Santa Clara, March 11, 2011. In earlier days, members of the Association of the Kichwa Nationality Kushillu Urku (ANKAKU) did a tour of the reserve area of the community, suddenly found the presence of mining in the limit of their territory, on the banks of the river Challuayaku, Santa Clara county, province of Pastaza, a backhoe digger, a dredger and a number of abandoned swimming pools over 500 meters at the river’s banks. We do not know where they come from or how they got, or what company or firm represented, just know that they have attacked our home, our mother have been violated, the Allpamama. Read Article
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ATM cloning continues to be a challenge for Ecuadorian banks. Banco Pichincha has been working with a new biometrics keypad that actually registers and stores the rhythm and force of the authorized users hand when entering the password for the debit or credit card at an ATM. The three largest banks impacted by cloning are: […]
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The Naval Oceanographic Institute reports to the Community on 20, 21 and March 22 will present a strong currents and riptides on the mainland coast and islands of the country. This event has the distinction of being a Aguaje Maximus, which occurs when a surge coincides (new moon or full moon) with the Perigee of […]
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Yesterday morning at 02:45 am four men were discovered by authorities to be unconscious on the corners of Calle Cristobal Colon and the 15th. Apparently they had been given a dose of scopolamine. The victims had no identification or any items of value in their possession. There was a card left by one of the […]
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Manabi flooded downtown streets for hours Caráquez Bay and San Vicente, but also flooded the road from San Vicente-Canoa, causing setbacks to dozens of drivers and revealed shortcomings in the drainage system. Read Article
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Authorities have decided to close the airport in Loja for six months beginning in October to remodel the terminal. The decision was made yesterday in Quito between the authorities of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and representatives from different sectors of the province. Read Article
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Last night through an information issued in the Oromo TV news channel, the head of the National Traffic Council, Ricardo Antón, announced that it introduced the ultimate sanction against the cooperative transport Reina del Camino. Anton said to be notified in the coming hours the company to suspend the service permanently. “Reina del Camino no […]
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A new trend among teenage girls has evolved in Ecuador. Called “Tampax on the Rocks”, young women are dousing tampons with liquor and then using them in their private areas to become intoxicated. Extra.ec recently reported this activity and that it is an apparent attempt to disguise using alcohol from their parents or authorities. The […]
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Yesterday morning, a Polish expatriate was electrocuted and died in Yantzaza, Ecuador. The victim was working on an apartment when working with aluminum on the third floor of the apartment building. The aluminum construction material came into contact with a high tension cable, electrocuting him. Two additional workers were also injured and transported to Loja […]
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The Government will on Thursday the first group of Colombian prisoners in Ecuador, who will be repatriated from the neighboring country and delivered to the International Bridge Rumichaca. Texto copiado de www.rcnradio.com – Conozca el original en http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/16-03-11/confirman-repatriaci-n-de-primer-grupo-de-colombianos-presos-en-ecuador&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhhQrE2Kanb7D8sH2KEv5pRs0oLNVQ#ixzz1Gmmoq3ub Read Article
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Outstanding Video of Dolphins in the Galapagos – however, should have left the tourists out of the video.
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Ecuador’s national emergency department says it shipped the aid Monday to 260 families on Santa Cruz and San Cristobal islands whose fishing boats – and livelihood – were destroyed. Read Article
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New Zealand businessman Gareth Morgan thought he was safe from the Japanese tsunami at a beachside hotel in the Galapagos Islands, but his illusion was smashed by a three-metre wave. Mr Morgan and his wife, Jo, were kicking back at the Finch Bay Hotel on Santa Cruz Island when Friday’s quake struck. Read Article
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Infodefensa.com In an exclusive interview, the deputy minister for defense policy of Peru, Ambassador Marco Balarezo Lizarzaburu reported that it has agreed with Ecuador standardized and transparent methodology for measuring defense spending will be applied and presented towards the end of 2011. Read Article
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The Galapagos National Park Service has conducted a preliminary analysis of the the impact the tsunami has had on the protected area including tourist sites. The area in Santa Cruz for tortoise breeding has been closed due to damage. Many of the tortoises are being housed in a shelter. Most impacted areas: Southwest side of […]
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Ecuador said late Friday it had suspended crude oil exports of 342,000 barrels a day as long as a tsunami threat remains in place following the major 8.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan earlier in the day. Ecuador’s official oil company said it had declared “force majeure” on all crude exports and notified foreign companies that […]
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UPDATE – MARCH 14, 2011 18:20 Ecuador government sends six tons of food and supplies to families who have lost their liveliehood. Also, it is reported that some hotels have received major damage. Read Article UPDATE – MARCH 13, 2011 14:34 GALAPAGOS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT UPDATE – MARCH 12, 2011 12:49 INOCAR – UPDATE The navy […]
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Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, believes that to overturn the verdict ordering it to pay 9.5 billion dollars in reparations for environmental and public health damages in Ecuador’s Amazon jungle, the best defence is a good offence. Read Article
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Tourists were recently robbed of numerous items while staying at the Hosteria Mantaraya, located in Puerto Lopez in Manabi. The alleged ring leader was ‘Felix the Cat” (Gato Felix) who is associated with the gang ‘Fideo’ (noodles). According to police the elements of the gang was disbanded last year by authorities. However, a number of […]
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A federal judge on Monday extended his temporary order banning collection of an $18 billion judgment by the courts in Ecuador against Chevron, saying the oil company could face irreparable harm because it appeared that lawyers for Ecuadoreans who sued over rainforest contamination were going to try to quickly collect the award. Read Article
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On February 11, 2011, a traffic accident was reported this morning in Canton Ona, Azuay province, left around 17 injured, including three foreigners of German, Swiss and British. The rollover of the bus in route to Quito happened at 06:00 am. The bus hit a rock and rolled 20 meters down the road. Hoy.com.ec reported […]
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Anyone living in or visiting beach homes in the Santa Elena region need to be extra vigilant when it comes to home security. Last saturday in Ballenita, Santa Elena, a beach residence was stormed by armed assailants. They stormed the front door and came over the walls of the residence where most of the guests […]
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Customs inspectors have found nearly a half ton (421 kilos) of shark fins cut illegally from protected hammerhead sharks. The fins were located on a ship from Ecuador.Read Article
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Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said that his controversial proposal to ban the slaughter of animals in public spectacles covers bullfights, but not cockfights. “Cockfights are exempt and will be allowed,” Correa told the government-run news agency Andes on Tuesday. Read Article
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On Feb. 14, a provincial Ecuadorean court issued the harshest environmental verdict in history against a major oil company, the U.S.-based Chevron. But is there any chance it will be carried out? Read Article
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She has no legal training, and doesn’t speak the Spanish that dominates government in Quito but indigenous villager Maria Aguinda helped bring a landmark judgment against US oil giant Chevron for polluting the rain forest she calls home. Read Article
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Ecuador’s net tax collections rose 13% in January to $780 million from $689 million a year earlier, the Internal Revenue Service, or SRI, said Wednesday. Read Article
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Brazil’s government has missed its self-imposed deadline to provide details on how it will cut 50 billion reais ($30 billion) from this year’s budget, casting further doubt on whether it will have the discipline to see the measures through and slow an outbreak of inflation. Read Article
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The Movechannel.com recently spoke about the International Living conference in Quito, Ecuador. The article mentions one of the presenters stating you can retire in Ecuador for as little at $500 dollars per month. “Than $500 a Month Expat John Curran watered that seed when he took the stage a bit later. He explained how he […]
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For many years children worked the gold mines of Nambija. Until in 1985 Father Stanislaw Wrobel slowly showed them the way out of the tunnels. Now Nambija boasts schools, businesses and a mining college. Child labor is as good as gone from the dangerous mines.
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Ecuador has received a billion US dollars from PetroChina as prepayment for crude oil sales, Finance Minister Patricio Rivero has said. Read Article
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Pachakutik: Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR: DR. MARC BECKER This authoritative book provides a deeply informed overview of one of the most dynamic social movements in Latin America. Focusing on contemporary Indigenous movements in Ecuador, leading scholar Marc Becker traces the growing influence of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities […]
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The Patriotic Society Party assemblyman from Azuay, Fernando Aguirre, criticizes the lack of support from banks in countries with the proposal to declare a state of emergency in Cuenca, in response to increased criminal activity. Here is one of the comments made by a reader of the article in eltiempo.com.ec “Mr. Aguirre is the first […]
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Another bus wreck injuring numerous people in route from Manabi to Jujan in Guayas Province. Eltiempo.com.ec reported the accident of a bus belonging to Cooperativa Valencia. It was reported to have crashed into a trailer in the middle of the night leaving at least 20 people injured. There were 49 passengers.
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President Rafael Correa denied that he resumed trade talks with EU for his government will not trespass the “red line” despite EU “serious proposals which we were to determine whether to agree or not, promissing to answer this week. The terms of the document include public purchases, having EU and Ecuadorian companies compete under similar […]
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While relatively rare, the threat of kidnapping for ransom should always be of concern to expatriates residing in Ecuador. Remember that no matter how much money you may or not have, you will always be considered by criminals to be wealthy and possessing assets. While a kidnapping can happen anywhere in Ecuador, those living in […]
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Ecuador’s constitutional Court approved this week a 10-question referendum that will let voters decide whether to ban gambling and bullfighting but also ask them to boost President Rafael Correa’s power over the judiciary. Read Article
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Plaintiffs in the Ecuador pollution case against Chevron Corp will get to question the man they call the “ringleader” of a sting operation that is key to Chevron’s efforts to avoid paying a massive judgment. Read Article
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Ecuador’s largest cellphone company, Porta Celular, the local unit of Mexican communications giant America Movil SAB, plans to invest about $180 million during 2011 in the Andean country, the company’s president told Dow Jones Newswires. In an interview on Thursday, Alfredo Escobar said that the investment, which will be 45% higher compared with 2010, will […]
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In remote villages of Ecuador, scientists have found a population that may hold clues to fighting diabetes and cancer – people with a type of dwarfism who almost never get those diseases. It turns out that a gene mutation that stunts their growth also may block cell changes that lead to these diseases of ageing. […]
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Two Germans and two Swiss tourists capturing the best images from the Plaza Grande. Con sus cámaras fotográficas retrataban el monumento de la Libertad y el Palacio de Carondelet. With their cameras portraying the monument of freedom and the Palacio de Carondelet. Moreover, the cameras had not at hand but that hung around his neck.These […]
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Lawyers for Chevron Corp and plaintiffs who accuse the U.S. oil giant of pollution return to a provincial court in Ecuador’s Amazon this week to appeal one of the world’s largest ecological damage rulings. Lawyers for the 47 named plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they will file papers on Thursday before a three-judge panel at […]
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In November 2009, a Philadelphia lawyer suing Chevron Corp. over oil-field pollution in Ecuador had some advice for his colleagues on the case: Now might be the time to settle. Read Article
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The proposed reforms, which Correa argues will help fight crime and better regulate the economy, have come in for fierce political opposition. “The proposals to amend the constitution got the green light (from the court) and it’s now up to the president to make a final decision,” Chief Justice Patricio Pazmino told reporters. The court […]
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An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday in an epic environmental case that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil drilling contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador’s northern jungle and ordered the oil giant to pay $8.6 billion in damages and cleanup costs. The amount was far below the $27.3 billion recommended by a court-appointed expert but […]
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International arbitrators ordered Ecuador to suspend enforcement of any judgment against Chevron Corporation in a marathon environmental case against the US supermajor, according to an order posted on Chevron’s website. Read Article
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has expressed interest in province Loja’s Palanda hydroelectric project, José Aguirre, manager of Loja’s alternative energies company Enersur, told BNamericas. Read Article
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The messages are heard again in the Ecuadorian province of Sucumbios border. The armed group makes the invitations through the radio “Voice of the Resistance ‘, said Saturday the Ecuadorian newspaper’ The Universo ‘ “In a few weeks the station has penetrated guerrilla clearly in villages that are located along the border,” he says. Read […]
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The Business Confidence Index, measured and monitored by Deloitte, starts the new year with 3 points less than that registered in December, reaching 92.3 of a possible 250 points. Despite its decline, remains a high level compared with that reported in January 2010 (83), 2009 (73) and 2008 (78). As in the last months of […]
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20 people who form a high-level commission of the Carabineros de Chile come to Ecuador to provide advice to the National Police and collaborate in the creation of a corps of detectives, said President Rafael Correa. Read Article
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Colombian troops found a cache of the FARC in the jungles of the southern department of Putumayo, bordering with Ecuador, which had nearly a ton of explosives, officials said. Read Article
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Movistar has reportedly expanded commercial 3.5G coverage to the city of Loja. The expansion of the HSPA-based mobile broadband network was launched in June 2009 which forms part of a nationwide plan to increase Movistar’s high speed services footprint throughout 2011. Read Article
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Rattanbir is the name of the first virtual art gallery, which will open on Thursday 24 February, which aims to promote the art through the Internet to expand the art market in Ecuador and elsewhere. Read Article
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In order to welcome hundreds of families with limited economic resources of the province, especially those who have been affected by migration, Canar Provincial Government implemented in May this year a production plant to market it horchata national level. Read Article
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A team of Spanish researchers studied the impact of invasive species and shrub plants threatened the Galapagos Islands, to assess the loss of biodiversity in the Ecuadorian archipelago, reported the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. Read Article
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Eldiario.ec reported yesterday there were two individuals involved in a serious motorcycle accident in Manta, Ecuador. In 2010, there were 500 vehicle accidents in which 65% involved motorcycles. The transit department stated that in most accidents involving a motorcycle, it was the driver of the motorcycle to blame. The department revealed the accidents usually involve […]
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As of Wednesday, February 9 this year, will be included in the airfare airport taxes for domestic and international passengers. This fee was previously charged in windows located within the airports. This became known Fernando Guerrero, aeronautical authority of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, by Resolution No. 066, and amended Resolution No. 104 of […]
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Justice Minister, José Serrano, said that while the debugging process culminates system prison guards, the Armed Forces personnel have custody of Social Rehabilitation centers. He explained that soldiers will guard the outside of prisons, while police will do the interior. The treatment process will begin in the coming days and will last about two months, […]
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Anthony Di Fiore, a primate biologist at New York University, writes from Ecuador, where he is using GPS technology and camera traps to study the behavior of male spider monkeys. Read Article
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Amid the peak Valentine’s Day flower season, U.S. agents in Miami are working overtime to make sure pretty love bouquets are not used as transportation by exotic South American pests or cocaine traffickers. Read Article
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67% of Ecuadorians said they knew of the call for referendum posed by the President of the Republic while only 39% say they are aware of its contents. The responses from the last national survey conducted by CEDATOS city between 27 and 31 January 2011 in 15 cities, a random sample of 2,220 people, between […]
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Paul Terroni faked his own death in Ecuador to avoid driving charges and nearly four years later he found himself in a Sydney court being sentenced for those offences. Read Article
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Around 11 am today indigenous leaders were arrested in a joint operation of Army and National Police. Among those detained is acacha Pepe, one of the candidates for president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). Pepe acacha is former president of the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers (FICSH) and next to him […]
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By now, the routine is familiar. The Chamberlins fly Continental to Houston, then hop a connecting flight to Quito. From Ecuador’s capital, it’s a prop plane to Manta, where they step out onto the tarmac seeking justice, not sanctuary. “In August, I had eight men with body armor and submachine guns meet me when I […]
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Ecuador has established two new military bases along the border with Colombia. They are designed to provided more security for Ecuadorian residents and to monitor guerrilla activity. Read Article
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Energy giant Chevron Corp. (CVX: News ) said Tuesday that it has filed a civil lawsuit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act as well as other federal and state laws against the trial lawyers and consultants leading a fraudulent litigation and PR campaign against the company. Read Article
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Border inspectors stopped a vehicle coming into Peru at the Carpitas checkpoint with a large quantity of gasoline in bags and containers. The driver attempted to evade authorities. Read Article
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It was April Fool’s Day in 2007 when Paul Terroni supposedly drowned in the Coaque River in Pedernales, Ecuador. Just over a year later, very much alive, he returned to Australia with a new name. He had hoped to make a fresh start as Gabriel Alejandro Sanchez Cedeno but his old life came back to […]
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The United States Department of State provides information as to deaths of American Citizens around the world. Below is the information taken from their site for American citizens who died in Ecuador from January 1, 2009 through June of 2010. It appears the database is usually updated about six months behind an incident. In the […]
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2015 TAGS: EMIN, PGOV, SNAR, ASEC, EINV, ENRG, PE SUBJECT: MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER REF: A. LIMA 1432 B. 04 LIMA 5874 Classified By: Ambassador J. Curtis Struble. Reason: 1.4 (b,d) 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent protests against British firm Majaz,s exploration for copper near the Ecuador border have resulted in […]
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Costa Rican authorities say they have dismantled a cocaine smuggling network that used fishing vessels to ship drugs from Ecuador and Colombia through Central America and into Mexico. Read Article
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The Galápagos National Park Service has launched a project to protect the famous archipelago’s endangered species by wiping out introduced, invasive rats. As has been done in other locations, such as Australia’s Christmas Island, the Galápagos rats will be targeted with poison bait dropped from helicopters, starting on nine of the chain’s small and medium-sized […]
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The AP reported that on Friday an American Airline’s 757 made an emergency landing in Jamaica en route from Quito, Ecuador to Miami. According to American Airlines, the pilot made the precautionary decision afer a temperature indication warning was issued on the right engine of the aircraft. There were 155 on board plus the crew. […]
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On Thursday afternoon a 35 year old Polish man drowned while swimming at Playa Santa Marianita. Located 20 km from Manta, the victim was swimming in the late afternoon when a large wave took him out to sea. His girlfriend summoned the fire department but they were not able to locate the victim’ body. The […]
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Colombian refugees across the border find sex is the only way for them to make a living. The oil workers in nearby Ecuador are the customers. Read Article – Video filmed in 2009
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Ecuadorean immigrants have been put in an even more vulnerable position by the lingering economic crisis in the industrialised world, especially in Spain and the United States, the main destinations for migrants from Latin America. Read Article
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The government of Ecuador has rented a hotel in the historic sector of Quito to house illegal aliens during deportation proceedings. The government admitted that the illegals had been kept in quarters that were inhumane. The hostal is a three star accomodation for illegals to wait until they are removed from the country. The hotel […]
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Five Ecuadorian military personnel perished in a small plane crash. The plane belonged to the Ecuadorian air force and was a Twin Otter, which was near Tena, in the province of Napo. There was one survivor and the cause of the was unknown. Read Article
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Scientists are still hoping to mate the near century-old giant tortoise from the Galapagos — even though efforts over the past two decades have failed. The Galapagos National Park said in a statement Thursday said that they are providing two new female partners for George, who is believed to be the last living member of […]
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Ecuadorian authorities have been holding computers and equipment belonging to the critical newsmagazine Vanguardia since a police raid on its offices a month ago. The Committee to Protect Journalists has concluded the seizure was reprisal for the magazine’s editorial positions and calls on authorities to return the property. On December 17, armed members of the […]
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Twenty cases of leptospirosis have been detected in the province of Manabi during the first two weeks of 2011. Health officials believe there should not cause alarm but to raise awareness for extreme sanitary measures in their environment, as the disease arises from contact of water with the urine of animals such as rats, horses, […]
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The bus company “Reina del Camino” who was responsible for a tragic accident in December, has been permitted by Ecuadorian courts to resume operations. The company filed an injunction las Friday at the First Court of Childhood, Adolescence and the Family of Guayaquil. The president of Reina del Camino stated that the judge ruled in […]
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To date health authorities have reported two deaths from the H1N1 virus in Cuenca.
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On Saturday, 24 year old Canadian, Phillip Shaughnessy died after falling in a gorge that is at least 100 meters deep. According to a witness from the U.S., she told authorities that he slipped and lost his balance. The body was recovered and had significant trauma. It was moved to the morgue in Latacunga for […]
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The Observatorio de Seuridad Ciudana recently released their report on stolen cell phones in Quito. In 2009, the number was 3,360. The number increased to 4,050 in 2010. Numbers of phones are stolen from victims during the middle of the day when students are leaving school and after work when people are returning to their […]
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Governments throughout Latin America are ramping up dengue prevention campaigns after 1.5 million people were infected and over 1,000 people in the region died of the disease in 2010. There have already been deaths from dengue fever this year, the most recent one in Perú, where the deaths are exceeding hospital capacity – and it […]
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In Romania, prosecutors say they have detained two Romanian men believed to belong to a drug cartel planning to transport €90 million (US$120.14 million) of cocaine to western Europe. Organized crime prosecutors accuse the two of involvement in a Colombian cartel transporting 1.5 tons (1.36 metric tons) of the drug from Ecuador to Romania, and […]
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Vehicle and parts thefts are a persistent problem in Ecuador. In Quito there are four areas where chop shops operate. Police indicate there are four known operators with two in the north, one in the center of Quito, and one in the south of the city. Chop shops disguise themselves as garages. There are gangs […]
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A foreign couple have been arrested for illegal trafficking of people in Quito. After agents of the Unit of People Smuggling Intelligence Police investigate possible immigration fraud, it was found that the Mariana Pérez Zavala Mexican and Colombian Carlos Alonso Chiduque are the perpetrators of this crime, police said. The operation called “North Coyote” discovered […]
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Petroecuador, Ecuadors state oil firm, has taken over the operation of an offshore gas field after its previous operator, US-based Noble Energy, abandoned the country rather than sign a new contract. International Oil Daily
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Homicide Rates per 100,000 Esmeraldas – 62 Sucumbios – 44 Guayaquil – 25.6 Quito (urban) 10.6 Cuenca – 7.1 National – 18.5 Source – Observatorio Metropolitano de Seguridad Ciudadana
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Buses transport cooperative Interprovincial Reina del Camino, has been barred from operating on Ecuadorian highways. The National Commission on Surface Transportation, Traffic and Road Safety (Cntttsv), reported yesterday its decision to abandon the operating permit of the 132 units of the company. One of their buses was involved in an accident on December 24, 2010, […]
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The Ecuadorian healthcare system begins a new stage Tuesday after President Rafael Correa passed an emergency decree to provide it with funds of 406 million USD. The figure, the largest in history for the sector, will be paid out in parts, and the first involves 50 million to hire professionals and fully supply public hospitals […]
The strongest La Niña weather system in 50 years has brought historic flooding to Australia and drought to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, driving up food prices. Scientists now believe climate change is likely enhancing the impacts of the famous El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a cyclical climate phenomenon that affects weather patterns around the world. Read […]
Ecuador exported 5,000 tons of crude African palm oil to Venezuela, traded in Sucres, the legal tender of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alba), the Ecuadorian Executive Office reported on Tuesday. They added that the deal, led by state-run National Development Bank of Ecuador, is within the framework of a bi-monthly […]
Manabi is ready for another winter. Both farmers and the authorities know that prevention is the only way to prevent the crops from flooding and lose money. For example, the Provincial Council of Manabi prevention executed 86 works in 22 districts of the province with an investment of USD 9 million dollars. Read Article
Ecuador is currently under the influence of the ‘La Nina’ climate phenomenon. Last Friday there was a climate forum held in Babahoyo, Ecuador. Below are some of the forum’s conclusions and forecasts for the next several weeks throughout Ecuador. The forum believes La Nina pattern in the pacific is weak, which would allow low temperatures, […]
Tuna fishing, a major resource for the Ecuadorian economy, has been hit by the vagaries of weather in the Pacific waters believed to have been caused by the La Nina phenomenon, officials said. Tuna yields in the first 10 months of 2010 dropped 16 percent because of disruptions to marine life caused by La Nina, […]
Unprecedented prices of food items will strongly affect the world’s poorest people, and this will raise the risk of protests, calls to ban exports, expropriation of farmlands owned by foreigners and more short-term price increases driven by investors. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that food prices reached all-time highs […]