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The National Electoral Council is warning Ecuador voters to be suspicious of early election poll predictions for the presidency and the National Assembly. “Many of the polling organizations have not been recognized by the CNE and many of them are hired by individual campaigns and provide distorted results,” the CNE said in a statement. Pedro...
By Fernando Gimeno The discovery of an ancient pre-Columbian cemetery in Quito is helping to shed light on human populations that settled in that region around 2,000 years ago. Ceramic vessels and stone-carved decorative objects are among the more than 5,000 pieces found at the site, which is located in what today is the Llano...
Although Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora and Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret are backing different presidential candidates, both say their political positions are similar. Lloret supports the candidate of his Citizens Revolution party, Luisa Gonzales, while Zamora is backing Cuenca environmental activist Yaku Pérez represented by a coalition of the Democracia Sí, Popular Unity and...
In May, Ecuador concluded the largest debt-for-conservation swap in history with the goal of protecting the unique ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands, demonstrating, according to Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, that the Andean nation is “as rich as any rich country in the world, with the difference that the currency is called biodiversity.” Located in the...
By Garry Vatcher A cardboard sign hangs in the community, “Our houses are gone, we need help.” No one comes to read their sign or to help. Indigenous and black communities have been neglected for a long time, resulting in almost 70% poverty in these Esmeraldas communities. These marginalized communities are almost never a priority...
By Mariana Martinez Barba Four towering light beams flicker on Robert Banderas as he clutches a microphone. He adjusts his red, yellow and blue sports jersey, preparing to slip into his alter ego. By day, the 52-year-old is a welder. At night, Banderas transforms into “El Cuy,” one of the biggest boosters of ecuavoley in...
Although experts say the El Niño weather phenomenon is still developing, its early affects are being felt on Ecuador’s coast. Yesterday, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) said that unseasonal rains, heavy at times, will continue for at least several days. The northern coast in Manabí and Esmeraldas Provinces will be the most...
Former Ecuador Air Force Commander General Jorge Gabela was murdered in December 2010 for his opposition to the government’s purchase of seven Indian-made helicopters. This is one of the conclusions of a report delivered Tuesday by Argentinian forensics expert Roberto Meza. The report, which is the recreation of one delivered to former president Rafael Correa...
The National Electoral Council voted Wednesday to allow the cross death election campaign for the presidency and National Assembly to begin on Thursday. Previously, the start date was August 9 but CNE President Diana Atamaint believed that did not allow sufficient time for candidates to present their agendas before the August 20 election. CNE councilor...
Private memorial services were held Tuesday in at least three Cuenca churches on the 40th anniversary of the most deadly air disaster in Ecuador’s history. On the morning of July 11, 1983, all 119 passengers and crew on a Tame Air flight from Quito to Cuenca died when their Boeing 737 crashed into a mountain...
Nearly a sixth of the inmates in Ecuador’s prisons have not been sentenced, a national census showed on Monday, as President Guillermo Lasso urged the judicial system to be speedier to help ease the burden on overcrowded jails. Lasso, who will leave office later this year after bringing forward elections, told journalists the current prison...
Ecuador’s Central Bank reports that revenue from all sources dropped 23% in the first six months of 2023 compared with the same period of 2022. The largest loss, the Bank says, was in oil revenues as a result of lower prices, strikes by indigenous groups and technical problems. In addition, collections from the value added...
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