At least 2,293 people are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Reiber. Of these, 1 440 correspond to kidney, 800 for corneas, 30 heart, and three for liver. Another 700 people have been assessed, and 20 are children waiting for a kidney transplant, according to figures from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant (ONTOT). Read Article
Ecuador’s legislature has passed a bill that makes organ donations for transplant automatic at death unless a prospective donor has specifically requested otherwise. This information would be included in your documents. The new law includes those age 18 and over. The measure was passed Thursday by a vote of 124-111. The new law is awaiting […]
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said a planned constitutional referendum this year would ask citizens whether to limit banks’ operations to financial services and strip them of companies outside that industry. Read Article
As economic ties strengthen between Ecuador and Peru, new bus service has been announced to begin in mid January between Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru. Cruz del Sur bus company has a long history in Peru and also has international routes to Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buses include GPS monitoring from the time […]
Ecuador closed 2010 with an annual inflation rate of 3.33 percent, considered one of the lowest in South America, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). INEC Director Byron Villacis said the index met expectations (3.4 percent) and was lower than that of 2009 (4.31 percent). The current cost of the family […]
The Ecuadorian government is studying the implications of moving from analog to Japanese/Brazilian digital technology, a process that will take about 10 years, Superintendent of Telecommunications Fabian Jaramillo said. The details depend on a report to be provided on Friday by a commission on system analysis to the National Telecommunications Council, and the master plan […]
Outside the modest two-story adobe house, a flag of Ecuador flutters alongside a large sign that reads “Ikat: weaving demonstrations and sales.” Hanks of yarn and colourful fabrics hang from the handrail running around the edge of the courtyard and balcony, and weaving looms can be seen inside. This is the home of José Jiménez, […]
The new Ambassador of Ecuador in Colombia Raul Vallejo, told reporters that the government of President Rafael Correa will not allow the establishment of camps by armed groups outside the law, “be they paramilitary, be they drug traffickers, whether the guerrillas ( o) any sign or any name. ” The diplomat, who arrived yesterday in […]
The number of people seeking relief from flu symptoms have increased substantially over the last several days at hospitals in Guayauqil. Authorities stated that there have been no confirmed cases of H1N1 virus in Guayaquil. In Quito there have been confirmed 35 cases of H1N1. Also, in Guayaquil there has been one recent case of […]
There is a current multi-agency effort to destroy shacks and housing that drug traffickers are using northwest of Guayaquil. Establishments in the area that sell wood poles and housing supplies have been closed. Read Article
The Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, dated November 25, 2010, set a single rate for entry into the World Heritage Protected Areas of the State (PANE), an amount that will apply to all visitors, whether local or foreign, except for the Galapagos National Park, which is operated under special arrangements. By resolution number 221 signed […]
With life expectancy increasing in Latin America, age-related disease has become a pressing public health concern. Results of an epidemiological study conducted by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University and the Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologia showed that the metabolic syndrome, a condition that increases […]
Police investigations reveal that several gangs involved in drug trafficking Nigerian international exist in Quito, Ecuador and Buenos Aires, Argentina. ountries. Traces to several African citizens in the Ecuadorian capital led to a finding that entertainment areas such as La Mariscal, north of the city, or The Michelena, in the south, were recruited for traffic […]
Resources from abroad and are intended for country’s productive apparatus declined during 2010. Business Committee estimates Ecuador (EC), Ecuador has lost $ 800 million through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). EWC, said: “The investment was one of the worst performances in the national economy. There was a registered negative balance of $ 300 million compared to […]
The first DNA laboratory opened in late May 2010, work on the third floor of Building 9 October the Attorney General’s Office in Quito. The mission of this department is to contribute with input and scientific value of genetic testing to clarify such cases of forensic and biological ties. It has also become one of […]
A diplomatic officer from Hong Kong is being charged for possession and transporting endangered species from the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. The police report indicated that the diplomat’s luggage was checked at the airport on Baltra Island after being alerted by a search dog. His luggage contained 20 dried seahorses, 37 unknown marine species, and […]
Lahora.com.ec reported that the Ecuadorian government passed a 10 percent minimum salary raise for employees beginning January 1, 2011. The current base salary is $240.00 a month. The increase is to be $24.00 settling the base monthly salary at $264.00. Workers to be included are both in the private and public sector. The raise also […]
At least 100 Nigerians have been arrested in Ecuador so far in 2010. Most of them have legal status in Ecuador under refugee status. A recent arrest of five Nigerians in an operation in Quito allowed four of the detained to be released because they did not have drugs on their person. The Nigerians are […]
December 25, 2010: South Africa has completed its deal to sell twelve recently (2008) retired Cheetah C jet fighters to Ecuador. The deal, which took over a year to negotiate, includes the South African aircraft manufacturer (Denel) supplying maintenance and technical support services to keep the aircraft flying. The Cheetahs will replace Ecuador’s current force […]
At least 35 travellers have been killed in Ecuador when their bus tumbled off the road and fell down a 150m (500ft) ravine, officials say. Some 25 more people were injured in the crash, and at least eight of the dead were reported to be children. Read Article
On December 10, 2010, the first recorded civil marriage between two gay men took place.
Convinced that receive the rejection of economic groups, the President of the Republic ratified on Saturday during the Citizen Link 201, emitted from the Plaza San Francisco, that the Ecuadorian people decide by referendum whether the events bullfights are still carried out in the country. Read Story
A referendum on reforms to the new constitution and criminal law is to be held in Ecuador in response to the mounting public security crisis, giving left-wing President Rafael Correa an opportunity to canvass public opinion on these thorny issues. The date of the referendum and the wording of its questions are still unknown, but […]
Chevron Corp said litigation against the firm in an Ecuadorian court should be terminated because a forensic specialist discovered many forged signatures on the document that initially authorized the legal action. “The Ecuadorian authorities cannot continue to ignore the mounting evidence of fraud in the Lago Agrio litigation without violating their duties under the Ecuadorian […]
His name is Fr Miroslaw Karczewski and he was the 45 year old priest of the Convent of Friars Minor (OFM Conv) killed on the afternoon of Monday, 6 December in the rectory of the parish of St Anthony of Padua in Santo Domingo de Los Colorados (in Ecuador), in the north of the country, […]
This morning there was a fire in two hotels in downtown Quito. The flames destroyed the second and third floors of the Hotel Reina del Cisne. The Hotel Santo Domingo also caught on fire. The fire reported at 5:30 am was reportedly under control at 8:30 am. There were no reports of injuries. Tourists were […]
A declassified U.S. diplomatic cable reveals the plans of Lucio Gutierrez, former president of Ecuador, to return to the country after being run out of office as president in 2005. Gutierrez asked a U.S. diplomat present at a dinner hosted by a Colombian politician to ensure his safety upon returning to Ecuador. He mentioned his […]
New conditions have been issued for turning manoeuvres at Ecuador’s Estero Santa Ana, where the Trinipuerto, Bananapuerto and TPG private terminals are located, according to GAC. Read Article
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa made changes to his Cabinet on Friday as part of an overhaul begun in response to the violent police mutiny of Sept. 30. The president swore-in retired Adm. Homero Arellano as new minister of Internal and External Security, succeeding Miguel Carvajal, while Alfredo Vera takes over the Interior Ministry, replacing the […]
Story submitted by Reader of Latinamericacurrentevents.com based in Ecuador: Last evening Beba Chattin, age 36, was walking on her way to pick up her daughter in the lower income neighborhood of La Chala in Guayaquil, Ecuador. A large black male approached her from behind and told her to stop. He wanted to know what she […]
Through November 2010 there have been 211 reported cases of stolen identity. Read Article
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa will arrive on Tuesday in Caracas in a “solidarity visit” to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez, who suspended a travel to Quito this week due to the crisis that has hit Venezuela as a result of heavy rains, the Venezuelan government reported. Read Article
Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who became a billionaire just three years ago shorting subprime, announced today that he is donating $15 million towards the largest children’s maternity hospital complex in Latin America. Read Story
Yesterday evening at the Guayaquil International Airport, customs agents were seen confiscating hundreds of pairs of shoes which were shipped in via air. It appeared that the items were brought in either without proper permissions or without declaring items. It has been a well known fact that the government has been making significant efforts at […]
Although Guayas has alarming rates of crime, the other provinces are not immune to this crime wave that generates violence and is responsible for 2,225 killings and assassinations nationwide between January and October. Nationwide figures are growing insecurity linked to drug trafficking, contract killings and crime, which generates an unprecedented violence in the streets. Read […]
In Ecuador, crime was growing in remote parts of the country where men in uniform were not properly armed for surveillance. The Government of Ecuador realized they were not only increasing their unsolved crimes, but it was also costing them more money to have post-crime actions than to invest in an established preventive measure. The […]
The red alert that was issued earlier today has been downgraded to orange alert by authorities in Ecuador, for Tungurahua Volcano in Banos, Ecuador. While there had been reports that Banos was being evacuated, eye witness account deny that there were any evacuations of Banos proper. One report stated that there was some ash in […]
telegraph.co.uk By Aislinn Simpson and Stephen Adams Four British teenage girls and their tour guide have been killed and another 15 people have been injured in a bus crash in Ecuador, just two weeks into a three-month South American trip. Ecuadorean police said the crash took place at around 7.30pm local time on Saturday, when […]