchant, Christian Ruiz Martillo, was killed in cold blood by his brother in law, Duval Mora Valverde. The incident was caught on tape in the city of Duran in the province of Guayas. Mr. Valverde was married to Mr. Ruiz’s sister, who moved to Spain with their children. Reportedly, Duval Valverde […]
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According to Hoy.com.es, the Unit to Combat Organized Crime (ULCO) destroyed a coca plantation camouflaged on a hectare of land in Pastaza province in the jungle. The operation destroyed more than 150 coca plants, but no arrests were made. The commander of the second police division, Juan Ruales, reported that the population in the area […]
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Hoy.com.es reports that the Ecuadorian government took control of offshore wells that tap natural gas and a hydroelectric power station in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. firm Noble Energy owned these operations and had an agreement with Ecuador in which Noble Energy was compensated USD 97 million. The wells and the power plant are to […]
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According to ElUniversal.com Ecuador will use the Sucre for all public transactions with Venezuela. The Sucre is a ‘virtual currency’ established to reduce the dominance of the dollar in international markets. The Single System for Regional Clearing (Sucre) was created by the Bolivian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA). In July 2010, the […]
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According to ElUniverso.com Ecuadorians are marrying less and divorcing more often, the results of a study completed by the Ecuadorian Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). The study finds that the divorce rates have increased 68.8% in a decade. Furthermore, the study shows that marriages did not rise with the population growth from 2000 to […]
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Historically, Ecuador is a country with great social inequality, low human capital development, large gaps in institutional development, underdeveloped economy and a strong political instability. Proof of this is the low labor force, which by 2004 was 5,554 thousand inhabitants and a GDP annual rate of variation of 3.3%. It also has an urban unemployment […]
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ElUniverso.com reports Ecuador offered to advise Paraguay on program for the disabled during a meeting in Quito, attended by the vice president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno. Mr. Moreno created a plan to care for disabled Ecuadorians, which includes genetic studies, medical assistance, and subsidies for those who care for the elderly. Moreno was meeting with […]
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According to ElComercio.com 12 agreements established a trust and a bilateral fund for development, USD 66 million, in Ecuador and Venezuela during a meeting of the two presidents in Salinas. Joint marketing venture in coca, bananas, flowers, aquaculture and packing plastic, were established. Other agreements included exporting 14,000 vehicles to Venezuela and the establishment of […]
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According to ElComercio.com Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa for his support in rejecting the sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Venezuelan oil company PDVSA for selling oil to Iran. Chavez called the sanctions “an empire aggression.” The sanctions were imposed during an OAS assembly in El Salvador. Reportedly, Chavez blames the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that the body a soldier was found in the Rio Napo. Last Saturday two soldiers went missing after their boat sank off the port of Vilma. The families of the two missing soldier were contacted by the Ecuadorian military. At the same time a search and rescue was implemented. On Tuesday June 7th, […]
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According to Vistazo.com, an anti-kidnapping unit rescued a taxi driver from his captor in Naranjal, Ecuador on Monday June 6th. Moises Enrique Arevalo disappeared for seven days after an officer, identified as Felix Xavier Criollo Giler, kidnapped him in Machala. Reportedly the officer detained Arevalo on suspicion of drugs. Once Giler transferred Arevalo into a […]
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ElComercio.com interviews Francesco Forgione, former president of the Italian Anti-Mafia Commission and a criminal organization specialist. With no visa required of foreigners, Ecuador attracts criminal groups like Ndrangheta, the world’s most dangerous mafia, interested in coca. As a coca producer, Ecuador has become a crossroads for organized crime due to the increase in production and […]
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ElUniverso.com reports that President Rafael Correa is meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Salinas. This meeting is reportedly going to last two hours and behind closed doors. The two presidents will discuss the relationship between Ecuador and Venezuela as well as the position of the countries internationally. At the same time, a bi-national meeting […]
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•The Ecuadorian Banco Pichina is planning to open branches in several Colombian cities such as Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín thus replacing the Inversora Pichincha S.A. Compañía de Financiamiento, the name used since 1994 per elcomercio.com. •Banco Pichina is also planning to open branches in another 10 Colombian cities. •According to the executive president of the […]
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According to Mundolatinhoy.com, in less than one day seven robberies occurred at stoplights in Guayaquil. The criminals surprised drivers who were waiting for the light to turn green.Read Article
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According to Extra.com, five assailants intercepted a security vehicle that was transferring money from a Pacific Bank located in the offices of Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) on Monday at 9:00 a.m. The twelve assailants were riding motorcycles and armed with high-powered weapons. The incident occurred between Gaspar de Villarroel and Amazonas Avenues in Quito. As the […]
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ElComercio.com reports that a bus owned by Esmeraldas Transportation crashed in the province of Manabi in the canton Tosagua. The bus driver was speeding and made a wrong move resulting in one casualty and 18 wounded passengers. Reportedly, the accident occurred at 5:30 this morning. The bus hit the guardrail and rolled several times, according […]
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According to ElComercio.com, an Ecuadorian military plane belonging to the navy failed to takeoff due to a flaw in the landing gear in which an explosion caused a fire. The mishap was at 02.35 this morning and cuased damage to the aircraft. No injuries or casualties were reported. Furthermore, air traffic at the base is […]
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According to ElUniverso.com two Ecuadorian soldiers are missing after a sailboat sank for unknown reasons on Aguarico River which boarders Peru in Orellana province. The Ecuadorian Army released a statement that said the two solders got swept away in the strong current of the river. The military boat was from the town, Nuevo Rocafuerte. Ecuadorian […]
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Online-911.com reports an operation by the National Police of Argentina along the toll road of Molle Yaco in Tucuman, ended in the rescue of five Chinese citizens and the arrest of an Ecuadorian. The police stopped a bus arriving from Salvador Mazza to perform a passenger check, when they detected the five Chinese, including two […]
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ElComercio.com reports the discovery of new centers of human trafficking in Chile, which include mafia operations in Paraguay, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, occurred Friday April 27th. Chilean Labor Minister, Evelyn Matthei said that the government was looking into the issue and criticizing former Paraguayan senator Francisco Errazuriz for employing illegals on his farms and […]
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According to elciudadano.gob.ec, the Ecuadorian coast guard captured four Peruvian fishing boats with a crew of fourteen, on June 3rd near Chanduy. Navy patrols were taking place in Chanduy in the southwest province of Santa Elena. The military seized seven lockers of snapper, angel and derrick fish, with an approximate weight of 160 kilos. The […]
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Ecuador will being operating three oil fields in a pristine Amazon preserve unless the international community contributes $100 million by December, President Rafael Correa announced Saturday. Read Article
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According to ElCiudadano.gob.ec Rafael Correa was visiting the High Performance Center in Rio Verde. According to LaHora.com, Mrs. Paola Amovi Ramona Rodriguez tried to speak with the president with no success. Rodriguez was in despair and seeking help for her injured husband and family, according to LaHora.com. ElCiudadano.gob.ec states that Mrs. Rodriguez disputed the story […]
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According to LaHora.com, Non-Renewable Resources Minister, Wilson Pastor says that the government approved an initial amount of USD 5 million to reintegrate miners in Esmeraldas after illegal activity ceased their activity. In Zamora Chinchipe, where 46 families live off of illegal mining, now will be able to work with the state through the National Mining […]
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La Hora reports Ecuador’s Court of Justice acquitted two lawyers of the U.S oil company Chevron of alleged contamination in the Amazon, former Minister of Energy of Ecuador Patricio Rivadeneira and former officials of Petroecuador, the state-owned oil company. Documents state the acquitted developed a false discharge document in 1998 stating that Texaco, acquired by […]
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La Hora reports Ecuadorian business representatives met yesterday to address the government divisions surrounding trade with the European Union. Ecuadorian president of the Business Committee (ECC) Blasco Penaherrera says that with no clear trade policy statements made by government officials can create conflict. The Ecuadorian Deputy Foreign Minister Kintto Lucas stated that EU free trade […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported at 9:30 in the morning of Wednesday June 1st, more than 600-armed soldiers entered the farming facilities of the community Patria Nueva in the Puembo sector of canton Pujili, seizing weapons (machetes) in a storage facility that previously contained cassava. Farmers demanded a warrant issued by a judge, but no warrant was ever […]
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In Quito, the Zone Management Center, National and Metropolitan Police and Armed Forces are conducting joint security operations to improve public safety. Seventeen establishments were closed in May when four operations were performed. The operation aims to control land use, liquor sales, evaluate emergency situations, ventilation and sanitary conditions. Joint control was implemented in the […]
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•Hoy.com.ec reports that the Ecuadorian police force considers FARC an internal security issue as the Colombian guerrilla group uses Ecuador as a base for planning and carrying out operations. •Their actions according to the Ecuadorian police force include trafficking of narcotics and arms, assassinations, and smuggling of fuel among other activities. •Between 2005 and 2008 […]
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Ecuador has been described by several analysts as one of the most unequal societies in the world, ensuring that most people get at least the basic resources for survival is already a huge challenge. 6,800 children die each year, a figure comparable to the number of victims of hurricanes or earthquakes. Read Article
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Expreso.com reports that so far in 2011 that fifty percent of murders in Manta have been committed by assassins. There have been a total of 79 murders in the entire province of Manabi according to police. Many of the murders committed by assassins involve gangs of which one of the most notorious are “Los Choneros” […]
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06-01-2011 UPDATE: ACCORDING TO ECUAVISA.COM TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ARRESTED OF THE BUS COMPANY REGARDING THE CRIME. THE MINOR BOY INVOLVED IN THE HEIST IS AGE 10 AND NOT AGE SIX AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. ——————————————– In the middle of the night on Tuesday, bus number three of Cooperativa de Transportes Ecuador pulled out of it’s terminal […]
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An Argentine citizen living illegally in Ecuador, Fabian Jorge Bustamante, was arrested yesterday at his home in La Garzota. According to a spokesperson from the Judicial Police per confirmado.net, the man is the alleged leader of an active money laundering network with connections in Argentina and Spain. Police found $7,300 and Western Union receipts on […]
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In a written interview of 16 questions, which the newspaper El Universo made last week to 160 drivers, only 30% knew of the legislation. This means that 7 out of 10 drivers, seven ignorance of the law and its reform, as well as previous standards. Read Article
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The Napo Runa of Amazonian Ecuador – Recorded interview with Dr.Michael Uzendoski – (Recording Time – 01:25:49) Purchase Book – The Napo Runa of Amazonian Ecuador (Interp Culture New Millennium) (See all Cultural Anthropology Books) An indigenous Amazonian group’s enlightening perspectives on value, reproduction, and exchange Based upon historical and archival research, as well as […]
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For the Fiscal Guayas, Antonio Gagliardo, there is a current trend in which criminals prefer the presence of the inhabitants of the house to commit the crime. “Now they are becoming more aggressive and do not care if the house is occupied or not … Now enter the force, assault, rob, rape … We’re finding […]
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After ten months of police investigation led to Luis Venegas, accused of raping more than 20 women. Several complaints had reached the Police of Pichincha, but the capture of the man is because one of his victims was identified through an identikit. Read Article
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SECOND HOME INVASION IN A WEEK Five gunmen assaulted the workers of a marriage that was celebrated last Sunday morning in the area of Punta Blanca on the route called Spondylus, police said. According to the police, the crime was perpetrated at 03:45 in a house located at the entrance to number 11. Read Article
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The Government announced yesterday that it will allocate 500 police, which will form a task force to ensure the safety of the five cities with higher crime rates in the country: Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Esmeraldas. In total, 160 members of the elite National Police, together with the staff of the Urban Service Unit […]
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Noodles, milk, meats, preserves, fungicides and other products were confiscated by the City of Imbabura because its use-by date had expired. The situation was repeated in various outlet centers. Read Article
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About 45 ballots for the plebiscite and referendum which was held on Saturday May 7, were found in a garbage school Chugchilán Juan Jose Flores of belonging to the canton Sigchos. White said so Guamangate, vice Provincial Government of Cotopaxi. Read Article
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•Caracol.com.co reveals that Lenín Moreno, Ecuador’s Vice President, denied the accusation that Correa’s campaign received money from FARC, and was willing to undergo a polygraph test to prove the validity of his statement. •He also expressed that FARC no longer displays the qualities of a revolutionary group. •El Espectador reported yesterday that U.S. diplomatic cables […]
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•According to elespectador.com, Venezuela is carrying out its promise to keep sending fuel to Colombia despite the increased length of the transport (up to 122 extra kilometers) due to the heavy rains. •On April 2, Venezuela sent 15.2 million liters of fuel to Cúcuta, in the department Norte de Santander, Colombia. •Rafael Ramírez, minister of […]
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(Guardian (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) It was reported in the last week that China’s sovereign wealth fund is about to receive new capital from the government, adding billions of dollars annually to its already impressive wallet. As China’s economic power continues to grow and countries around the world compete for Chinese investment, the question […]
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Power, corruption, violence and a bizarre tattoo. A Corbett family says it’s all woven into their son’s murder case, which is at last going to trial thousands of miles from home. John Chamberlin and his wife, Ellen, are preparing to fly to Ecuador next week to watch the trial of the man suspected of killing […]
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More than 1,000 soldiers arrived yesterday at San Lorenzo for realizing the state of emergency declared in the area to fight the miners. This product damage were several bulldozers used to this activity. The militaries of North Operational Command 1 of Atuntaqui, eight helicopters raided early yesterday morning to the town to close Selva Alegre […]
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Research shows that Incas built citadels such as Machu Picchu after the earlier achievement of agriculture at high altitudes through the use of llama dung. Manure from llama herds provided fertiliser which enabled corn to be cultivated at very high altitudes, allowing the Inca civilisation to flourish in the Andes and conquer much of South […]
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What was a downward trend of diseases such as dengue and malaria has been altered by new reports of the National Malaria Eradication (NCME) in Esmeraldas. Only in May so far there have been 34 cases of dengue fever were confirmed, while the second condition and there are 64 patients. Read Article
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Peru’s President Alan Garcia on an official visit to Ecuador on Friday proposed “to reduce progressively the militarization” of the border as a show of confidence reached by both countries in the last century fought three wars and territorial disputes. Read Article
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More than 120 minor earthquakes and occasional explosions were reported Thursday in the volcano Tungurahua, in the central Andes of Ecuador, behavior that may persist for days or weeks, the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School. Read Article
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The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued an international alert to arrest the brothers and former owner of Filanbanco, Roberto and William Isaias. The alert, posted on the website of Interpol on 28 March and 26 April this year, explained that the tab is open to Isaiah for forgery and fraud. The lawyer for the […]
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With almost 100% of the votes officially counted, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa can say for sure who won the referendum on May 7. But you can not say I have won comfortably, as stated on the Saturday of the consultation, even before knowing the results to exit polls. Ecuadoreans have said yes to the Government […]
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Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz, frustrated by Ecuador’s refusal to return the man accused in the killings of a mother and son in Brockton, is urging federal officials to pressure the South American nation to hand him over for prosecution. Read Article
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Ecuador-based Linea Aerea del Ecuador (TAME) has signed up for GE Aviation’s OnPoint solution to maintain the CF34-10E engines on its three E190 aircraft. The contract is worth $30m over five years. GE will provide material and services tailored to TAME’s operational and financial needs. Read Article
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In 2001, when Chevron acquired Texaco, the company inherited an environmental and human rights disaster in Ecuador. According to a lawsuit originally filed in 1993, Texaco dumped billions of gallons of waste byproduct from oil drilling in the rainforest, and burned hundreds of millions of cubic feet of gas and waste oil into the atmosphere. […]
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With nearly 85% of the vote counted, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is well positioned to walk away with a full slate of victories on ten referendum items that were put to the country a week ago. But while exit polls initially suggested that Correa’s “Yes” side would score resounding wins, with more than 60% of […]
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Prosecutors in Ecuador have said allegations that President Rafael Correa’s election campaign accepted funds from Colombian rebels in 2006 will be investigated. Read Article
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