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The environmental collective Yasunidos says it is prepared to fight any attempt to ignore, delay or hold a revote of the referendum to end oil production in the Yasuní National Park. Ecuadorians voted 60% to 40% in August to end operations in the park, which is...
Miércoles, 17/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Música y teatro en el teatro Carlos Cueva - <Now if you can't translate that for yourself, my condolences for your birth at the shallow end of the gene pool.> There will be 2 performances at the Teatro Carlos...
Ecuador's Interior Ministry reports that violent crime, including murder, has “reduced significantly” since President Danel Noboa declared a state of emergency January 8. The Ministry says that murders, nationwide, have dropped from 29 a day to 14 and that violent...
Lunes, 15/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Concierto sinfónico - The Orquesta Sinfónica de la U. de Cuenca will present its first concert of the year el 25/1 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Titular - Cárceles, bajo control (Prisons, under control) -...
Residents of the Amazonian city of Shell say they will fight President Daniel Noboa’s plan to build a maximum-security prison in Pastaza Province. Noboa released design details of two new prisons on Friday, the second planned for Santa Elena Province. Rolando Morales,...
In a Saturday night operation, Ecuador National Police and military troops rescued 133 hostages held for six days in seven national prisons. President Daniel Noboa announced the success of the operation in a short video message and said prisons in Azuay, Cañar,...
Jeanne's note: These are Periodicos for January 8 and 10. My apologies for sending them to the wrong group. So here are issues of outdated news. Lunes, 8/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - 180 quebradas en Cuenca: 30 requieren obras (180 creeks/gullies/ ravines in...
The Ministry of Energy announced Friday that electric service blackouts are suspended until March 1 but the Energy Minister said they will probably not resume. “The rains during the last five weeks have restored river levels and watersheds near our hydroelectric...
Viernes, 12/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Solidarios con militares (Solidarity with military) - Members of the Duran family in the Zhin Zhin barrio of Baños asked themselves how they could collaborate with police and military who were responding to the violence in...
Most Cuenca businesses and government offices resumed their normal operations on Thursday following widespread closures on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. City and interprovincial buses and the tram were operating full schedules and hospitals dropped restrictions...
“The city lost its mind yesterday.” That’s the way University of Azuay psychology professor Ivan Iglesias described what happened Tuesday afternoon in Cuenca. Based on social media posts claiming criminal gangs were setting off explosions and that prisoners had...
The National Police command reported a “return of normality” for most of the country early Wednesday morning. “Most sectors did not experience elevated criminal activity overnight,” the command said in a statement. “There were several incidents in Quito and Guayaquil...
President Daniel Noboa has elevated the status of Monday’s national emergency, claiming the country has entered a state of internal armed conflict. The new decree authorizes deployment of the armed forces and National Police into the streets and other public areas to...
Angered by President Daniel Noboa’s state of emergency declaration, criminal gang members set off explosions and burned cars in several cities, including Cuenca, on Monday night. In Quito and Machala, police officers were kidnapped. “This response was expected and we...
In response to riots in at least five federal prisons on Monday, President Daniel Noboa has declared a 60-day state of emergency which includes an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. The emergency also suspends rights of household privacy and freedom on assembly. The...
National Police Commander Cesar Zapata confirmed Sunday afternoon that the leader of the Los Choneros criminal gang may have escaped from the Guayaquil Regional Prison. José Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was not in his cell when police entered the prison to transfer him...
Although Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric generation plants are operating at near-normal capacity due to recent rains, more electric blackouts may be required as maintenance work will reduce power in the coming weeks. “Under normal circumstances, the return to full...
Viernes, 5/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - 6/1, 10:00 - Workshop, Escultura orgánica (Organic sculpture) - Museo de la Conceptas. 8/1, 14:00 - Training, Repujado artistico (Artistic embossing) - Quinta Bolívar. 10/1, 18:30 - Screening, Anatomy of...
President Daniel Noboa defended the 11 questions he plans to submit to voters in a referendum, saying his “number one priority” is protecting the citizens of Ecuador from crime. His comments in a radio interview and a press conference on Thursday followed criticism of...
Calling it a “critically important link to the coast," Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret is demanding that the government make immediate repairs to the Cuenca-Girón-Machala highway. The highway has been closed repeatedly recently as a result of heavy rain....
