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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 […]

By John Vidal The fate of one of the hotspots of global diversity is hanging by a thread as student, conservation and indigenous groups in Ecuador race to raise a […]

The committee overseeing changes in taxi fares and the installation of meters in Cuenca’s 3,600 taxi cabs, got an earful on Wednesday as various interests laid out there positions. In […]

By Irene Caselli Disabled people in Ecuador were once marginalised, shut up in their homes and considered unemployable. Since 2007, a single government initiative has transformed many of their lives. […]

A cumbersome and demanding bureaucracy is an attack on the rights of Ecuadorians, President Rafael Correa said Saturday in his weekly televison broadcast. He said his government is developing a […]

A group of investors in the failed Cuenca financial cooperative Coopera have called off Monday’s efforts to meet with President Rafael Correa in Quito. A spokesman for the group said […]

A study by an environmental research center says Cuenca has Ecuador’s best drinking water. It also reports that more than 65% of the country’s population boils its water even though […]

Claiming that “the world has failed us,” President Rafael Correa said Thursday night that he is giving up on a plan to persuade the world’s rich countries to help Ecuador […]

Scientists from the U.S. Smithsonian Institute have discovered a new carnivorous mammal in the highland jungles of Ecuador and Colombia. It is the first new carnivore species found in the […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce has slapped a 13.5% tariff on Ecuadorian shrimp imports, claiming the industry is subsidized by the government. Ecuador’s Coordinating Minister of Production, Employment and Competitiveness, […]

By Jim Wyss   When you spin the radio dial in Quito you could almost be anywhere. The airwaves are crowded with the likes of Beyoncé, Shakira and Pitbull, just […]

The Cuenca municipal transit authority plans to install new pedestrian street-crossing signals in several locations and is conducting a study for future installations. The new signals will stop vehicular traffic […]

A new submarine fiber optic cable scheduled to be connected by late 2014 will increase Ecuador’s Internet capacity and speed by a factor of 160. The new cable, being installed […]

Back in February, when Rafael Correa was re-elected to his second full term in office –in 2006, he had been elected to a two-year term before the constitution was changed […]

Although Vilcabamba and Loja Province have long been considered home to the longest-living Ecuadorians, the country’s real longevity capital may be Cuenca. According to the National Institute of Statistics and […]

The U.S. and the European Union are keeping a wary eye on changes to drug laws in Latin America. Legislation to make the government of Uruguay the producer and provider […]