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The Superintendent of Market Control, Ecuador's markets watchdog, has fined the local subsidiary of Latin America's largest phone company, America Movil, $138.4 million for anti-competitive practices. America Movil operates under the name Claro in Ecuador. The...
By Ángel González Starbucks is ramping up plans to spread across Latin America, the region where it buys the majority of its coffee. First, however, it must deftly adapt itself to a different coffee tradition and one that still drinks more tea than coffee. Starbucks...
The U.S. State Deparrment dedicated its new consulate in Guayaquil on Friday. U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Adam Namm presided over the ceremony. The new consulate is a multi-building complex situated on an 11.25-acre site in the San Eduardo neighborhood of Guayaquil....
While most of Ecuador’s taxis are in compliance with the new federal law requiring the use of meters, a delay in the adoption of a new fare schedule has delayed its implementation in Cuenca. Negotiations have been underway since July between the Cuenca Union of Taxi...
A blast from the steam whistle on a cherry-red locomotive sends a gathering of locals on a platform scuttling with delight in the town of Durán, just west of Guayaquil. It's a sound many in this town on the tropical Pacific plain haven't heard in years. Some never...
Local and international press associations are condemning Ecuador's action to fine the Guayaquil newspaper El Universo for running a political cartoon critical of the arrest of a government critic. The cartoon became an issue after President Rafael Correa criticized...
The construction industry says changes in market conditions and new government requirements for condominiums and housing projects are putting a major squeeze on the bottom line for builders. National and local builders and construction trade organizations say the...
The Azuay Province office of Risk Assessment reported Tuesday that Sunday’s ashfall from the Tungurahua volcano caused little damage in the area. Air quality returned to normal levels Wednesday in Cuenca, measuring under 10 micrograms per cubic meter of particulate...
Although Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano remains in a state of high activity, there have been no more explosions to match Saturday’s blast which sent an ash plume ten kilometers into the sky and gave Cuenca a rare dusting of ash. As of Sunday night, the plume measured...
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Ecuador's media oversight agency fined the newspaper El Universo for a cartoon it published about prosecutors' Dec. 27 search of the home of a journalist who has since left the country, authorities said Friday. The agency also said Xavier Bonilla has 72 hours to...
Severe damage has been reported in all of Ecuador’s coastal provinces due to heavy wave action and high tides. The worst damage has been reported in Manabi, Santa Elena and El Oro Provinces. The coast has experienced a series of large storms since early January. More...
Ecuador’s doctors are reacting with cautious optimism to an agreement reached Thursday between the government and the national medical association about new malpractice rules contained in the country’s new penal code. The new code was enacted Tuesday by the National...
Mia Farrow has issues with Chevron. So do Sting, Daryl Hannah, Danny Glover, Brad Pitt and Cher. Actors, musicians, and other celebrities have long campaigned against the San Ramon, California oil producer, blaming it for pollution in the rainforest in Ecuador. Now,...
Seven of the 10 defendants in the Coopera embezzlement and money laundering case appeared in court on Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing. A judge heard appeals from defense attorneys during the seven-hour session but ordered that the defendants remain in jail. Judge...
Police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses. The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying that the retired general was arrested in Washington and will be extradited to...
A new report on the state of the Internet shows that Ecuador leads all Latin American countries in peak connectivity rate. Other leaders in Latin America are Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. The new report comes from a quarterly "State of the Internet"...
As more doctors join the protest over the wording of a proposed professional malpractice law, Ecuador's government says the law is essential for protecting patients' rights. Doctors want the government to amend the controversial Article 146 of the proposted penal...
By Nick Miroff More than two decades after the Cold War, during which the United States backed anti-communist military rulers and pushed free-market policies in Latin America, conservative governments have virtually disappeared from the region. The leftward shift has...
Supporting President Rafael Correa’s recent crime reduction agenda, Cuenca announced several new measures last week to fight crime in the city. At his Saturday television broadcast, Correa announced new crime statistics showing a nation-wide reduction of crime in...
