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The cost to ride municipal buses is headed higher but bus companies and citizen groups disagree on the new amount. A University of Cuenca study is recommending a fare of 40 cents but says the city should provide a four-cent subsidy to boost payment to owners....
Cuenca’s museums are extending their hours Sunday, May 18 in recognition of International Museum Day, with many of them hosting special events and guided tours of their collections. Among the museums celebrating the day are the Museum of Modern Art; Remigio Crespo...
A business coalition is urging the government to impose restrictions on the 4x4 package delivery system, claiming it has become an unregulated import route for goods that compete unfairly with Ecuadorian industry and retail outlets. ¡Mucho Mejor Ecuador! says the...
By Kevin Roose The year is 2027. Powerful artificial intelligence systems are becoming smarter than humans and are wreaking havoc on the global order. Chinese spies have stolen America’s A.I. secrets, and the White House is rushing to retaliate. Inside a leading A.I....
Two Citizens Revolution assemblyman have announced the formation of the “People’s Caucus,” a political movement they say rejects the self-interests and in-fighting that has dominated the National Assembly in recent years. Raúl Chávez and Jaime Estrada announced the...
By Carlos Bravo and Gavin Voss In recent years, Ecuador has been engulfed in a wave of violence driven by organized crime — a crisis fueled in part by the authorities’ inability to identify where criminals are obtaining their firearms. The expansion of organized crime...
The nonelected leadership of the indigenous Pachakutik movement reacted angrily Wednesday night after its members voted with the government party in the organizational session of the new National Assembly. Six Pachakutik members supported ADN candidates while three...
President Daniel Noboa’s National Democratic Action party claimed majority control of the new National Assembly Wednesday, as former Tourism Minister Niels Olsen was elected president. ADN’s Mishel Mancheno was voted first vice president while Carmen Tiupul of...
Going to the dentist in Cuenca is a bit like entering a lottery where all the prizes involve sitting with your mouth open while a stranger stares into it — but it’s still better than doing it in the United States. Prices are lower, the equipment may be newer, and if...
Former Uruguay President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, died Tuesday. He was 89. Uruguay President Yamandú Orsi, announced his...
By Dominick Reuter As a small-business owner, Ramon van Meer says he's used to hearing people say they'd be willing to pay more for products made in America. When President Donald Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods by an additional 145%, van Meer decided to...
By Latin American Post staff A tragic ambush in Ecuador’s Amazon region has left eleven soldiers and one alleged insurgent dead, spotlighting the deadly nexus between illegal gold mining and organized crime. As insecurity rises, calls for urgent economic reforms and...
By Molly Young “Coming to Helsinki in February is an objectively weird choice,” said a man named Mikko Tirronen. “During this time, we don’t have …” he paused. “… colors.” I was sitting in a coffee shop with Tirronen, a web developer and writer, after flying to...
The army command has ordered an additional 1,500 troops to Orellana and Sucumbíos Provinces following the massacre of 11 soldiers in Alto Punino Friday. The new troops join an estimated 1,200 already deployed to the region near the Colombian border. The 11 soldiers...
One of the more curious subspecies of expats is the small but noisy contingent that is utterly obsessed with the price of things; more specifically, they are obsessed with the notion that they are being over-charged by Ecuadorians and that other expats are complicit...
Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived on Saturday at a port in the Galápagos after being rescued by a tuna boat, the Ecuadorian navy said on X. The three Peruvians and two Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were found on May 7 by the...
By Luis Córdova-Alarcón Ecuador is at war. This was decided by the government of Daniel Noboa on January 9, 2024. On that day, after a wave of criminal violence in several provinces, the President issued Executive Decree 111, recognizing the existence of an internal...
While government officials vow revenge for the ambush of 11 soldiers in a remote area of Orellana Province on Friday, the group alleged to have carried out the attack is denying its involvement. In two social media posts, leaders of the Border Commanders, a breakaway...
By Jonathan Mason The Ecuadorian government, according to a report in El Universo, is considering reinstating a $42 tariff on all 4x4 imports — packages under 4 kilograms and valued below $400. While the move may be intended to protect domestic businesses and boost...
By Ari Caramanica Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world. Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire year. Yet, water and greenery are everywhere. This...
