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U.S. President Joe Biden told President Guillermo Lasso that the U.S. will "step up" its assistance to Ecuador during Monday's meeting between the two leaders. "Ecuador is a good friend facing serious security challenges from organized drug cartels," Biden said. "In...
By Jim Morris Historically, headhunting is a practice common to many cultures throughout the world. During the Qin dynasty in ancient China, it is claimed that soldiers collected the heads of their dead enemies and tied them around their waists. On one of his...
Last week’s decision by a Guayaquil judge to release a criminal gang leader from prison has sparked a firestorm of charges and counter-charges about corruption within Ecuador’s justice system. Although Junior Alexander Roldán, alias "JR", was back behind bars within...
Lunes, 19/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - ¡Tricampeones! (Triple champions!) - Argentina won the Mundial for the 3d time. The first two times were in 1978 y 1986. <It's still sports so if you weren't watching the game like 99% of your fellow...
President Guillermo Lasso will meet with President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. Monday to discuss security and other issue. The meeting follows weekend comments by Lasso criticizing Ecuadorian judges who released drug gang leaders and a speech by U.S. Ambassador to...
Although the International Monetary Fund says Ecuador has made economic progress in recent years, it says more remains to be done if the country is to receive IMF loans in the future. IMF director Kristalina Georgieva made the comments Friday when she announced the...
By Stephen Vargha A three-month long art exhibit just opened up in Cuenca that Boris Ordóñez considers to be the most important one his curated gallery, OFF Arte Contemporáneo, has ever had. “Of all of the artists that have been exhibited here, Garry is in a class all...
By Bernd Debusmann, Jr. Noé was somewhere on the outskirts of the gritty southern Mexican city of Tapachula when he realised how difficult his journey to a new life in the US would be. Just days after crossing the border from Guatemala, the meagre supplies in Noé's...
You may have heard of organizations like Doctors Without Borders or Engineers Without Borders but a newer organization out of Toronto is putting an artistic spin on this concept. Photographers Without Borders is a not-for-profit that aims to capture the stories of...
By Marco Aquino Pressure rose on Peru's fledgling government Friday as two cabinet members resigned following deadly protests that have rocked the country since former President Pedro Castillo's removal from office and arrest last week. Education Minister Patricia...
The National Assembly has overwhelming approved President Guillermo Lasso’s proposal to allow the country’s armed forces to assist police in the fight against organized crime. The 118 to 2 vote orders the formation of a constitutional revision commission to change the...
An alleged leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang was back in prison Thursday night just hours after a Guayaquil judge granted his release. Junior Roldán, alias “JR”, was arrested along with 29 others, many of them from opposition gangs who planned to kill him,...
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas met with President Guillermo Lasso Monday to discuss a binational partnership to combat transnational crime. The talks centered on measures to prevent the transport of illegal drugs from Ecuador to Europe and the...
Miércoles, 14/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del martes, 13/12: La Bienal tiene lista su temática (The Biennial has its theme ready) - The theme for the decimosexta (16th) edition of the Bienal de Cuenca is "Quizá mañana" (Maybe tomorrow)...
By Mitra Taj and Julie Turkewitz The government of Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday as it sought to control widespread violence following the ouster last week of the country’s elected president, who had tried to dissolve Congress. It was an...
Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry will not grant safe passage out of the country to former Minister of Transportation María de los Ángeles Duarte. The government of Argentina has granted diplomatic asylum to the ex-minister and is demanding she be allowed to travel to Buenos...
By Addy Bink and Alix Martichoux As with any virus, the symptoms of COVID have changed, and a new study shows they have, again, changed slightly. Virus symptoms can change for a number of reasons, like vaccines and new variants. When the BA.5 omicron subvariant became...
By Matt Blitz Deep in the heart of Ecuador's Amazon basin, in the shadows of the Andes and just below the equator, lies what may be the most biologically diverse place on the planet. Yasuní National Park in eastern Ecuador is home to millions of species of plants,...
Lunes, 12/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Coro de Mujeres Rurales (Rural Women's Choir) - The Provincial Government of Azuay sponsored the Rural Women's Choir. It's members met 3 conditions: a hard life full of tests and difficulties, strength and the...
The cost of middle-income real estate in Ecuador is substantially below that in other countries of Latin America. In a survey that included major cities of the region, Lifull Connect Marketing reported that the Puetro Madero neighborhood in Buenos Aires, at $5,291 per...
