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Early reports on overnight electric blackouts are “positive,” according to a government social media post Thursday morning. “The rationing schedule was carried out as planned and the National Electricity Operator [Cenace] conducted maintenance operations on 15 of the...
The head of the commission that wrote Ecuador’s 2008 constitution, Alberto Acosta, says reestablishing a U.S. anti-narcotics base in the country is a “terrible” idea. He disagrees with claims by President Daniel Noboa that the closure of the base in 2009 allowed drug...
By Frances Hogg Lochow When Juan Estrella was a boy growing up in Cuenca, he didn’t have television or the internet. He’d read about magic in books, but he’d never seen a magic trick performed until he was 14 years old, when the father of a friend showed him a card...
In the latest in a series of contradictory and confusing messages, the Energy Ministry announced Wednesday morning that electric blackouts planned for Wednesday and Thursday night will be two to four hours in length with schedules determined by local electric...
The municipal government has begun water rationing in Quito and is advising residents to expect service cuts of up to 12 hours in the coming days and weeks. “The prolonged drought and the lack of significant rainfall for 38 days has forced us to take drastic and...
The government clarified Tuesday afternoon that the curfew during power blackouts on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and four nights next week, applies only to six provinces and one canton. The provinces are Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí, Orellana, Santa Helena and...
I may have been too enthusiastic in my recent column celebrating the glories of the world's favorite language. Upon further reflection, I now think English, a mishmash of slang and exceptions, is just a big hodge-podge. How can anyone master the incomprehensible use...
By Paola Flores Bolivia's popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national...
The government announced late Monday night that in addition to the overnight blackout Wednesday and Thursday, national blackouts will also be imposed next Monday to Thursday, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. "The schedule has been chosen in order to generate the least possible...
President Daniel Noboa will ask the National Assembly to change the constitution to allow foreign military bases on Ecuadorian soil, he said Monday via a post on X. The United States previously operated a military base at Manta to combat drug trafficking, but former...
By Jim Smith Moving to a new country like Ecuador can be both thrilling and challenging for expats, particularly when it comes to staying connected, finding local resources, and adapting to a new culture. Fortunately, social media apps can help bridge these gaps,...
Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat reports that 2024 is one of the “worst fire years on record,” with more than 23,000 hectares going up in smoke. Loja Province has suffered the most damage, with 14,600 hectares burned while 4,487 and 3,140 hectares, respectively,...
By Liam Higgins While Cuenca recorded its 65th day without significant rainfall Sunday, the current drought is far from the city’s worst. A check of weather records shows at least 20 drought years since 1950, including four classified as “extreme.” During ten droughts...
By Elise Cutts Hair loss isn’t life-threatening, but that doesn't mean that it can’t be life-changing. For many people, losing hair is tantamount to losing themselves. “People go through grieving,” says geneticist Angela Christiano of Cornell University. “It’s...
There will be a nationwide overnight power blackout Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the government announced Sunday morning. According to a presidential office statement, the blackout will begin at 10 p.m. Wednesday and end at 6 a.m. Thursday for...
The country’s ongoing drought is not only threatening hydroelectric generation and drinking water supplies but agricultural production as well. Farmers across the country say that due to the lack of rain, local irrigation systems and farm holding ponds are going dry....
By Phillip Martin When we arrive in Ecuador from northern climes it gradually dawns on us that sunrise and sunset come at just about the same time every day, all year long. While we almost universally enjoy the moderate, year round climate this brings us, some of us...
Although military control of prisons has drastically reduced the number of killings within the country’s prisons, it has put administrators at greater risk. The murder of Guayaquil Litoral Penitentiary director María Daniela Icaza earlier this week was the third this...
By Wilfredo Miranda The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, ordered their loyal Parliament on Wednesday to urgently reform the Cyber Crime Law, better known as the gag law. The cornerstone of the reform are...
The Emre Bey power generation barge began producing electricity Thursday following a two week delay due to anchoring problems in the Guayas River. The diesel-powered barge is producing 101.3 megawatts and will undergo a series of tests in its first week of operation....
