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Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received death threats. The surprise, temporary suspension was ordered late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest...
Cuencana Airlines announced Friday that it will begin air taxi service between Cuenca and Guayaquil beginning in March. The flights, operating under charter status with the Ecuador Civil Aviation Directorate, will use three 14-passenger Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft....
The owner of a fleet of Ecuadorian flagged boats that allegedly provided support to cocaine-laden vessels in the Eastern Pacific has been extradited to San Diego from Spain to face drug conspiracy charges. Pedro Cornelio Pilligua Iduarte, 48, arrived in San Diego and...
By David Morrill and Deke Castleman The large influx of foreigners to Cuenca in the past decade-and-a-half has turned this Andean city into a world-class laboratory experiment for what immigration experts call “amenities migration” or "voluntary migration." In the...
By Elliot Spagat Seated on a metal folding chair in the front row among dozens of asylum-seekers awaiting Covid tests in Arizona, Gloria Estela Vallora reaped the benefits of her Colombian passport. She and eight family members, ranging in age from 4 to 63, flew to...
By Robert Milders If Agnes Edwards worked in the comedy trade, where timing is everything, she wouldn’t be quite ready for the downtown comedy club, much less prime time. In her February 10 commentary on this website, Agnes encourages expats to report those who use or...
By David Leonhardt The C.D.C. describes medium-rare hamburgers as “undercooked” and dangerous. The agency also directs Americans to avoid raw cookie dough and not to eat more than a teaspoon or so of salt every day. And the C.D.C. tells sexually active women of...
The Paris ambassadors of Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic condemned "in the strongest terms" the sale of pre-Hispanic artifacts organized by auction houses, scheduled for early March. In their joint statement, they called for the...
The National Assembly’s Justice Commission will present a new proposal to the full Assembly today in hopes of breaking an impasse on reforming Ecuador’s abortion law. According to commission president Alejandro Jaramillo, the new report will include time periods in...
Jueves, 10/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Mujeres científicas, protagonistas de exposición (Women scientists, stars of exhibit) - Starting today, girls and women involved in science will the main characters of a schedule of activities around the Día Internacional...
By Nathan Strauss On Bolivia’s scenic Isla del Sol, terraced hillsides and ancient ruins offer otherworldly vantage points over the seemingly endless expanse of Lake Titicaca, South America’s largest lake. The mythological birthplace of the first Incans, Manco Cápac...
In his first interview since returning from China, President Guillermo Lasso pledged that the details of negotiations with Beijing on trade and debt restructuring will be made public. “Information of all our talks with China will be made available to all Ecuadorians,”...
Miércoles, 9/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - USD 300 mil falsos ($300,000 counterfeit) - The Prosecutor's Office and Policía Nacional executed an operation in which 4 people who were part of a counterfeiting organization were arrested in San Pablo de...
By Agnes Edwards A number of expats have asked me if I have knowledge of someone producing fake vaccination certificates, using them, or selling them to other expats, and how can they report this to the authorities. The law is clear: fabricating a false vaccination...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) announced new reductions in pandemic restrictions Wednesday, including the elimination of the requirement that international travelers present a negative Covid-19 test entering the country. The change also applies to...
If international oil prices continue to rise, Ecuador will be a major beneficiary. Oil prices hit the $90 per barrel mark last week and many industry analysts believe it will reach $100 before the end of the year. “If the trend continues, the government could see a...
Martes, 8/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Se reencuentran alumnos y maestros (Students and teachers meet again) - Yesterday, rural students in the whole country went back to face-to-face classes in all grades. In urban zones, the return to classes was obligatory for...
By Erin Brockovich Most people have probably heard of Chernobyl, or the BP oil spill. You may also know about my legal battle over contaminated water in California, dramatized in the namesake movie Erin Brockovich. Yet far fewer people have heard about what transpired...
By Alexandra Valencia As Ecuador and China concluded four days of meetings on a free trade agreement, Ecuador's Foreign Minister says the deal could have an "extraordinary impact" on Ecuador's economy once it's en force. "I believe we could see a 35 percent increase...
Lunes, 7/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Carlos Ballarta se presentará en Cuenca con su gira "Rebelde Comodino" (Carlos Ballarta will perform in Cuenca with his tour "Rebel Comodino") - Comedian Carlos Ballarta who has been on Netflix and Comedy Central (in...
