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Following a meeting with Quito Mayor Jorge Yunda, Ecuador’s United Workers Front (FUT) said it is considering calling off its announced October 30 protest march. FUT President Messiah Tatamuez said that many of his members favor opening discussions with the government...
Facebook says it has discovered extensive Russian and Iranian online networks working through its platform that are dedicated to influencing and disrupting political activity in more than two dozen countries. The networks, composed of thousands of Facebook and...
The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), Jaime Vargas, says that Ecuador’s indigenous movement should consider forming its own army to protect its rights. “We must continue to pressure the government to achieve our goals,” he said...
By Laura Millan Lombrana and Sebastian Boyd Just weeks before the worst civil unrest since Chile returned to democracy 29 years ago, President Sebastian Pinera described the country as “a true oasis” amid Latin American turmoil. The billionaire...
Lunes, 21/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Feria de Chaguarchimbana - The fair will be from 1-4/11 a las 10-22:00 in the Plazolete del Herrero. There will also be live performances of dance and music. Exposición - "Dos Generaciones," a...
More than a week after the end of national protests food availability has returned to normal in Cuenca’s mercados and supermarkets although some items continue to carry higher prices. The news is not as good for the availability of LP gas and some local distributors...
The government hopes to generate almost $600 million in new revenue from a series of new taxes and adjustments to current taxes. The package of proposals, which does not include an increase to Ecuador’s 12 percent IVA tax, was submitted to the National Assembly on...
By Eva Vergara Protests and violence in Chile spilled over into a new day and raged into Sunday night despite the president cancelling a subway fare hike that has prompted violent demonstrations. Officials in the Santiago region said three people died in fires at two...
After winning all three games in the group stage, Deportivo Cuenca women’s football team takes on Paraguay’s Cerro Porteño tonight in Copa Libertadores de América competition tonight in Quito. “We are playing very balanced but very aggressive football and I am...
Azuay Province Prefect Yaku Pérez lashed out at a national assemblyman who accused him of attempted rebellion during the indigenous strike two weeks ago. “His claim is entirely bogus,” says Pérez. “He takes my comments out of context and says I was inside the assembly...
Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, was ahead in the first round of the nation’s presidential election, but he appeared to have failed to get enough votes to avoid a runoff in the tightest political race of his life. The Andean country’s top electoral authority said on...
University of Cuenca student Pablo Israel Correa has been sentenced to four months in prison for inciting violence and destruction of public property. According to prosecutors, during the October 16 anti-government strike Correa installed a steel cable between two...
The government announced Friday that it has ended talks with Ecuador’s largest labor union after the union announced plans for an October 30 protest in Quito. In the same announcement, the government said it was continuing its work with Ecuador’s indigenous movement...
The National Institute of Meteorology (Inamhi) reports that the overnight snowfall in the Cajas National Park was one of the heaviest on record. The snow measured 12 centimeters at some locations along the Cuenca – Naranjal highway and as much as 60 centimeters in the...
The revival of the popular U.S. carrier Eastern Air Lines could be just weeks away, as its modern reincarnation, Eastern Airlines, has announced the start of flights on December 5. The airline is planning to begin twice-weekly service using a Boeing 767-300ER between...
The Ecuador tourism industry is asking the government for extra promotion of the national holidays at the beginning of November. The Day of the Dead and Cuenca’s independence holidays fall on the weekend this year, on November 2 and 3, but Friday November 1 and Monday...
Indigenous leaders say they are not opposed to eliminating some gasoline and diesel subsidies so long as they don’t affect the poorest Ecuadorians. “We agree that there should be a reduction in the subsidy but it should apply to those who can afford to pay more,” says...
Jueves, 17/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - El Mercurio Anniversary show - The newspaper will be 95 on 22/10 and there will be a celebratory show el viernes, 18/10 a las 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. The invitation will serve as your...
Ecuador’s ECU911 emergency response system suffered extensive damage to its technical equipment during the anti-government protests from October 3 to 13. According to Juan Zapata, ECU911 director, 80 cameras were destroyed nationwide during the period. In addition to...
Miércoles, 16/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Revista - El Observador magazine, ed. 113, is now in circulation. The theme is the fires in the Amazonia, environmental havoc, and effects on the people who live in the Amazon. Del cuerpo del...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
