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By James Heflin Mindee Goodrum, a School for International Studies (SIT) student, has tracked down a new frog species in Ecuador, bringing to three the number of new species and […]
President Lenin Moreno has issued a pardon to Patricio Marcelo Meza, an environmentalist arrested and jailed in August 2015 during an anti-mining protest in Puyo. Referring to a demand from […]
The Galápagos Governing Council is adding three new requirements for visitors to the islands. According to the council, the rules are needed to strengthen environmental controls. Under the new requirements, […]
I apologize in advance for the rant but today I’m just fed up. Sometimes I can’t help myself. From least worst to worst worst foods ever manufactured, here are the […]
President Juan Santos has rejected a suggestion by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Colombia resume aerial spraying of herbicides to control the explosive increase of coca and poppies […]
Police and federal prosecutors raided the offices of Quito’s Metro train project Wednesday afternoon as part of the widening Odebrecht corruption scandal. Odebrecht, the giant Brazilian construction company, was awarded […]
Former president Rafael Correa is intensifying his criticism of the government of new President Lenin Moreno, warning that a “lack of discipline” within the Alianza País party undermines its original […]
Leaders of Ecuador’s largest indigenous organization is demanding the government pardon and release 177 activists who are serving jail time for acts committed during protests. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities […]
Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) began talks with Cuenca business and city government officials on Monday to plan the resumption of Tame Airlines flights between Cuenca and […]
From a spare, second-floor office in Queens, an outpost of the Ecuadorian government offers English classes, computer training and after-school programs to immigrants building new lives in New York City. […]
By Jeremy Kryt Cartels are getting their swagger back in Colombia, drug-war violence is skyrocketing in Mexico, Central American countries like El Salvador and Honduras are now saddled with some […]
A judge has ordered that ETAPA general manager Iván Palacio be held in “preventive detention” as a pretrial investigation continues into allegations that he awarded a $10 million water project […]
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming agenda events Taller-laboratorio – A workshop-lab on Viewpoints given by Anne Bogart will be tomorrow in the Cento Cultural La Guarida. Cost: $60.00. […]
It’s been a year since Cuenca’s new animal protection ordinance went into effect but critics say few of the formal complaints are being investigated. Of the 238 complaints filed by […]
The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has provided dental care to 51,110 Cuenca patients since the beginning of the year and administrators estimate the total will top 130,000 by the […]
In another sign that Ecuador’s economy is turning around, the government’s export promotion agency ProEcuador reports that the number of companies exporting products abroad rose sharply in 2016. Silvana Vallejo, […]
By Emanuele Ottolenghi The convergence of Iran-sponsored radical Islam with transnational organized crime in Latin America is a serious threat to the national security of the United States, especially in […]
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming agenda event – Fiesta de la Música – The Music Festival will open this viernes próximo at 20:00 in the teatro Carlos Cueva […]
By Elizabeth Gonzalez Even in an increasingly machine-driven world, human capital is a crucial cog in the engine of any economy. The lack of it is a critical problem for […]
By Robert Bradley CuencaHighLife noted that this “rainy” season’ is the wettest in 30 years. I wouldn’t know anything about that because I just got here. And besides, I hail […]
























