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By Tom Larsen Transferencia (Sp.) — an act, process, or instance of transferring. March 2023 in Cuenca will see the culmination of nearly a year’s work as local women showcase their art to benefit Mujeres Con Éxito, the Cuenca organization that plays a critical role in providing support and assistance to the women and children...
The special National Assembly commission investigating corruption in public companies and possible links to President Guillermo Lasso heard more testimony Thursday as it rushes to complete its work by a March 3 deadline. Earlier this week, the commission requested and was granted a 10-day extension by the full Assembly to present its final report. At...
Ecuador has temporarily halted oil exports due to the collapse of a bridge on the Rio Marker that damaged nearby pipelines. Energy Minister Fernando Santos granted the request of state-owned oil company Petroecuador and declared force majeure to protect the company from sanctions by foreign oil buyers. Santos says he expects the suspension of exports...
Colombia and Bolivia will jointly ask the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca leaves from its list of prohibited substances and accept the plant’s traditional uses, Colombia’s government said on Wednesday. The proposal, which the two countries will make at the commission’s session in Vienna in mid-March, is a bid to de-stigmatize...
Miércoles, 22/2/2023 Hola, Todos – Titular – Vialidad “derrumbó” expectativa turística (Road “collapsed” tourism expectations) – Landslides at km. 78 of the vía Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme impeded trips between Cuenca and the Coast el pasado sábado and lunes. On Saturday afternoon, 18/2, there was a landslide that closed the main route through the Cajas. It was...
Former President Lenin Moreno and 36 others will be charged with bribery in connection with the construction of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project. According to the Attorney General’s office, the case stems from an investigation of offshore companies allegedly used to conceal illicit payments from a Chinese contractor between 2009 and 2018, when Moreno...
By Pedro Hurtado Canepa Colombia and Ecuador’s top military leaders pledged in late December 2022 to strengthen operations in the fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime along their common border, some 586 kilometers across coastal, Andean, and Amazon regions. Army General Helder Fernán Giraldo Bonilla, commander of the Colombian Military Forces, and Army Major General...
As murders surge in Guayaquil, the city has moved up dramatically in international rankings of cities with the highest murder rates. In 2022, Guayaquil ranked 24 among what Insight Crime labels the “most murderous” cities. The city entered the list in 2021 at number 50, the first time an Ecuadorian city has ranked in the...
By Kif Leswing Since Microsoft showcased an early version of its new artificial intelligence-powered Bing search engine last week, more than a million people have signed up to test the chatbot. With the help of technology from San Francisco startup OpenAI, Bing AI is designed to return complete paragraphs of text that read like they...
Lunes, 20/2/2023 Hola, Todos -Titular – Carnaval revive a los personajes tradicionales (Carnival revives traditional characters) – Thousands of local and foreign tourists enjoyed Carnaval in Gualaceo at the “Carnaval del río Gualaceo” parade. Contingents from schools, communities, and businesses marched, sprayed water and foam, and drank chicha de jora <I wonder if some of...
By Stephen Vargha Owning the popular restaurant, La Yunta, was not the original goal of Sole Riquetti. Nor was it the long circuitous global route Riquetti took to end up at Ave. Primer De Mayo. “My dad wanted me to learn English. I always hated English as a kid,” said Riquetti. “I learned French at...
By Bartie Scott and Juliana Kaplan A plush hotel in New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport seems to be haunted by the ghost of aviation’s good times. The TWA Hotel offers guests a luxurious stay, with 500 rooms, a rooftop pool, and a bar in an old retrofitted airplane. It also contains echoes of its...
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