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Although it began as a protest against road work, a group of historic district business owners are now demanding that Cuenca’s light rail project be stopped. Business owners and their supporters marched through the historic district on Friday demanding that Mayor Marcelo Cabrera stop tram construction, saying it will hurt their businesses. The protestors carried...
A court in Ecuador convicted six police officers on Friday of attempting to assassinate President Rafael Correa during a 2010 rebellion that left 10 people dead and 274 wounded. During the police mutiny, which erupted over bonus cuts, protesting officers besieged Correa for 12 hours inside a hospital where he had taken refuge, killing one...
A Cuenca committee reviewing new taxi fares says that new federal rules prevent it from deciding on fares proposed by a University of Cuenca consulting team. Taxi owners and some committee members were angered by the new delay of at least 15 days. It was not clear how the new rules, issued by the National...
As the proposed taxi fares schedule faces its first government review today, no one is happy. A tripartite committee of taxi owners, citizens and government officials meets this afternoon to discuss the fares proposed by a team of consultants from the University of Cuenca. The fares begin at $1.39 for daytime rides, a 25 cent...
There’s good news for Ecuador air travelers. With the opening of a new four-lane highway, the drive time from Quito to the new Mariscal Sucre Airport at Tababela has been cut almost in half. A poll of drivers taking the new Collas-Tababela route say it took between 36 and 42 minutes to drive from the...
Ecuador’s 2013 communications law should be used as a basis for the rest of the region, as it would “strengthen democracy, solidarity, culture and identity,” says national assembly member Octavio Villacreces. The communication law, pushed by President Rafael Correa, redefines news as a “public good” that can be regulated by the government for the “benefit...
A few details of the new trade agreement between Ecuador and the European Union are beginning to leak out and they point to lower costs on a number imports from Europe, including liquor and cars. Although President Rafael Correa has gone to great lengths to claim the new trade agreement with the European Union (EU)...
The first phase of the project to renovate Cuenca’s San Francisco Plaza is underway as workers prepare the Passage León building on Presidente Cordova for reconstruction. The building, which features a large glass-roofed foyer, belonged to bank that failed 14 years ago. Preliminary plans call for the space to be used for offices and crafts...
Bananas are the most important export commodity for Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize, and they’re one of the top three exports in Colombia, the Philippines, Guatemala, Honduras, and Cameroon. The global banana industry, once bountiful with the popular fruits, is now in jeopardy. The global banana trade represents a variety of social, political and...
By Nathan Gill Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a new law today that allows the government to create its own parallel currency for use in local transactions as the government struggles to meet spending commitments. Congress voted 91-22 to approve President Rafael Correa’s proposal to change the South American nation’s monetary and financial laws, allowing payments...
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Week of April 28
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