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President Rafael Correa highlighted advances in gender equality on Wednesday, acknowledging the recently released World Economic Forum report, Global Gender Gap for 2014. “Finally, gender justice in the country,” said […]
Voters in last weekend’s elections in Uruguay and Brazil have something in common: They were legally required to cast a ballot. Both countries have compulsory voting, under which failure to […]
There will changes to the renovation plans for Cuenca’s San Francisco Square, the city says. The original design, developed during the administration of former Mayor Paúl Granda, had been criticized […]
The administration of Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera is pressing ahead with plans for a six-lane freeway that would encircle the city despite cost projections that have increased from $519 million […]
By Michael Fumento Step aside, EU! China is set to become Latin America’s second-largest trading partner in two years. And 13 years later it will be king of the hill […]
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health has established steps to identify and treat international travelers arriving in the country who may be infected with the Ebola virus. It says that it […]
More Coopera investors receive partial repayment In the fourth phase of repayments to investors in the failed Cuenca financial cooperative, Coopera, account holders with accounts of up to $102,000 are […]
Cuenca transportation officials say they expect to receive a report from the International Council on Monuments and Historic Sites (ICOMOS) within a week that may include recommendations for tram construction […]
By Carlo Caraluzzo Ecuador has begun its experiment with virtual currencies. The government announced earlier this year that they would create a government-backed virtual currency in as a way to […]
Underemployment affects 26% in Cuenca According to the latest statistics from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), more than a quarter of Cuencanos are underemployed. INEC defines the […]
President Rafael Correa of Ecuador told an audience of hundreds that “subjugation of living, breathing human beings to the needs of capital” is not acceptable, in a damning critique of […]
Ecuador is recovering pieces of its history. Sebastián González, who heads a commission charged with recovering illegally obtained Ecuadorian archaeological objects, many of them in foreign museums, says that 10,000 […]
By Karen Hinton Prediction: Chevron will lose the historic Ecuador pollution case on both the law and the facts, despite what you may have read in articles by U.S. legal […]
Cuenca cell phone manufacturer Hipertronics has increased its production to 15,000 cell phones per month and says it hopes to reach 45,000 within a year. The company makes a smart […]
Tram track installation begins on Av. Las Americas Workers have begun to lay track for Cuenca’s new light rail system several weeks ahead of schedule, according to project managers. The […]
Officials from Ecuador’s Ministry of the Interior and National Police presented a new citizens’ manual last week that aims at involving local communities in the fight against crime. The “Guide […]
Ecuador says it is prepared for the recent drop in international oil prices. In his weekly television broadcast on Saturday, President Rafael Correa said the government is prepared to adjust […]
By Lief Simon With the U.S. stock market behaving like a ride at Coney Island this week, real estate investors have reason to feel pretty good about themselves. As I […]
By Mark Stratton Last August, when researchers heralded the olinguito as the first new carnivore species discovered in the western hemisphere for 35 years, I imagined that seeing one would […]
Like other expatriates who take on a major house renovation project in their adopted country, Dorie Deal and Bob Hoerster readily admit that they didn’t know what they were getting […]
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