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The 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Carchi Province Monday morning has been followed by more than a dozen aftershocks, including a 4.1 temblor early Tuesday. Centered 17.8 kilometers from Tulcán, just south of the Colombia border, the earthquake injured eight people and destroyed or damaged 143 buildings, most of them in Tulcán and San Gabriel....
“Let’s talk.” That was the message National Assembly President Virgilio Saquicela sent President Guillermo Lasso Monday. “I am asking him to establish a commission composed of government and Assembly representatives to work out differences on proposed laws to avoid his use of the total veto,” Saquicela. “The total veto has the effect of negating the...
By John Keeble The world is a wonderful place, especially Ecuador – but it does look strange when you are hanging upside down on a zipline high above the jungle canopy. Everything is in the wrong place, including most of your blood, as you race face-first towards the solid end of the wires. Such solo...
By Peter Aitken The commander of U.S. Southern Command has raised concerns that the U.S. is not matching China’s grand strategy in Latin America. “Flying along the Panama Canal and looking at all the state-owned enterprises from the PRC on each side of the Panama Canal, I worry about… they look like civilian companies or...
The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency reports that 10,527 Ecuadorians were arrested in first half of 2022 at the U.S.-Mexican border. The number represents a dramatic drop from the 67,000 arrested during the same period in 2021. According to immigrant rights organizations, the drop to primarily due Mexico’s decision in September 2021 to...
By Stephen Vargha Little did he know that playing in his father’s guitar workshop as a child would lead him down the family path. For years, Pablo Uyaguari had other plans for himself. “I studied medicine for three years at the University of Cuenca,” said Uyaguari. “What I was studying did not make me feel...
By Peter Millard and Stephan Kueffner Deep in the lush forests of southern Ecuador, in a cloud-covered village perched on the western edge of the Andes, a hole opened in the Earth one night late last year. Small at first, it began to slowly expand and, over the course of an hour that evening, proceeded...
By Joseph Guzman A recent review study is pushing back against long-held views in medicine that depression is caused by a serotonin imbalance in the brain. Researchers from University College London conducted an umbrella review of past meta-studies and systematic analyses of depression’s relationship to serotonin activity that included tens of thousands of participants. The...
Acknowledging the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the country, new Health Minister Jose Ruales is encouraging people to mask up indoors. “Last week we had a 50 percent increase in cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, from 8,000 to almost 12,000,” he said. “One of the best ways to control infections is by wearing...
By Matt Spetalnick The U.S. State Department on Wednesday added dozens of current and former officials, lawmakers, judges and business people from Central America to a list that names those the U.S. government considers “corrupt and undemocratic” actors in the region. The so-called Engel List, created under a law sponsored by then-U.S. Representative Eliot Engel,...
By Jim Wyss The historian carefully leafs through pages of a 400-year-old, leather-bound book until she finds the shaky signature. It’s a faint scrawl that has consumed Tamara Estupiñan for more than 30 years, led her to find forgotten Inca ruins and sparked an academic firestorm. The signature, she says, is the key to unlocking...
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses reported Tuesday that Ecuador’s population has surpassed the 18 million mark but says growth is beginning moderate as the birth rate drops. The country’s population will be confirmed officially following a national census to be conducted in November and December. The Institute projects the population will reach 23.4...
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