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By Edd and Cynthia Staton Cynthia and I watched a documentary about the history and future of the Internet last night. There were some fascinating as well as disturbing segments (addicted online gamers in Japan and S. Korea wear diapers so they don't have to be...
Following through on a campaign promise, President Lenin Moreno presided over his first “national dialog” Tuesday in Guayaquil. The event attracted most of the country’s political leaders, including many who opposed Moreno during the presidential election, as well as...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Festival La Orquídea - The 6th edition of "La Orquídea" Film Festival was presented Tues. at 10:00. The festival will run from 24/11 to 1/12. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Teatro - "Ciudad Esmog"...
I am so happy. I have an opportunity to share my photographic view of Cuenca. The first months have been overwhelming and predictable (in a touristy sense); shots of Parque Calderon are required, so are women in traditional garb. Don't fret, you will see them here....
A post on the Facebook page of former President Rafael Correa has been removed because it violated website policy. In a Monday post, Correa urged his “digital warriors” to reveal personal information about those who criticize him on Facebook and other social media....
Ecuador’s National Customs Service (Senae) unveiled new procedures for inspecting luggage at the country’s airports on Monday. The intention of the new system, Senae says, is to reduce the processing time for travelers. The new procedures, already in place at Quito’s...
The merchants of Plaza San Francisco are complaining that the city has missed two deadlines to relocate them to temporary quarters on Calle Padre Aguirre. The city first announced the move would be complete by May 29 and then revised it to June 12. Renovation work on...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Conversatorio - There will be a discussion on "Simbología de la Cultura Cañari" (Symbology of the Cañari Culture) on miércoles, 21/6 in the multiple use Sala at the U. of Azuay. It is organized by CIDAP and the...
By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to the Chevron Corporation by preventing Ecuadorian villagers and their American lawyer from trying to collect on an $8.65 billion pollution judgment issued against the oil company by a court in...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Exterior Relations says that too many Ecuadorians returning from the U.S. and Europe are missing out on benefits that can help them get reestablished back home. “The government offers free university education, no-doc loans, financial assistance...
By Chris Isidore Amazon has turned malls upside down in the U.S., but had left grocery stores unscathed. That changed on Friday. Amazon's $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods means the supermarket, and retailing overall, will never be the same. Grocers will now have...
Saying that he is “still crazy — crazy with love for Ecuador,” former president Abdalá Bucaram took the stage Saturday night in front of thousands of supporters in Guayaquyil. Known as “El loco” by both opponents and supporters, Bucaram returned to Ecuador Thursday...
Ecuadorian government officials say that a 19-year-old New York high school student who's facing deportation was never involved in gang activity in his native country. That was the reason U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied Diego Ismael Puma Macancela's...
By Robert Bradley There is something endearing about seeing eight-year-old boys all dressed up in their Sunday best for church. Unlike little girls who tip the cuteness scale almost sideways, boys seem to be competing whether they or their clothes will grow up first....
By Andrés Oppenheimer Hurrah! U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has come to Miami to meet with Central American and Mexican authorities in a rare moment of Trump administration attention to Latin America. Now there are several things he could do to dispel the...
Less than a month after assuming the presidency, Lenin Moreno receives a 68 percent approval rating in a poll taken of the country’s top leaders. Only Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot received higher marks, at 68.8 percent. The Perfiles de Opinión poll, on the other hand,...
By Irene Caselli Dressed in a red poncho and traditional hat, Mariano Atupana stands out among the medical staff at the hospital in Riobamba. But it is not just his dress that makes him different. Mr Atupana is a yachak, a medicine man, who uses burning candles and...
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 potential species identified by SIT students over the past year. Another student on the...
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 indigenous organization Conaie for the release and pardons of 177...
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, all non-residents entering the islands must show: — a return...
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
