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Former president of the National Judicial Council Wilman Terán was sentenced Monday to six years and eight months in prison for corruption in the so-called Pantalla case. According to a three-judge National Court of Justice panel, Terán attempted to influence the...
By Miriam Drake, M.Ed., N.C.C., C.H.t. When my husband and I moved to Cuenca, Ecuador in 2011, our plan was to create a new, fun, life adventure together. Medical emergencies, incapacitation, and end of life never even entered our minds. In other words, we were...
There are moments in every expat’s life when you find yourself squinting at the screen of some Ecuadorian TV channel, wondering if the dubbed episode of NCIS: Buenos Aires is really the cultural enrichment you hoped for. Perhaps you just want to hear the shipping...
China has strongly objected to recent remarks by “Indian officials” on the Dalai Lama’s succession, with its ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, asserting on X that the reincarnation of the Tibetan spiritual leader is “entirely an internal affair of China” and warning...
Four joint operations by the National Police and Cuenca Citizen Guard have resulted in at least 20 arrests as well as the seizure of vehicles, weapons and drugs and liquor. The Citizen Guard also issued 200 warnings to individuals for “misuse of public spaces” on...
Shakira trae su tour mundial a Ecuador - Colombian singer Shakira is bringing her "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" tour to Quito on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium. Exclusive ticket sales available to Bank of Guayaquil customers will be between miércoles,...
By Jonathan Mason It is a curious thing, and not without irony, that in the great republic which so proudly proclaims the rights of man, the right to belong has become something contingent, paper-thin, and bureaucratically brittle. Citizenship in the United States is,...
By Emily Rekstis “I’ve decided to get tested for Huntington’s disease,” my sister Lindsey said one gray January afternoon in New York while we were getting our nails done. She asked to spend some one-on-one time together while she and her boyfriend were in town, which...
By Carlos Vega Money laundering in Ecuador has evolved beyond being simply a security threat — it's now a parallel economy that moves billions of dollars outside of state oversight. According to economist and actuary Juan Sebastián Naranjo, the scale of this illicit...
By Latin American Post staff Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield. Their message from Sarayaku was urgent and straightforward:...
By Noah Sheidlower Most 24-year-olds aren't thinking too deeply about retirement. With decades of work ahead of them, most are focused on getting their footing in the workplace — not on the financial needs and life goals of their 65-year-old selves. The same was true...
The Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant was forced to shut down operations Wednesday following heavy rainfall on the eastern flank of the Andes mountains. It was one of at least seven hydro plants that were off-line at various times Wednesday and Thursday due to...
There’s a certain satisfaction in turning on the tap in Cuenca and watching clear water pour out, clean enough to drink straight without boiling, filtering, or crossing yourself. People from many parts of the world find this remarkable, and rightly so. Much of Latin...
By Antonio Ortiz-Mena and Diego Marroquín Bitar On April 2, the U.S. tore up the trade rulebook it helped create, as the White House implemented sweeping tariffs that redefined how the world’s largest economy does business. Nearly all countries now face a 10% tariff,...
The Public Integrity Law, approved June 24 by Ecuador’s National Assembly and approved by President Daniel Noboa, has sparked strong opposition from public employee labor unions as a result of changes it made to the public service labor law. The unions have filed...
By Alan FeuerMaria, Abi-Habib Zolan, Kanno-Youngs, Annie Correal, William K. Rashbaum and Devlin Barrett Even among the brutal ranks of the transnational gang called MS-13, Vladimir Arévalo Chávez stands out as a highly effective manager of murder, prosecutors say....
By Green Matters Staff Most people have never heard of hearts of palm. Even fewer know that this humble vegetable is quietly revolutionizing how we think about sustainable food production. But here's what caught our attention: while everyone's debating lab-grown meat...
Occasionally, I see a question posted on an Internet forum from an expat-wannabe inquiring about quiet places to live in Cuenca. If I were ever inclined to answer, it would be to deliver an emphatic "Don’t come to Cuenca!" . . . or anywhere else in Ecuador or Latin...
The cost of retirement in Ecuador is a fraction of that in the United States, an international banking website survey shows. Despite the lower costs, however, Ecuadorians are saving much less for retirement than U.S. citizens. According to gobankingrates.com, a...
By Maria Abi-Habib, Paulina Villegas and Alan Feuer Feuding members of the world’s most-feared fentanyl cartel, reeling from internal war and a crackdown by Mexico and the United States, have forged a desperate alliance with a rival gang, threatening to transform the...
