Jueves, 30/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Director invitado para recital de la Sinfónica (Guest conductor for Symphony recital ) - The OSC will perform a concert Friday a las 20:00 in the Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura. It will be directed by Yury Sobolev and will have The House of Beethoven...
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Conaie ends strike after government agrees to 5-cent gasoline price reduction and other concessions
The 18-day anti-government strike is over. At a 12:15 p.m. press conference, President of the Episcopal Catholic Conference of Ecuador, Luis Cabrera, announced that an agreement had been reached between the government and Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities. The key to the agreement,...
Lasso declares state of emergency for Azuay and three other provinces; Cuenca enjoys a peaceful day
President Guillermo Lasso has placed Azuay and three other provinces under a 30-day state of emergency as a result of indigenous strike disruptions and violence. The emergency rules, issued late Wednesday for Azuay, Imbabura, Sucumbíos and Orellana Provinces, include nightly curfews and the...
LP gas trucks arrive, distributors look to normalize service; Zoo animals need food; City to apply fines for blocked streets; Art for migrants; Covid cases rise
Miércoles, 29/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Al migrar, el arte es terapia (When migrating, art is therapy) - There has been an art therapy program run by Marinés Cardoso for migrants in Cuenca. 24 artists and foreigners worked together for 3 weeks to explore the questions of What is home?,...
Strike talks to restart with the Catholic church as moderator; Ground rules are yet to be determined
Government Minister Francisco Jiménez announced late Wednesday that President Guillermo Lasso has agreed to a proposal by the Catholic Church to resume negotiations with indigenous organizations to end the 18-day-old anti-government strike. "In order to restore tranquility to the Ecuadorian...
Colombian ‘truth commission’ recommends major changes to the country’s drug policy
Colombian leaders must recognize how drug trafficking has penetrated the country’s culture, economy and politics and how the global war on drugs is driving its internal armed conflict, Colombia’s truth commission said on Tuesday in a long-awaited report. The commission, established as part of a...
Conaie wants talks to continue, attacks Lasso’s decision to end them; Lasso survives impeachment vote; Many restaurants close; New supplies arrive
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador leadership said it was “shocked” by President Guillermo Lasso’s Tuesday decision to break off negotiations. “Despite this insult, we remain willing to continue the dialog for the purpose of reaching a satisfactory conclusion to the strike,”...
Strike closes many city businesses, workers fired; Pleas to allow passage of supply trucks; Local towns join protests; Industrial production is paralyzed
Martes, 28/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Cuenca, "acorralada"; esperanza en diálogo (Cuenca, "cornered"; hope in dialogue) - See today's (Tuesday) articles in CHL for the story. <Just about everything in the paper today is about the strike and the rest is public notices. So I'll nibble around...
Lasso ends talks with Conaie following ambush of truck convoy, claims Iza has no credibility
President Guillermo Lasso abruptly ended talks with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities Tuesday afternoon, blasting Conaie leader Leonidas Iza for “promoting his own political agenda” and ignoring the needs of the indigenous people. Lasso’s decision followed what he described as a...
Ecuador could suspend all oil production by Wednesday as a result of protests and road blocks
Ecuador could suspend oil production in 48 hours if the nationwide indigenous protests and road blockades continue, the Ministry of Energy and Mines said Monday. The hydrocarbon sector was adversely affected by road blockades and the seizure of oil wells in the country's Amazon region, Xinhua news...