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Among the conditions Ecuador agreed to for a $4 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was making a substantial payment on the debt to the Social Security Institute (IESS). Under terms released by the IMF, the government is required to pay all arrears from 2022 and 2023, or about $700 million. In total,...
By Agnes Theresa Oberauer Given its history of colonization, South America is a place that brings together the culture of its European colonizers with rich Indigenous culture and African traditions. While many places in South America continue to grapple with poverty and violence, this cultural melting pot has given rise to an incredibly diverse range...
Following the murders of an alternate National Assembly member and his wife Sunday, President Daniel Noboa ordered the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the General Command of the National Police to relocate to Manta. In recent weeks, Manta and Manabí Province have become Ecuador’s “murder capital” according to the presidential press office. A...
By Arturo Torres and Dan Collyns The road leading to Podocarpus National Park winds around lush, forested mountains that seem to stretch endlessly on the horizon. Covering 1,463 square kilometers (565 square miles), the park stretches from the foothills of the eastern Andes into the rainforest, straddling the southern Ecuadorian provinces of Loja to the west...
By Dani Blum As summer approaches, many people with spring allergies are still suffering. And as new Covid variants circulate, experts say we may also soon see an uptick in cases. (Though wastewater data suggests that Covid cases are currently fairly low.) It can be tricky to distinguish between seasonal allergy symptoms, early signs of the coronavirus or just a...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $4 billion loan to Ecuador comes with strings attached. Among the requirements are for the government to increase revenue by expanding the taxpayer base, permanently increasing the value added tax, formalizing informal workers and raising some business taxes. At the same time, it wants to see a reduction in fuel...
Domingo, 2/6/24 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Una ‘cascada mágica’ tiene Santa Isabel (Santa Isabel has a ‘magic waterfall’) – In the community of Pedernales, Shaglli Parish, Santa Isabel canton, is the río Chorrohuaico which has a magical waterfall. The river flows over large rocks and part of it creates a waterfall that looks like...
By José de Córdoba and Anthony Harrup Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president after romping to victory in an election billed as a referendum on the leftist policies of departing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Sheinbaum, the candidate of the ruling Movement of National Regeneration, known as...
By Matias Delacroix and Juna Zamorano On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mainland’s solid...
Viernes, 31/5/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Corpus Christi también se vive desde la música (Corpus Christi is also experienced through music ) – The Dirección Municipal de Cultura has organized free performances at the Glorieta in the Parque Calderón to celebrate Corpus Cristi, one of the most traditional fiestas. The folk dance group Illapa...
Ecuadorian police said yesterday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January murder of a prosecutor, among other crimes, has been arrested in Panama. In addition, the arrest of another of the country’s top five most wanted could be imminent. Ecuadorian authorities have been fighting...
By Irene Gardner Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series that highlights Cuenca’s (and Azuay Province’s) charitable organizations, programs and projects and their leaders and teams of volunteers. Although there are many expats who have selflessly become involved in charity organizations that are making fantastic, positive impacts in Cuenca, many, but not...
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