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Ecuadorian immigration authorities ordered the deportation of Swedish programmer and digital-rights activist Ola Bini early Friday, barring him from returning to the country for 10 years after the government revoked his visa on national-security grounds. Bini became...
By Tom Metcalfe An international team has reconstructed the face of a man who lived in what's now Ecuador more than 3,000 years ago and whose skull featured in one of history's great anthropological debates. The facial reconstruction is based on the Punin-2 skull,...
The government announced this week it will proceed with trials against 88 crew members of five fishing vessels bombed by U.S. Marines in the Pacific Ocean. Prosecutors are charging the men with illicit association for alleged collaboration with drug trafficking. Three...
Quite a lot, actually I have been watching the revived version of Time Team on YouTube, including an episode in which a small group of archaeologists investigates a mysterious standing stone in a cleared forest in Derbyshire, England. The new programme is pleasant...
By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Sometimes a miserable bout of diarrhea is caused by nothing more than nerves or a 24-hour stomach bug. Lingering gas and bloating can be set off by a recent long-haul flight. But similar symptoms could also represent something far more...
By Marina Wright and Ricardo Pérez Ecuador’s government and oil executives are gathering this week for the XXI Encuentro Anual de Petróleo y Gas (ENAEP 2026), the country’s premier oil and gas summit, to push for new investment, increased production, and promote...
The government is extending the disconnections of large electricity consumers from 24 to 48 hours a week. Without making an official announcement, the Energy Ministry notified hundreds of companies by email on Thursday of the new restriction, explaining that the...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 28/9) Casa de la Cultura acoge la tradición artesanal de Sinincay (The Casa de la Cultura showcases Sinincay's artisanal traditions) - The show, "Sinincay Vibra Artesanal: Arte, Tradición e Identidad" will open el miércoles a las...
By Michael Torney Buenos Aires is a capital city swarming with 20-storey buildings that glower over the narrow one-way streets, the other lane often occupied by restaurant terraces. These small streets have not been widened by a Haussmann bringing in light at the...
By Dan Restrepo and Ricardo Zuniga Across Latin America and the Caribbean, voters worried about rising crime have elected populists who promise to impose order and security in their countries. Some observers have read this development as a sign of a regional swing to...
In an analysis of the impact of El Niño, the Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs reported Tuesday that Ecuador will suffer the largest social and financial losses in Latin America. Calling the country “ground zero for catastrophic weather events,” the firm...
A medieval monastery needed more than prayer. Its residents needed flour to make bread, clean water, washed clothes, sewerage and, preferably, a way of doing the hardest jobs without diverting another monk from the important business of praying for rain. Running water...
The United States has placed visa restrictions on citizens of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, who it accuses of having contributed, through practices of corruption or drug trafficking activities, to weaken governments that emerged from the polls and the rule of...
The light to moderate rain that fell in Cuenca Saturday night and Sunday will provide temporary relief for the Mazar reservoir but engineers at the hydroelectric complex said the drop in water level is likely to resume early this week. “This was very welcome relief...
Tom walked into Carlos's bakery carrying a large umbrella in one hand and a blue water container in the other. Carlos stopped arranging bread behind the counter. He looked at the umbrella. Then at the water container. Then at Tom. “I don't want to ask.” “Good,” Tom...
By Jim Wyss When the green men from Mars landed in the central plaza of Cotocollao, north of Quito, a stunned nation listened as one of the country’s most famous radio personalities was vaporized by a death-ray, and firefighters and police rushed to the sleepy village...
After six hours of continuous rain Sunday, farmers in western Azuay Province are reporting crop damage as streams and rivers overflow their banks. Flooding also closed the Cuenca- Molleturo-El Empalme highway, the primary connection between Cuenca and Guayaquil, for...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del jueves 24/9) Azogues expone arte y artesanía en galería (Azogues exhibits art and crafts at a gallery) - The Galería Manos Azuayas at the Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Azuay opened the show, "Vitrina Artesanal y Artística - Azogues Pueblo...
Sherlock Holmes was able to solve an impressive number of crimes partly because he never had to do chores. We are told that Holmes conducted chemical experiments, played the violin, studied cigar ash, disguised himself as an elderly woman, and occasionally fired...
By Frances Hogg Lochow A friend in England approached me several months ago with a request to help an expat incarcerated in the women’s prison in Azogues. The woman had no access to reading materials and hoped to have some English language books. I collected several...
