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Vowing to crack down on Ecuadorians who don’t pay their taxes, the Internal Revenue Service has requested details on 50,000 foreign bank accounts in 42 countries. The request was made to the Global Forum, a coalition of tax and banking authorities in 160 countries,...
Jueves, 12/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Carrera de mascotas y dueños (Pets and owners race) - The RUNCAN Trail Running Canino <An example of Spanlish in Cuenca> race will be held el 12/6 for dogs and their owners. The Pet Home Hotel is organizing this...
By Samantha Schmidt and Diana Durán Francisco Miguel Soto López was preparing to start his day as he had since he was a teenager, selling plantains in his town’s central market, when the two men arrived on motorcycles. The men shouted an announcement that would...
Ecuador has pledged to take a more balanced approach toward the Jewish state at the United Nations, President Guillermo Lasso told his hosts during his visit to Israel which included the opening Thursday of an innovation office in Jerusalem. “President Lasso told his...
Ecuadorian mountain climbers Karl Egloff and Nicolás Miranda have set a new record for ascending the Himalayan peak of Makalu without supplemental oxygen. The pair accomplished the feat May 8 and 9 in a time of 17 hours and 18 minutes. Makalu, located on the border...
Miércoles, 11/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Conciertos semanales en la agenda de mayo tiene OSC (OSC has weekly concerts on its May agenda) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC) will play a concert Thursday a las 20:00 in the Catedral Vieja with Dvorak, Liszt,...
By Aarthi Swaminathan and Michael B. Kelley The world is currently embroiled in "Cold War II" — and has been for a while — and the path ahead is lined with the geopolitics of nuclear weapons, says one historian. "And we've now forgotten so much of that history that we...
The Provincial Court of Santa Elena will meet May 18 to consider revoking the habeas corpus ruling that allowed former vice president Jorge Glas’ release from prison. Judge Diego Javier Moscoso of Manglaralto, who handed down the habeas corpus, has been given five...
Martes, 10/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - En el país se reeditan masacres carcelarias (Prison massacres are reprised in the country) - See Tuesday's article in CHL for story. Cuenca - Contraloría dio informe sobre municipio (Comptroller's Office report...
By Luis Jaime Acosta Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and human rights activists...
Imprisonment is nearly “a death sentence” in Ecuador, Amnesty International warned, a day after the latest prison riot left dozens of inmates dead. In a statement on Tuesday, the human rights group’s Americas director Erika Guevara Rosas said “repeated mistakes” by...
At least 44 inmates have been killed in Ecuador's latest deadly prison riot, government officials say. A fight broke out Sunday between rival gangs Los Lobos and R7 at the federal prison in Santo Domingo, 80 kilometers west of Quito. Ecuador is battling a wave of gang...
Lunes, 9/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From sábado, 7/5 Monologo sobre Frida (Monologue about Frida) - There will be a theatrical monologue "Frida Kahlo" el 26 & 27/5 a las 20:00 in the Sala Alfonso Carrasco in the Casa de la Cultura starring Nadine...
By Eva Vergara and Daniel Politi President Gabriel Boric of Chile is attempting to relaunch an administration that has plunged in popularity less than two months since he made headlines around the world for becoming the country’s youngest president and a possible...
One person died and three more were injured Saturday in Quito when an intense hail storm collapsed the roof of an athletic facility. The hail, centered in the city’s northern neighborhoods, covered gardens, sidewalks and patios and stranded drivers on low-lying...
For Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, working at the office is now a relic of the past. In an interview with Time magazine Sunday, Chesky said he believes the office is "an anachronistic form" that's "from a pre-digital age." His comments come after Airbnb announced earlier...
By Saleem H. Ali The allure of the Galapagos Islands as the cradle of Darwin's insights on natural selection remains a major draw for scientists to the volcanic archipelago. Located less than a thousand miles west of the South American mainland, this exotic...
Two-thirds of Ecuadorians say their personal economic situation is worse than it was a year ago, with 82% blaming it on the Covid-19 pandemic. Almost as many, 63 percent, believe that most of their elected officials are corrupt. In the latest Political Culture of...
By Craig Murray Texaco Oil operations in Ecuador from 1962 to 1994 dumped 70 billion litres of “wastewater”, heavily contaminated with oil and other chemicals, into the Amazon rainforest, plus over 650,000 barrels of crude oil, polluting more than 800,000 hectares. It...
Jueves, 5/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Festival de la trucha reactivará a Sayausí (Trout festival will reactivate Sayausí) - The first trout festival will be this sábado from 9-17:00 in the parish center of Sayausí. It is being organized by a group of...
