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By Chris Estep Recently, American foreign policy priorities have been highly focused on the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. Between winding down the U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan and navigating the tumult caused by the Arab Spring, President...
A fixture of Cuenca dining for almost a quarter century, Villa Rosa Restaurant on Gran Colombia serves its last meal Friday night. The owners say, however, that a new restaurant will reopoen in the same space. Over the years, Villa Rosa has been mainstay Cuenca’s...
The bodies of three men who apparently died from drinking adulterated liquor were discovered yesterday morning the community of Guazhalán, near Gualaceo. Friends and family of the men said they had been drinking the night before and were sitting around a campfire the...
Yesterday’s announcement about a new phase of reimbursements to members of Coopera brought a mixture of relief and anger. Ecuador’s Superintendency of Popular and Solidarity Economy (SEPS) announced at a news conference that account holders with deposits ranging from...
After a week of eruptions, the Tungurahua volcano has damaged thousands of hectares of crops, leaving a feed shortage for 110,000 head of livestock. The volcano erupted on Feb. 2, sending an ash plume about eight miles into the atmosphere, followed by two other...
Due to a lack of taxi meters in Guayaquil, the National Transit Agency (NTA) has extended the nationwide deadline for the installation of taxi meters until April 10. Previously, the NTA had set January 31 as the deadline. Although acknowledging the meter shortage, the...
The U.S. remains the favorite travel destination for Ecuadorians. According to a study by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, 34% of international plane trips out of Ecuador were to the U.S. Peru was second at 17%. One travel agent says price is a big...
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...
