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The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana pledged after direct talks on Thursday not to resort to force to settle a long-simmering -- and recently reheated -- territorial dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region, a joint statement said. Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and...
The day before Ecuadorians face an extra hour of electric blackouts, Energy Minister Andrea Arrobo announced she has signed an agreement with Colombia to maintain the transfer of electricity to Ecuador at a reduced cost. Saying she would provide full details when she...
Thirty people were arrested Wednesday night and early Thursday, including Wilman Terán, president of Ecuador’s Judiciary Council. Other arrests included the former head of the country’s prison system, prison guards, prosecutors, police officers, judges and a retired...
Author's note: During the holiday season I will write columns on personal issues and resume the series of medical issues in 2024. By Garnett Stewart In the coming weeks, it's very important to keep an eye on your neighbors. It's a different type of Alert Neighborhood...
Miércoles, 13/12/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - El origen de la vida en museo interactivo (The origin of life in an interactive museum) - The Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNAE) opened its Museo Cosmos Educativo where its exhibits teach about the universe,...
The Andean Community Commission (CAN), made up of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, is moving forward with a plan to interconnect their respective electrical grids. The project takes on new urgency as electric providers in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia have been forced...
By Lia Holland and Jade Pfaefflin Bounds Three in ten Americans read digital books. Whether they’re accessing online textbooks or checking out the latest bestselling e-book from the public library, the majority of these readers are subject to both the greed of Big...
Quito has become the sixth capital city in South America with a subway rail system when it resumed operations on December 1. The system, called the Metro, had officially been inaugurated on December 21, 2022, with passenger services beginning in May 2023, but...
Although there will be no electricity blackouts for the Christmas and New Years holidays, Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy is cancelling an earlier plan to suspend blackouts from December 15 to January 2. In addition, the ministry said it will increase blackout periods...
By Carolina Mella Only a few hours passed between Karol Noboa learning about the death threat and her getting on a plane, bound for exile. For the 28-year-old Ecuadorian journalist, those hours felt like days. She said goodbye to the country, where she had worked as a...
By Umair Irfan For centuries, off the coast of what’s now Peru and Ecuador, fishers noticed that every few years, around Christmas, the sea surface warmed up. Ordinarily, a chilly swirl of currents would churn up nutrients that feed wildlife near the surface, yielding...
Lunes, 11/12/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - 'Musa Takina', una huella ecuatoriana en Cuenca ('Musa Takina', an Ecuadorian imprint in Cuenca) - The 'Musa Takina' gallery shows creations from 80 craftspeople from different provinces in Ecuador. The business was...
By Liam Higgins Despite its small size, Ecuador hosts the fourth greatest number of foreign refugees in the world. The United Nations estimates the country is home to 475,000 Venezuelans and 58,000 Colombians who have fled their home countries due to economic and...
Argentina's new president has vowed to deliver economic "shock treatment" in his first speech after formally taking office. Javier Milei warned Argentines "there is no money" and recommitted to a program of harsh austerity measures. The populist outsider won a...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Ecuador President Daniel Noboa Sunday in Buenos Aires following the inauguration of Argentina President Javier Milei. "President Daniel Noboa and I discussed the possibilities of developing bilateral cooperation between...
Although more tourists are returning to Ecuador following the Covid-19 pandemic, crimes against tourists have dropped sharply since 2021. According to the National Police, there were 4,391 reported crimes against tourists through November, down sharply from the 5,685...
Pink Floyd founder and political activist Roger Waters played to a full house, including thousands from Cuenca, at Quito’s Atahualpa Olympic stadium Saturday night. The concert was the final stop of the “This is not a drill” tour, and Waters said it would be his last...
By Stephen Vargha The visitors are back! It could be one reason why Cuenca recently was recognized by the country as a “Rincón Mágico del Ecuador” (Magic Corner of Ecuador). “Rincón Mágico del Ecuador is part of a bigger program for all of Ecuador,” said María Rosa...
United States ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick claimed Thursday that illegal drug money is being laundered through Ecuadorian football teams. He made the statement at the Universidad de las Américas during a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the United...
Viernes, 8/12/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Histórica sequía hidrológica (Historic hydrological drought) - Cuenca has completed 100 days of drought with river flows at unprecedented lows. The rivers with their normal and current flows (in cubic meters per second)...
