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Although Ecuador has yet to win a medal in this year’s Olympic competition in Rio, it may walk away with one by default. And it would be gold. The country’s […]
By Alyson Penn “Tell me, what is your favorite brand of watches? Your favorite brand of chocolate? Your favorite brand of champagne?” “Now, what is your favorite brand of roses?” […]
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Ongoing agenda items – Taller de Foto – A Poetic Photo Book workshop given by Jennifer Monsalve from Colombia started on 9/7 and will […]
A year after explosions initiated three months of spectacular emissions from Cotopaxi, including dropping heavy ash fall in rural areas west of the mountain, the volcano appears once again to […]
Vice President Jorge Glas said Saturday that Ecuador is requiring “state-of-the-art” precautions to make sure the mining operations cause as little environmental harm as possible. “We are protecting the water […]
An Ecuadorian opposition journalist convicted of libeling President Rafael Correa said on Thursday that he is broke and must take up a public collection to pay the $141,000 judgment. Fernando […]
Ecuador said Thursday that it will allow Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy. A date will be set for the interview within one to two weeks, […]
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said Thursday that there is no definite start date for the resurfacing of the runway of Mariscal La Mar Airport, although he says he hopes work […]
A Turkish port operator says it will transform Puerto Bolivar near Machala into Latin America’s largest container terminal. The port is currently the country’s primary export point for bananas and […]
By Brian Buckner I can’t imagine that there are too many people in the world who don’t like ice cream. It’s like the national dessert in Ecuador. Here, an indigenous […]
Although Diez de Agosto is officially the independence day for Quito, it is unofficially considered Ecuador’s national independence day. When independence was declared in 1809, Quito was the administrative center, […]
Ecuadorian police said Tuesday that robbers shot and seriously wounded a U.S. man as he was playing Pokemon Go in a Guayaquil park. The victim, Mitchell Cleve Williams, had come […]
By Susan Burke March According to National Geographic, dogs have accompanied humans for more than 10,000 years, and are probably the first domesticated animal. Besides the companionship that owning a […]
A man arrested for allegedly raping of two British tourists in Montanita may be involved in several others, police say. Although the rapes occurred in May, police only took the […]
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rocked Quito Monday night, collapsing a bridge and triggering landslides that closed several roads. The quake, centered six miles northeast of the city in the town […]
By Scott Fugit “Jaime is a very safe driver,” Bill assured me – or was it Bob – as he pulled the napkin out from under his fourth margarita and […]
By Sebastien Malo Almost four months after a devastating earthquake hit Ecuador, a leading government minister has appealed to tourists to return to the financially-struggling Andean country. Nearly 700 people […]
Following several lean years, Cuenca’s Panama hat makers say that local and international sales remain strong in 2016, continuing a trend that began in 2014. Several companies report that they […]
Proposed legislation that would require health insurance companies and pre-paid health plans to provide coverage for congenital diseases as well as pre-existing, catastrophic and chronic conditions is not just about […]
According to Cuenca’s transportation office, educating the public about tranvia rules is essential for keeping accidents to a minimum. “The tranvia is a large, heavy moving vehicle and pedestrians, cyclists […]
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