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Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park was supposed to be saved from oil drilling via international donations. Environmentalists say China is partially to blame for the country now opting to go ahead […]
It took Cuenca transit police just three hours to fill a bus with speeders yesterday morning on Av. Loja. A speed trap between Av. Primero de Mayo and Calle Pichincha […]
Editor’s note: Nathalie Cely is Ecuador’s ambassador to the U.S. This article was distributed to U.S. newspapers and news websites in response to media criticism about Ecuador’s decision to drill […]
Over the next eight months, Cuenca will welcome about 80 French families as project managers and technicians arrive to oversee construction of Cuenca’s new light rail system. The new arrivals […]
Following top to bottom restructuring, massive infusions of cash and a nationwide construction program, Ecuador’s Social Security health care system, part of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS), is […]
President Rafael Correa has aplogized for comments he made last week about Ecuadorian singer Jaime Guevara. Among other things, Correa called Guevara “a drunk and drug addict.” The comment followed […]
By Rosalba O’Brien Four decades after a military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile, a fierce debate over his long rule has shaken up the presidential election, […]
According to the Financial Times of London, Cuenca ranks number one in the western hemisphere in the cost – benefit category of its “Small Cities of the Future” survey. Other […]
Ecuador’s Interior Ministry denies that Quito police used rubber bullets and tear gas Monday against protesters opposed to oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park. The Confederation of Kichwa Peoples […]
Vilcabamba expats Laurie Miller and Larry Evans knew for years that they wanted to become more involved in their adopted community. “The people here have welcomed us with open arms […]
Ecuador mayors attending the annual meeting of the National Association of Municipalities in Guayaquil voted to support President Rafael Correa’s plan to extract oil from the environmentally sensitive Yasuní preserve. […]
New rules governing the sale and consumption of alcohol are being developed by a special committee appointed by the Cuenca city council. According to councilman and committee member Wilson Muñoz, […]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the deployment of army troops in the capital, Bogota, following violent protests in support of a strike by small-scale farmers. The Friday order also […]
By Kelly Swing Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, announced earlier this month that he has no choice but to go ahead with drilling operations in one of the planet’s most biodiverse […]
One hundred Cuenca taxi cabs will be among the first in Ecuador to be equipped with new safey equipment. According to the National Traffic Agency (NTA), the equipment consists of […]
A dispute with bus operators has delayed the opening of two transfer stations and changes to bus routes. The new bus system involves using the stations as transfer points, which […]
Canadian Janet Greidanus and her husband have been coming to Cuenca for 14 years to provide medical care for poor Ecuadorians. In an article for a Canadian website she describes […]
Travel across the Ecuador – Colombia border has been effectively shut down by protesting Colombian farmers. Tourists, en route to Ecuador, have been stranded while badly needed goods on both […]
President Rafael Correa has sent his request to authorize oil drilling in the Yasuní preserve to the national assembly. He made the announcement during his Saturday televison broadcast. He said […]
Although he claims to be a socialist, Ecuador president Rafael Correa increasingly defies the standard political labels. Many of his opponents claim his tendencies in recent months have been decidedly […]
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