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By Garry Vatcher Foundation Hogar de Esperanza has been visiting Alausí to bring support since the landslide on March 26 that devastated this close-knit community. On the last few trips, we wanted to see how the disaster affected those in the community and hear some of their stories. Alausí is small but bustling town, famous...
By Kenny Stancil A report published Monday reveals how multilateral development banks’ financing of factory farms has unleashed significant social and ecological harm in Ecuador, and civil society groups say the banks’ failure to consult or compensate affected Indigenous communities violates Ecuadorian law and their own policies. Over the past 20 years, the International Finance...
Lunes, 8/6/2023 Hola, Todos – Cultura – De El Mercurio del sábado, 3/6 (3 articles): OFF, una galería cuencana de arte para el mundo (OFF, a Cuencanan art gallery for the world) – The 3 story gallery is a space for contemporary art located on av. 10 de Agosto y calle Federico Proaño. The current...
National Court Judge Mauricio Espinoza has denied the request of prosecutors to order preventive detention of former president Lenin Moreno and his wife Rocío González in the Sinohydro corruption case. He also ruled that ordering Moreno to report monthly to a Quito court is unreasonable. Instead, Espinoza ordered Moreno and González to appear during the...
By Rowan Atkinson Electric motoring is, in theory, a subject about which I should know something. My first university degree was in electrical and electronic engineering, with a subsequent master’s in control systems. Combine this, perhaps surprising, academic pathway with a lifelong passion for the motorcar, and you can see why I was drawn into...
By Stephen Vargha Ecuador’s biggest distributor and seller of wines has opened its first outlet in Cuenca. “We have 43 percent of the market of wine in Ecuador,” said Cathy Amoroso. “We have 11 stores, with five in Quito, four in Guayaquil, one in Manta, and now one in Cuenca.” Amoroso is the chief administrator...
Cuenca’s Citizen Guard and the National Police report that crime is dropping in Cuenca. According to the National Police, crime in the city has dropped in 78% of crime categories including violence against persons, robbery, car theft and murder since the beginning of the year. The regional National Police Command said that dropping rates are...
In what could be a preview of the new El Niño weather phenomenon, more than 500 people were evacuated from their homes in northern Ecuador on Sunday. Although no one was reported dead or missing, many homes are feared damaged beyond repair. Dozens of residents climbed onto the rooftops or balconies of their homes to...
Viernes, 2/6/2023 Hola, Todos – Cultura – De El Mercurio del jueves, 1/6(2 articles): Agenda cultural – 3/6 – Teatro – La Gallinta Sembradora – Auditorio Catalina Sojos de la Casa de la Cultura – 11:00 and 15:30. 4/6 – Muestra – Exposiciones sobre la Cuenca de hace 100 años – Museo Remigio Crespo Toral...
Neither President Guillermo Lasso or Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) President Leonidas Iza will be candidates for president in the cross death election. Both made announcements Friday, ending speculation about their political futures. Although Lasso said he would not be a candidate when he announced the cross death two weeks ago, he since then hinted...
In a survey of 4,000 poor and vulnerable families living in and near Quito, almost 20% of school-aged children were found not to be attending classes. Parents and custodians told Ecuador’s Secretariat of Inclusion that the children were needed to work to support their families. “Although the study focus is on Quito, its findings almost...
By Liam Higgins Internal disputes among the indigenous movement’s major social and political organizations is threatening to reduce its effectiveness in the coming cross death elections. Less than year after the movement mounted a powerful national strike that forced major concessions from the government, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) and the political party, Pachakutik,...
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