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Lunes, 29/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Titular – Ecuador y China aplican el Tratado de Libre Comercio (Ecuador and China implement Free Trade Agreement) – The Free Trade Agreement between China and Ecuador will come into force this miércoles, 1/5. In the 1st phase, there will be more than 4.600 types of products that can be...
Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Monday that there will be no power blackouts during the Labor Day holiday weekend, from Friday through Sunday. He said the decision was based on improving conditions at the country’s hydroelectric generation facilities and the resolution of power grid connection issues with Colombia. In addition, he said the length of...
Mexico’s president said Thursday that the country’s violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry” and mostly just kill each other. The claims by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are clearly at odds with the reality of millions of Mexicans who live in areas dominated by drug cartels. The cartels routinely...
By Alexandra Valencia Ecuador’s foreign ministry said on Monday it has sued Mexico at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, asking it to find that Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas violated international law. Glas, twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested this...
Domingo, 28/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Sucesos – En Cuenca investigan a una agrupación delictiva (Criminal group investigated in Cuenca) – Between el 23 & 24/4, there were armed assaults of 2 commercial locations in Cuenca. A man and woman entered a restaurant at Los Álamos y Paseo Tres de Noviembre la noche de miércoles. They...
Former Miss Ecuador candidate Landy Párraga was murdered Sunday while she ate at a restaurant in Quevedo in Los Ríos Province. Parraga had been under investigation in the Metastasis case because of her romantic relationship with drug kingpin Leandro Norero, alias El Patrón. According to witnesses at the shopping mall cevicheria, two men approached Párraga...
By Ana Caistor Arendar The people of Ecuador have given a resounding NO to the return of secretive, foreign corporate courts suing the Ecuadorian state for democratic decisions. In a referendum held last week, Ecuador voted to keep its constitutional ban on using international arbitration and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms (ISDS) to settle disputes between...
By Nelson Bocanegra Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Colombia’s major cities Saturday and Sunday to protest against the left-wing government of Gustavo Petro, whose popularity is at an all-time low. The demonstrations followed even larger turnouts last week, when an estimated 600,000 held marches in the country’s largest cities. The demonstrations were...
Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Friday that power blackouts will be reduced to two hours on Saturday and suspended altogether on Sunday as a result of rising water levels at the Mazar-Paute hydroelectric complex. Luque said the change is partly due to lower electricity usage on weekends. “It is easier to provide relief on weekends...
Viernes, 26/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Exposición de caricaturas ‘Hoy sí vino Vini’ en La Lira (Cartoon exhibition ‘Hoy sí vino Vini’ (Vini did come today) at La Lira) – An exhibit of cartoons by artist Vinicio Jiménez Morales is open at the Casa de la Lira until el 14/5 with hours from 8:30...
Five soldiers and three civilians were killed Friday morning when their army helicopter crashed in a remote area of Tiwino canton in Pastaza Province. The civilians were officials from Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat. The flight was carrying food and other supplies to three Amazon communities affected by recent flooding. The crash occurred at 9:30 a.m....
By María Teresa Escobar In the hours after midnight in March, a police task force swept through the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port and business capital. The force made 12 arrests, including seven judges and a former congressman, as part of major investigations known as “Metástasis” and “Purga” (“purge” in Spanish) which in recent...
Expat Life
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Even as a very young child, Valentina Leon was more drawn to animals than to her toys. Dolls were just...
Health News
By Dana G. Smith According to some estimates, consumers spend $62 billion a year on “anti-aging” treatments. But while creams,...
By Andrei Ionescu A team of infectious disease specialists has issued an urgent call to action for the medical community,...
Opinion
By Ana Caistor Arendar The people of Ecuador have given a resounding NO to the return of secretive, foreign corporate...
By Tessa Flemming For years, Ecuador and Mexico looked like two countries in diplomatic harmony. Despite their political differences, the...
By Jeff Abbott Mexico has severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after heavily armed police raided the country’s embassy, in a...
