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Esmeraldas oil refinery to shut down for 30 days in March for repairs

Esmeraldas oil refinery to shut down for 30 days in March for repairs

Operations at the Esmeraldas petroleum refinery will be suspended for 30 days early next year for repairs to key machinery. The shut-down will not affect the availability of gasoline and diesel fuel, the government said Monday. “We are experiencing critical levels of...

Tame airlines may drop Venezuela flights over debt and safety concerns

Tame airlines may drop Venezuela flights over debt and safety concerns

Government-owned Tame airlines is considering dropping flights between Quito and Venezuela’s main international airport in Caracas. According the airlines CEO, Ignacio Vallejo, the Venezuelan government has been slow to repay a debt of $20 million and there are...

Court rules that Glas must remain in jail

Court rules that Glas must remain in jail

Ecuador’s National Court ruled Sunday that Vice President Jorge Glas will remain in jail until the conclusion of his Odebrecht corruption trial. In a habeas corpus petition, Glas’ attorney Franco Loor claimed that pre-trial detention was "illegitimate and illegal" and...

Giving back to Cuenca’s creative spirit

Giving back to Cuenca’s creative spirit

By Robert Bradley I was stopped on the street the other day by a chap who did a double-take as he passed. He turned right around, called me by name, then asked if it was true. “Are you Robert Bradley?” “Why, yes, I am," I replied, with a combination of surprise and...

Referendum is the ‘burial project’ for Correísmo

Referendum is the ‘burial project’ for Correísmo

By Ramiro Crespo After teasing the public for several weeks, president Lenin Moreno last week finally presented seven questions that will appear on a public referendum. There were some surprises. Momentum appears behind him as the opposition, including key leaders...

Conscious Living: Tapping into the energy body

Conscious Living: Tapping into the energy body

By Louis Bourgeois An important element of Conscious Living is the awakening and strengthening of the spiritual mind. This is our evolutionary imperative. We integrate the tribal and egoic levels of consciousness and then begin to develop our more expansive spiritual...

Worst foods, part II: Don’t eat this stuff!

Worst foods, part II: Don’t eat this stuff!

I apologize in advance for my rant redux today, but I’m just fed up…again! Here are my second bunch of worst of the worst manufactured foods that have no place in a healthy diet. For the previous four worst foods ever, click here, and weep. #4: Salad Dressings. Not...

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Week of May 03

Ecuador’s press freedom ranking sinks as violence against journalists grows.

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Ecuador plans more mega-prisons as gangs test security with drones.

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Regulator warns of unauthorized lenders and deposit schemes.

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