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After gaining a lead of more than six-tenths of one percent over Guillermo Lasso early Tuesday, Yaku Pérez watched uneasily Tuesday afternoon and evening as most of his advantage slipped away. Meanwhile, Lasso told his followers that the “tide has turned” and he...
Ecuador’s government has introduced a bill to the National Assembly that would bar the country’s central bank from using its international reserves to finance public spending, a change recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The South American country...
By Glenn Greenwald A new and rapidly growing journalistic “beat” has arisen over the last several years that can best be described as an unholy mix of junior high hall-monitor tattling and Stasi-like citizen surveillance. It is half adolescent and half malevolent. Its...
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As election workers around the country count the last two percent of Sunday’s vote, Yaku Pérez of the Pachakutik indigenous movement continues to add to his small lead over CREO candidate Guillermo Lasso for the right to challenge Andrés Arauz [Unión por la Esperanza]...
Although international election watchers praised Sunday’s election and the subsequent vote count for its fairness and transparency, they criticized the use of exit polls and a national “quick count” for creating what they called “unnecessary confusion.” Adolfo...
Lunes, 8/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Lasso y Yaku, empate técnico (Lasso and Yaku, technical tie) - See Monday's CHL article for story. Triunfa el 'Sí' en Consulta ( 'Yes' wins referendum) - The first referendum in Cuenca with...
As the final votes in Ecuador’s presidential race are counted, Yaku Pérez of the indigenous Pachakutik movement has built a four-tenths of one percent lead over former Guayaquil banker Guillermo Lasso with less than one-and-a-half percent of the votes to be counted....
It is no surprise that Rafael Correa protégé Andrés Arauz leads all candidates with 97.5 percent of the vote counted in Sunday's presidential election. What is surprising is the strength of indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez, who holds a narrow lead over former Guayaquil...
According to two presidential election exit polls, Andrés Arauz of the Correista Citizens Revolution movement emerged from Sunday’s vote with a substantial lead over second place candidate Guillermo Lasso and third and fourth place finishers Yaku Pérez and Xavier...
By Kimberley Brown Environmentalists and Indigenous communities in Ecuador are concerned about the fate of the Amazon rainforest ahead of Sunday’s presidential elections, as the two leading candidates’ environmental plans received moderate to poor rankings from...
Dear Paulee, When I woke up this morning the sky was nearly clear. I thought the flotilla of clouds sailing far down the valley would find moorage on the coast, but they tacked upwind instead, gathering strength in numbers until they became a single vast grey ship...
National Police arrested three suspects Friday in connection to the January 27 murder of Guayaquil television announcer and personality Efrain Ruales. Ruales died of gunshot wounds in his car after he left a morning workout at his gym in what police believe is a...
By Enrique Ramos Ecuador stands at a crossroads ahead of the February 7 national election. It can continue a path of orthodox economic policies and balance its accounts by electing a conservative centrist or adopt the dangerous policies of a young leftist who...
Although he's running for president, leftist economist Andres Arauz will not be able to vote in his own country because his residence is registered in Mexico, electoral authorities said Friday. "He can only vote in Mexico at the Ecuadoran consulate," says Enrique...
By Javier Tolcachier In the midst of the anxiety caused by the dramatic health and socio-economic situation, Ecuadorians will have a new date with the ballot box on Sunday. The more than 13 million registered voters will have to choose a new president and his or her...
The Cuenca Chamber of Mining says it will not accept a referendum vote banning large scale gold and silver mining in the Cuenca Canton. Chamber President Patricio Vargas says he will go to court to overturn the ban if necessary. Polls show that voters will...
Jueves, 4/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - More nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Votación en el exterior, en riesgo (Voting abroad, at risk) - Covid restrictions on movement are changing world wide, and it will only be known on voting day how many of the 410,000...
By J.D. Tuccille In the panicked aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the powers-that-be dusted off wish lists of surveillance-state powers and began monitoring and tracking us in ways that affect our lives two decades later. The political turbulence of recent...
By Ciara Nugent and Charlie Campell When Alex Almeida surveys his family farm in a rural corner of landlocked Paraguay, he sees mainly fields, punctuated by small houses with sheet-metal roofs and, in the distance, native lapacho trees blooming with bright yellow...
Week of August 16
Azuay stays under state of exception as authorities track criminal groups expanding around Cuenca.
Older adults and people with disabilities can now request vehicle tax break online.
That unresolved bank complaint has another place to go and the service is free.
