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The much-celebrated 2016 peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC, is over, according to a FARC commander. Ivan Marquez, who served as chief negotiator of the peace deal, announced on Thursday morning that the FARC is taking up arms again and will resume its...
Hawaii has ‘em and so do California and Florida … but, Ecuador? You bet your bottom dollar! And before I’m headed off at the pass by those seeking to point out equality of the sexes … yes! There are not only Dudes but Surfer Dudettes to boot. It seems not only men and women but...
A few days after Christmas, Leon Haughton flew back to the U.S. from his birthplace in Jamaica with three jars of honey. He had no idea they would cost him his freedom for nearly three months. The Maryland resident spent 82 days in jail after he was arrested December 29 and accused of bringing a...
By Tom Larsen The fascinating life of Aquiles Jimbo Córdova began in the small town of San Juan de Pózul in Loja Province, twenty kilometers from the border with Perú. Señor Jimbo was interested in writing and literature from a very young age. His parents were constantly reading together, and the love and intimacy that...
Tell me about your visit to Vilcabamba What did you notice? The caterpillars; the low-flying sparrow; the sweet-hungry ants; the uproar of mice in the underbrush; the tin music of the cricket’s body; What did you hear? The thrush greeting the morning; a breeze brushing reeds, Gravel underfoot, The deep valley of silence. What did...
By Dylan Baddour For months, Jose Amaya held out hope that his country would change. Even as his friends, family and neighbours abandoned Venezuela, with its hunger and violence, he refused to leave his home, his car and the only life he ever knew in the city of Maracaibo. But earlier this month Ecuador, about...
Looking after the environment is paying off in Ecuador, at least for public transport users in the business hub of Guayaquil. A new scheme aimed at combating garbage and pollution allows people to exchange recyclable plastic bottles for money to buy bus tickets. The port city, in Ecuador’s southwest, is the second most populous city...
By Paul Amos The Ironman 70.3 Ecuador began in Manta in 2015 and every year since has drawn over 1,200 athletes from all over the world. Despite the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Manta in April, 2016, the race went on as scheduled. The Ironman Foundation, which supports communities in which Ironman events are held worldwide,...
Environmental activists who staged a sit-in last week at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Quito say the fight to stop oil and mining projects in Ecuador is just beginning. Specifically, the protesters known collectively as the Yasunidos, were demanding that the CNE allow a national referendum on oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park,...
By Deborah DuBoff There are moments that we have as expats in Ecuador when we profoundly realize the abundance that we came from and we are inspired to donate time or money or share the skills and knowledge that we came here with. Johanna and Chris Nervick came to Cotacachi, Ecuador from the U.S. for...
Although the next national election is a year-and-a-half away, two of the leading candidates to succeed Lenin Moreno as president are busy laying the groundwork for their campaigns. In recent weeks, former Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot of the Social Democratic party and Guillermo Lasso of CREO, have been holding strategy meetings with elected and party...
Ecuador’s long delayed mobile wallet – Bimo for short – will be available to the public in September but some financial experts question whether it will accomplish its original objective of providing banking services to the “unbanked.” The banking app, to be managed by private banks, will allow those with cell phones to make cashless...
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Week of May 05
Record Number of Tourist Visas Granted to Ecuadorians by the United States between October 2022 and September 2023.
Minister of Energy Advocates for Legislation Empowering Private Companies in Electrical Supply Sector.
Noboa Stands Firm: No Extradition of Fugitives from Ecuador.
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