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By Kathleen Wong Lee Harrison never thought he’d retire at the age of 49 – 13 years earlier than when he had planned. He definitely didn’t expect that he’d be retired in Ecuador of all places. But at 70, he’s happier than ever with his decision, he said. “My father worked until he was 62, which I thought was great...
By Liam Higgins Most people don’t understand the reasons behind Ecuador’s soaring rates of drug-related crime, says Renaldo Torres, an international export consultant. “It has very little to do with consumption of illegal drugs in the country,” he says. “It also has little to do with Colombian drugs being sent to the U.S. Another misconception...
By Kanishka Singh and Tom Polansek U.S. farm and trade officials raised “grave concerns” over Mexico’s agricultural biotechnology policies in meetings with their Mexican counterparts last week, as lingering disagreements threaten decades of booming corn trade between the neighbors. Washington’s concerns center on the Mexican president’s push to ban so-called biotech corn, or varieties developed...
Interior Minister Juan Zapata has turned over to prosecutors the names of 28 candidates in the February 5 election who he believes have links to drug trafficking and illegal mining. The 22 men and six women are running for mayor and prefect offices in 11 provinces, the minister said. Earlier, Zapata had turned over another...
By Liam Higgins For both expats and tourists, Ecuador provides an adventure in colorful and often exotic cuisine, some of which is older than the Incas. Here are a few of the traditional foods of Ecuador and the entire Andean region of South America. In Cuenca, if you’re not sure where to find them, try...
By Chris Dalby Intelligence reports have revealed that troops within Ecuador’s navy have been regularly caught collaborating with leading criminal gangs, further exacerbating the country’s spiraling security crisis. In the latest event connecting Ecuador’s navy to gangs, at least 43 sailors are under investigation for a range of crimes, including gang involvement and drug trafficking, according...
The government said Thursday it is increasing efforts to combat illegal mining, including using military troops to search for and destroy unauthorized operations. Secretary of State Security Diego Ordóñez said the mines are causing extensive environmental damage and that many of them are operated by criminal gangs. “These mines are polluting the water and destroying...
By Darren Org In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky thing about AI singularity (and why it borrows terminology from black hole physics) is that it’s enormously difficult to predict where it begins...
Miércoles, 25/1/2023 Hola, Todos – Titular – Seguridad, el eje del conversatorio (Security, the focus of the discussion) – l4 mayoral candidates were called by the Cámara de Industrias, Producción y Empleo (CIPEM) for a conversation. They were Cristian Zamora, Paúl Carrasco, Adrián Castro and Pedro Palacios who did not attend. The conversation was...
By Chris Hedges There is very little to recommend my old gym, other than the low monthly fee, where I worked out nearly every day from 2007 until the pandemic shut it down. The locker rooms were grimy with moldering carpets. There were brown rings around the basins and a thin blackish layer of slime,...
By Sam Meredith Argentina and Brazil, the two largest economies in South America, are in early talks to create a common currency, as part of a coordinated bid to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar. The ultimate goal, according to those familiar with the discussions, is to develop a currency to be used throughout South...
Ecuador is “on the path to economic recovery,” President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday night in his weekly television commentary. “Unemployment is at the lowest level in years and the rate of full-time employment is very close to pre-pandemic status,” he said. In addition, Lasso said that there has been “strong improvement” in the reduction of...
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