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Although the Ministry of Mining has given the go-ahead to the proposed Loma Larga gold mine 30 kilometers southeast of Cuenca, many local residents say they will continue to fight the massive Dundee Precious Metals project. On Tuesday, the Ministry claimed residents...
According to Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, 93 foreign representatives will attend Saturday’s inauguration of President Daniel Noboa. Among those planning to attend are the presidents of neighboring countries, Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Dina Boluarte of Peru....
By Frank Bruni Like many people I know, I decided about a month ago to get a new iPhone. President Trump’s tariff threats, tariff realities and tariff tempestuousness portended higher prices, and I was due anyway. My old iPhone’s bells and whistles were at this point...
Italy has joined Greece, Japan, Spain, Thailand, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and several other countries in enforcing new tourist tax hikes, but it’s drawing a hard line by targeting weekend and last-minute visitors with sharply increased fees and heavy penalties in...
By Dalia Tarek Paula Landeros, a Chilean, comes from a large family. Her mother has four siblings, and her father has six. There was always a lot of noise in her home, but she is aware that this will change in the future, as she decided not to have children: “It was...
By Times staff In the vast and biodiverse rainforests of the Amazon, nature continues to reveal its remarkable secrets. In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a new species of anaconda that has stunned the world — a colossal snake weighing up to 500 kilograms...
Charlie Larga is nobody special — at least, not at first glance. Just another tall gringo with a sunhat, buying instant coffee in Tuti and muttering about how the bus used to cost less. He didn’t come to Ecuador to find himself. He came here because, like many of you...
Finance Minister Sariha Moya says she received a “very positive response” in recent talks with major Chinese banks. The minister was in Beijing representing Ecuador at the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum earlier in month. Among the...
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro is blaming the Ecuadorian government and Colombian “extremists” for attempting to disrupt Venezuela's May 25 elections for the national congress and municipal offices. “The Albanian mafia, which rules Ecuador, and Colombian far-right...
By The Conversation staff Latin America is undergoing one of its most profound human rights crises in decades. The region’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, from mass surveillance and arbitrary arrests to political repression, enforced disappearances and impunity for...
The prosecutor of some of the most dramatic criminal cases in Ecuador history, Attorney General Diana Salazar, announced her resignation Tuesday. In a video statement, she said it was time to move on and allow “new leadership” to take command. “Clinging to the office...
A national court judge on Monday ordered former vice president Jorge Glas to stand trial for alleged misuse of public funds allocated for reconstruction following the 2016 earthquake. Carlos Bernal, former secretary of the Reconstruction Committee and a friend of...
By Jim Smith Retirement no longer means staying in one place. More seniors and retirees are choosing to live abroad while working part-time or managing their finances online. In cities like Cuenca, Ecuador, this new lifestyle, sometimes called digital nomadism, is...
Ecuador is entering "the twilight of the oil era" that began 50 years ago, according to oil industry consultant Oswaldo Erazo. The prediction is based on a series of factors ranging from the maturity of the oil fields and their natural decline, and lack of investment....
President Daniel Noboa has sent urgent legislation to the National Assembly for authorization to establish special security zones in high-crime areas and to expand the government’s power to confiscate property, including cash, in the possession of suspected criminals....
Let’s begin with a simple assumption: you just want a blender. Nothing fancy. You’re not looking to crush diamonds or blend frozen mangoes into silky perfection for your artisanal juice bar. You just want to make a banana smoothie without waking the neighbors or...
By Steven Grattan Indigenous leaders from across Latin America will meet this week for talks on how to enforce legal rulings designed to enforce their rights to justice and territorial protection. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a regional tribunal that...
The Army Command reports that soldiers have destroyed three camps used by criminal gangs in Orellana Province, in the area where 11 soldiers were killed last week. The Army said three buildings and a firing range were among the facilities that were dismantled and...
By Julia Flynn Siler What really makes for a fulfilling life? This question has been on Tyler J. VanderWeele’s mind for decades. In his first faculty job as a biostatistician at the University of Chicago, he was dissatisfied with how scientists defined and measured...
By Heather Walters Nick and Melanie Thompson are doing things their way. They and their four young children have embarked on a journey to explore parts of the world and experience the many cultures it contains firsthand and for real. Currently, they are in southern...
