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A powerful bomb injured 28 and caused extensive damage to a police command center in Esmeraldas Province early Saturday morning. The explosion, which also destroyed several vehicles and damaged nearby houses, is believed to be the work of drug gangs upset by stepped...
Rescuers scouring the Ecuador jungle have so far failed to find a British kayaker whose group lost control in flash floods that killed two men a week ago. Local media reports in Ecuador have described how search parties have been combing different sections of the Rio...
Cuenca is well-represented in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travelers Choice Awards, with a historic district restaurant being picked as one of the best in South America and several hotels included among the best in Ecuador. Tiestos, in the historic district, was named to the...
Viernes, 26/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Ingapirca - The Archeological Site Museum at the Ingapirca Archeological Complex will be inaugurated el próximo lunes a las 10:00. <Would be interesting to go to for the people...
A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain of French supermarkets as shoppers jostled to grab a steep bargain on the sweet spread. Intermarché supermarkets offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 (£3.90) to €1.40. But...
The attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a London court on Friday to drop the arrest warrant that stems from his breach of bail conditions in Britain, a move that could enable him to eventually leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London if successful....
This week’s trade talks between the U.S. and Ecuador have been postponed by last weekend’s U.S. government shut-down. The U.S. Trade Office (USTR) said it will announce a new date for discussions soon. When the USTR delegation arrives in Quito, it will be their first...
Jueves, 25/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today´s agenda events - CIDAP - The "Ar-Dis: La semana del diseño para la artesanía" (Ar-Dis: The week of design for crafts) event was announced this morning and the exhibit, "CIDAP, Retorno a la esencia: Artesanía y...
By Susan Burke March According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the 2018 flu season is upon us, most virulently in North America and Australia where influenza A (H3N2) remains predominant and activity remains high. In the Caribbean and Central American countries...
Every morning you’ll find me walking on the Rio Tomebamba. I try and make my walking hour aerobic, and use my walking sticks to “pump it up,” (you wouldn’t believe the strange looks I get — I guess I’m the strange-looking one). When I return home I try and stretch for...
By Esteban Cordero Balarezo Ex-president Rafael Correa faces up to 150 law suits and more may be on the way. The cases that have been filed and processed by the Judicial Function of Ecuador (www.funcionjudicial.gob.ec) deal primarily with claims for financial losses...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi The Rumichaca bridge, located on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, is filled with Venezuelans waiting to enter Ecuador. Recently, the line extended over 150 meters for those waiting to process their entry. Most of them carry...
Miércoles, 24/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Dialogue - Ángel Valverdo is the special guest Thurs. a las 19:30 in the Portal Artesanal (Bolívar y Huayna Cápac). The photographer will talk to attendees about their experience...
A couple of years ago, shortly after moving to Ecuador, we took an apartment on Calle Gran Colombia. It is a busy street, in the middle of El Centro, that is also the home of Cuenca’s unfinished Tranvia system’s west bound rails. Many storefronts abound in this area...
Bolivia’s president Evo Morales has vetoed the country’s ban on evangelism, which was put into law last month by the country's legislative assembly. President Evo Morales announced on Twitter that the government will repeal the penal code that criminalized evangelism...
The city of Cuenca and the Worcester Institute of Massachusetts (U.S.) are developing a program to allow non-Spanish-speaking foreigners and Ecuadorians to teach each other new languages. The program, called the Tandem Method, will also serve to expand cultural...
Martes, 23/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Taller - Meetings of Prueba_Error, Club-laboratorio started hoy and will run to el jueves from 17-20:00 in La Vitrina. The club explores artistic processes linked to technology. The...
By Michael Shifter and Ben Raderstorf South America’s biggest political surprise recently has come from one of its smallest countries, Ecuador, where President Lenin Moreno has maneuvered to break with his predecessor and a legacy tinged with authoritarianism and...
Ecuador's president has lashed out at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange even as he says his government is working behind the scenes to help him out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Lenin Moreno said in a televised interview Sunday that Assange had become "more than...
By Michel Blanchard Magy (pronounced Mah-djee) Peña is a woman on a mission. To be more precise, her mission is to recycle garbage, but not by putting it in neat blue bags for city sanitation workers to pick up. She transforms rubbish into art. She is a pioneer and a...
