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Ecuador needs money to finance infrastructure projects and the government believes the private sector is where they will find it. “The national budget can no longer support the projects that the country needs and we are looking to establish public-private partnerships to attract funding,” says Gabriel Martínez, Minister of Transportation and Public Works. Martínez was...
Claiming that they have been ignored by city government, the residents of Cayambe marched on the mayor’s office Thursday, demanding an end to prostitution in their neighborhood. An hour into the protest, leaders of the group were invited inside to meet with Cuenca Vice Mayor Pablo Burbano. “We are pleased that we were finally received...
The Cuenca Transportation Chamber announced yesterday that it is suspending its participation in transportation planning talks with the city claiming the city owes bus companies more than a million dollars in subsidies. “We have been waiting for months to be paid but have received nothing,” says chamber president Manolo Soliz. “This is one of several...
Jueves, 13/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Alianza Francesa y hotel Sheraton – These two entities have signed an agreement to promote artistic activities. The Alianza will be able to mount free events this year. Three of these are a jazz concert with an internacional band in marzo, a theater...
By Robert Bradley The Ecuadorian Amazon has the greatest concentration of wildlife diversity on earth and is the home of several indigenous communities who have lived sustainably in this ecosystem for thousands of years. What many of us understand is that climate change, oil and mineral extraction, human development along roads and rivers, and deforestation...
Despite the fact that it is surrounded by drug-producing countries, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that Ecuador remains “almost entirely free of illicit crop production.” UNODC also reports that “strong law enforcement efforts” have greatly reduced the shipments of drugs on the country’s highways. Positioned between drug-producing Bolivia, Peru and Colombia,...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy presented a strong objection to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to Azuay Prefect Yaku Pérez’s proposal for a referendum to stop mining in Azuay Province. “To allow such a referendum to go forward and jeopardize the country’s efforts to expand legal mining is completely irresponsible,” Mining Minister Enrique Gallegos said at...
Quito’s municipal police have a message for men who pee in the city’s historic district. “We will begin fining those who make Quito streets and sidewalks a public urinal,” said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Control Police agency Agency,” on Tuesday. “The ordinance is already on the municipal record and will begin strict enforcement immediately.”...
Miércoles, 12/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Concierto – The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca will perform its 3rd concert in a series with the 3d symphonies of Ecuadorian composers Luis Humberto Salgado and Ludwig Van Beethoven este viernes a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapongo. Teatro – The Argentinean company...
Martes, 11/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Correction to yesterday’s post – I mistakenly named Paúl Granda instead of Paúl Carrasco as the last prefect of Azuay. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – “El lago de los Cisnes” (Swan Lake) – El Ballet Real de Rusia (The Royal Ballet of Russia) <Didn’t know Russia had a...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a six-part series by Don Moore, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras who developed a fascination with northern Peru — and wrote a book about it. Don spent most of January in Cuenca. By Don Moore Tramping down the Andes is like walking on the ridge of...
By Hugh Bronstein Argentina heads into do-or-die talks this week with its biggest creditor, the International Monetary Fund, fresh from a failed bond sale on Monday that augured poorly for the government’s plan for revamping about $100 billion in debt. The country wants to postpone debt payments while honoring its promise to voters to avoid...
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