Ecuador News

Tourists are returning to the Galapagos and one reason may be that all of the islands’ 25,000 residents over the age of 16 are vaccinated. Ecuador Health Minister Ximena Garzón calls the Galapagos’ vaccination campaign a “fabulous success.” The Governing Council of the Galapagos said it met little resistance in its vaccination efforts. “Everyone here...

Beginning Thursday, passengers arriving in Ecuador at the Quito and Guayaquil international airports must show a negative PCR test or proof of vaccination completed 14 days earlier. Results of an antigen test will no longer be accepted, the national Emergency Operations Committee decided Friday. The COE also stiffened requirements for those arriving from Brazil and...

Jueves, 8/7/2021 Hola, Todos – Lo siento. I finished writing this around 10 Thusday night and I forgot to send it. So better late than never. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Programa de formación (Training program) – The Asociación Nacional de Diseñadores Escénicos de Chile and the Museo de Arte Moderno de Cuenca...

Ecuadorians are once again lining up for Covid-19 vaccines, reversing a three-week decline in visits to vaccines centers in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca. The Ministry of Health says the increase is the result of the lower eligibility age, which is now 50, and growing fear of the more dangerous delta and lambda variants of the...

Author’s note: Time is running out for Ecuador to save its Amazon rainforests — areas which have 10,000 times the biodiversity of the Galapagos islands. Ethno-ecologist  Adam Gebb looks at the problems and possibilities in a seven-part series. This article explores how fragmentation is threatening the Amazon. By Adam Gebb Over the past 50 years,...

According to investigators, the “Big Money” investment and lending scheme busted last week in Quevedo is only the tip of the iceberg. “There are dozens, probably hundreds of these pyramid and money laundering operations working around the country,” says banking regulator Gustavo Ramos. “Because people are desperate these days, more are opening up every day.”...

After traveling to Miami for their own Covid-19 vaccines, many Ecuadorian parents are now going back with their children. “My wife and I had our shots in Florida in April and since most of the side-effects happen in the first two months, we wanted to wait and see if they were safe for our boys,”...

U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, Michael Fitzpatrick, says the relationship between the U.S. and Ecuador has never been stronger and sees it growing even stronger in the coming months. The immediate challenge for both countries, he says, is overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic. “The coronavirus has placed heavy burdens on Ecuador, creating an economic crisis affecting not...

By Alexandra Valencia Two dozen workers using six excavators cleared a strip of heavy forest in the foothills of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano on an overcast June morning, rushing to carve a new route for an oil pipeline in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the country’s worst oil spill in decades. Ecuador’s power supply is...

The United States Embassy in Quito is advising Ecuadorians to expect a six-month delay in the issuance and renewal of tourist and business visas to the U.S. The delay is blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic, which the embassy says is affecting visa and diplomatic functions worldwide. “People who want to visit Disney World will have...