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Angered by President Daniel Noboa’s state of emergency declaration, criminal gang members set off explosions and burned cars in several cities, including Cuenca, on Monday night. In Quito and Machala, police officers were kidnapped. “This response was expected and we...
In response to riots in at least five federal prisons on Monday, President Daniel Noboa has declared a 60-day state of emergency which includes an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. The emergency also suspends rights of household privacy and freedom on assembly. The...
By John Fund The Covid-19 lockdowns that were imposed worldwide (with the exception of Sweden and a few other countries) ran contrary to the longtime conventional wisdom that the main responsibility of the public-health system in a pandemic is to keep people calm and...
National Police Commander Cesar Zapata confirmed Sunday afternoon that the leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang may have escaped from the Guayaquil Regional Prison. José Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was not in his cell when police entered the prison to transfer him...
Colombia and Ecuador broke up a criminal organization responsible for sending up to five tons of cocaine per month to the U.S. and Europe and captured the Colombian brothers in charge, the two countries said on Sunday. Colombian police said the Los Curva criminal...
By Kyle Smith Say, kids, did you know “Blazing Saddles” is “an overt and audacious spoof on classic Westerns”? Well, now you do, thanks to the trigger warning that has just been slapped on the movie by HBO Max, which hired University of Chicago professor Jacqueline...
Although Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric generation plants are operating at near-normal capacity due to recent rains, more electric blackouts may be required as maintenance work will reduce power in the coming weeks. “Under normal circumstances, the return to full...
Viernes, 5/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - 6/1, 10:00 - Workshop, Escultura orgánica (Organic sculpture) - Museo de la Conceptas. 8/1, 14:00 - Training, Repujado artistico (Artistic embossing) - Quinta Bolívar. 10/1, 18:30 - Screening, Anatomy of...
An estimated 130,000 people in hundreds of communities in Ecuador will benefit from 22 projects of traditional vernacular architecture beneficiaries of the incentives launched by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC), that have been inaugurated. Launched...
President Daniel Noboa defended the 11 questions he plans to submit to voters in a referendum, saying his “number one priority” is protecting the citizens of Ecuador from crime. His comments in a radio interview and a press conference on Thursday followed criticism of...
By Garnett Stewart Many of you know I live with Ecuadorian medical students. I have some critical insider news. In the U.S. all medical students are college graduates. Many have master's and PhDs before admission. The MCAT, the medical college admissions test, is a...
By Carolina Mella President Daniel Noboa made a campaign promise to purchase prison ships to house the leaders of the gangs that operate in the country’s penitentiaries 80 miles off Ecuador’s Pacific coast. Delivering on that promise, he now says that he has seen...
By Grace Livingstone Senators passed the legislation which -- if approved by the lower house of congress -- will allow criminals over the age of 65 to be released from prison into house arrest. Organisations representing victims of the dictatorship describe the bill...
President Daniel Noboa’s 11 referendum questions, made public Wednesday, follow through on campaign promises to strengthen the role of law enforcement in fighting organized crime and to keep convicted criminals in prison. If approved by voters, the questions will...
The Catholic archdiocese of Cuenca is denouncing a judge who released a man who attacked two priests and has threatened to kill others. At a press conference, Archbishop Marcos Pérez questioned how the unnamed judge could allow an "attempted murderer" to walk free....
By Julieta Pelcastre Ecuador and Peru are leading the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the Chinese fishing fleet carries out year-round in Latin America. Illegal and unreported fishing has decimated fish stocks globally over the...
Peter Millard and Michael D McDonald The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the drought-stricken Panama Canal. A few hundred feet from the massive ships hauling goods across the globe, gaunt tree stumps rise above the waterline....
Calling it a “critically important link to the coast," Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret is demanding that the government make immediate repairs to the Cuenca-Girón-Machala highway. The highway has been closed repeatedly recently as a result of heavy rain....
According to former vice president Otto Sonnenholzner, it is time for President Daniel Noboa to provide a “detailed roadmap” of his plans to fight crime and improve the economy. “The country is in crisis and we need to understand how this government intends to...
By Liam Higgins If you’re looking for buildable commercial property on Av. Odoñez Lasso, expect to pay as much as $1,300 a square meter. Three or four blocks off of Lasso, on residential streets, land prices average $500 to $650 a meter. Even if you head several miles...
