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President Daniel Noboa has declared a 60-day state of emergency in five coastal provinces citing “continuing armed conflict” in the region. Under terms of the declaration issued Tuesday night, the armed forces are granted additional powers to assist police and to conduct weapons searches in Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí, El Oro and Santa Elena Provinces....
By Barbara Brosco In the midst of graceful surroundings minutes from downtown, lies the newest addition to the Ecuadorean, mountain town of Cotacachi; Club Lomas Residential Community. Club Lomas nestled in a spacious landscape provides assisted living residences for retired singles and couples with various options available. Studio apartments are 300 sq. ft., and suites...
Lunes, 29/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Titular – Ecuador y China aplican el Tratado de Libre Comercio (Ecuador and China implement Free Trade Agreement) – The Free Trade Agreement between China and Ecuador will come into force this miércoles, 1/5. In the 1st phase, there will be more than 4.600 types of products that can be...
Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Monday that there will be no power blackouts during the Labor Day holiday weekend, from Friday through Sunday. He said the decision was based on improving conditions at the country’s hydroelectric generation facilities and the resolution of power grid connection issues with Colombia. In addition, he said the length of...
By Alexandra Valencia Ecuador’s foreign ministry said on Monday it has sued Mexico at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, asking it to find that Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas violated international law. Glas, twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested this...
Domingo, 28/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Sucesos – En Cuenca investigan a una agrupación delictiva (Criminal group investigated in Cuenca) – Between el 23 & 24/4, there were armed assaults of 2 commercial locations in Cuenca. A man and woman entered a restaurant at Los Álamos y Paseo Tres de Noviembre la noche de miércoles. They...
Former Miss Ecuador candidate Landy Párraga was murdered Sunday while she ate at a restaurant in Quevedo in Los Ríos Province. Parraga had been under investigation in the Metastasis case because of her romantic relationship with drug kingpin Leandro Norero, alias El Patrón. According to witnesses at the shopping mall cevicheria, two men approached Párraga...
Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Friday that power blackouts will be reduced to two hours on Saturday and suspended altogether on Sunday as a result of rising water levels at the Mazar-Paute hydroelectric complex. Luque said the change is partly due to lower electricity usage on weekends. “It is easier to provide relief on weekends...
Viernes, 26/4/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Exposición de caricaturas ‘Hoy sí vino Vini’ en La Lira (Cartoon exhibition ‘Hoy sí vino Vini’ (Vini did come today) at La Lira) – An exhibit of cartoons by artist Vinicio Jiménez Morales is open at the Casa de la Lira until el 14/5 with hours from 8:30...
By María Teresa Escobar In the hours after midnight in March, a police task force swept through the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port and business capital. The force made 12 arrests, including seven judges and a former congressman, as part of major investigations known as “Metástasis” and “Purga” (“purge” in Spanish) which in recent...
According to Álvaro Merchante, director of the Comunicaliza polling service, President Daniel Noboa’s public popularity has remained high despite electric blackouts and the government raid on the Mexican embassy. “There was some concern in the government that the electricity crisis would negatively affect the referendum but this did not happen,” Merchante said. “Except for the...
By Tessa Flemming For years, Ecuador and Mexico looked like two countries in diplomatic harmony. Despite their political differences, the pair worked as partners tackling gang crime and migration and boasted a two-way trade of $US368 million ($562 million) in 2023. Then in early April, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador questioned the electoral violence...
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