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Ecuadorian Indigenous organizations and environmental advocacy groups on Wednesday protested state-run oil company Petroecuador, saying it is failing to comply with a court order to shut gas flares in the Amazon, though the government said it was closing them. In...
Three days after the National Electricity Operator (Cenace) warned that more electric blackouts are possible, Ecuador’s Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Friday that the blackouts are over. “We are finished with the power cuts due to the lack of electric...
By Arthur Nelson More than $100 billion of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet. The controversial arbitration system which allows corporations to sue...
By Emily Mae Czachor The United States has sanctioned Los Lobos, a powerful crime gang based in Ecuador with ties to violence across the country and drug trafficking in the surrounding region, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday. Los Lobos also has a...
Planning for the elimination of gasoline subsidies is underway and will be implemented within a matter of months, according to Deputy Government Minister Esteban Torres. “This is not something we are planning for next year or sometime in the future, it is a change...
Electric power cuts could resume in July or August, the National Electricity Operator (Cenace) warned Tuesday. “Due to weather-related circumstances at the country’s electricity generation plants, it is possible that more scheduled outages will occur until February...
By Tobias Käufer It came as a small shock to exporters: According to local media reports, recently banned the import of Guatemalan coffee and other goods. There was no official explanation. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, however, presumed that there was a...
By Sylvan Hardy The surge of killings in Manta is the result of a turf war between the Los Lobos and Choneros gangs, according to the crime monitoring service InSight Crime. “Los Lobos and its Mexican partner, the Jalisco New Generation cartel, is taking advantage of...
By John Olson From Thursday June 13 through Sunday, June 16, Cuenca's own English-language expat theater company, Azuay Community Theater, brings the comedic gem Murder at the Howard Johnson’s to life in Ecuador, promising an evening of laughter and unexpected twists....
By Mina Elwell When you're planning to spend time away from home, one of the most important things you need to pack is your prescription medications. However, not all countries have the same regulations on medications, and depending on where you're going, medications...
Martes, 4/6/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica en Gala Lírica (Symphony in Lyric Gala) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC) is performing a Lyric Gala this coming viernes a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. The program will include soloists Ruth Díaz and...
By Kate Murphy “You’re not listening!” “Let me finish!” “That’s not what I said!” After “I love you,” these are among the most common refrains in close relationships. During my two years researching a book on listening, I learned something incredibly ironic about...
Among the conditions Ecuador agreed to for a $4 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was making a substantial payment on the debt to the Social Security Institute (IESS). Under terms released by the IMF, the government is required to pay all arrears...
By Agnes Theresa Oberauer Given its history of colonization, South America is a place that brings together the culture of its European colonizers with rich Indigenous culture and African traditions. While many places in South America continue to grapple with poverty...
Following the murders of an alternate National Assembly member and his wife Sunday, President Daniel Noboa ordered the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the General Command of the National Police to relocate to Manta. In recent weeks, Manta and Manabí Province...
By Arturo Torres and Dan Collyns The road leading to Podocarpus National Park winds around lush, forested mountains that seem to stretch endlessly on the horizon. Covering 1,463 square kilometers (565 square miles), the park stretches from the foothills of the eastern...
By Dani Blum As summer approaches, many people with spring allergies are still suffering. And as new Covid variants circulate, experts say we may also soon see an uptick in cases. (Though wastewater data suggests that Covid cases are currently fairly low.) It can be...
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) $4 billion loan to Ecuador comes with strings attached. Among the requirements are for the government to increase revenue by expanding the taxpayer base, permanently increasing the value added tax, formalizing informal workers...
Domingo, 2/6/24 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Una 'cascada mágica' tiene Santa Isabel (Santa Isabel has a 'magic waterfall') - In the community of Pedernales, Shaglli Parish, Santa Isabel canton, is the río Chorrohuaico which has a magical waterfall. The river flows...
By José de Córdoba and Anthony Harrup Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president after romping to victory in an election billed as a referendum on the leftist policies of departing President Andrés Manuel López...
Week of August 16
Azuay stays under state of exception as authorities track criminal groups expanding around Cuenca.
Older adults and people with disabilities can now request vehicle tax break online.
That unresolved bank complaint has another place to go and the service is free.
