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If you’ve had an infection that required you to take antibiotics, you may have suffered diarrhea, a common side effect. After all, antibiotics eliminate the bad bacteria, but also ‘good’ bacteria, which scientists say cause an imbalance that may lead to gastric distress. But are commercial probiotic supplements the best course of action to prevent...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday that most artistic and cultural products and services will no longer be subject to the country’s 12 percent Value Added Tax (VAT). The exemption applies to music, dance, film and theater projects and performances as well as to art exhibitions and publishing. Culture Minister Juan Fernando Velasco thanked President...
Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar has requested that the court issue a pretrial detention order for former president Rafael Correa in the 2012-2016 Sobornos (Bribes) investigation of payments to the Alianza Pais campaign fund. The request will be considered by a national court judge on Thursday. In a Wednesday morning hearing, Salazar listed 11 charges...
By Alexandra Valencia and Luc Cohen Ecuador’s market-friendly President Lenin Moreno is cracking down on illegal gold miners, who are increasingly encroaching on formal mines, but keeping them away from an Australian billionaire’s concession for good may prove a tall order. Moreno last month sent 4,000 troops and police to clear thousands of miners from...
Former Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot said Monday that he supports a woman’s right to an abortion in the case of rape. He also said that the entire “question of abortion needs a thorough review due to the high number of clandestine procedures.” Although he has not officially announced his candidacy, Nebot led all prospective 2021...
Newly elected president of Ecuador’s Socialist Party, Enrique Ayala Mora, says Ecuador’s political left must be rebuilt from the ground up. “We have suffered considerable losses in recent years and it is time to restore the legitimacy of the socialist struggle in this country,” he said in a Monday interview following his weekend election. A...
By Bob Itami One of the great advantages of living in Cuenca is the close proximity to Cajas National Park. There are many fantastic day hikes in the park and with proper clothing and equipment, you can enjoy one of the great alpine ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Andes. Thanks to our wonderful guide Esteban Coobija...
By John Keeble Soon after the last ice age, when I was a young reporter on the London Evening News, some impertinent chap suggested subverting the stiff upper lips of commuters by wearing badges declaring – my apologies for using such language – their willingness to talk on trains and buses. Handsome Hollers, my news...
By James Bargent and Mayra Alejandra Bonilla Thousands of police and military swept through the north Ecuador district of Buenos Aires last month in an attempt to control the illegal mining boom that has ravaged the region, but it may be too late to stop the country’s criminal gold rush. On July 2, 2,400 soldiers...
According to MayoClinic.org, detoxification (detox) diets are popular, but there is little evidence that they eliminate toxins from your body. But, evidence never stopped hoaxers from marketing products as “amazing”, and “miraculous,” and it appears there is a growing desire for detoxifiers, both for diets and products and for unproven and possibly dangerous and archaic...
By Gideon Long When Richard Martínez took over as Ecuador’s finance minister in May last year, the country’s accounts were a mess. President Lenín Moreno was picking up the pieces left by the previous leftwing government, which for a decade had financed Ecuador largely through opaque loans-for-oil deals with Beijing. It was not clear how...
More than 200 books in Israeli literature translated into Spanish have been “published” on the streets of different cities in Ecuador. The Libros Libres de Israel Project or Israel Free Books aims to share Israeli culture in the South American country and encourage reading, AJN the news agency reported. “This is a project where people...
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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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