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As indigenous marchers approach Quito from the south and north, the question on everyone’s mind is how effective will the national strike that begins on Thursday be. President Rafael Correa gave his verdict on Monday at a Diez de Agosto independence day commemoration...
Editor's note: The following is a response to a response. Over the weekend, Ecuador's ambassador to the U.S., Francisco Borja Cevallos, responded to a New York Times article about Ecuador's economic dependence on China. Below, Steve Hanke responds to Borja's letter to...
It only took about three minutes for two men to steal Francisco A.'s truck at the intersection of Octava and Orientein in Guayaquil, last Wednesday. According to his complaint, Francisco was opening his garage door when two men on a motorcycle threatened him with a...
By John Pilger The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a grueling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy in London has served no purpose other than to flaunt the power of the state. It has cost £12 million, or...
Major South American airlines Lan and TAM have agreed to retire their individudal brand names to form a new one, Latam. The airlines merged two years ago but have continued to use the names and operate their routes independently. According to officials, the new Latam...
By Frank Bajak and Raphael Satter Ecuadorian opposition activist Dr. Carlos Figueroa was being pursued by the state when his email and Facebook accounts were hacked. Several dozen of his colleagues have similarly had their digital lives violated. All blamed President...
The migration flow between the European Union to Latin America has reversed course, says a new study from International Organization for Migration (IOM). Now, more Europeans are heading to Latin American than Latin Americans heading to Europe. The number of European...
The National Assembly will begin debate of 16 proposed constitutional amendments later this month, including one that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term. Some of the amendments are already part of the “national dialogue” being conducted in...
By Amanda Froelich On an expedition to the Ecuadorian rainforest, Yale University students discovered a new type of fungus which may speed up the decomposition process of discarded plastics in landfills. Few think twice about what to do with their disposable water...
Latacunga councilman Garcia Moreno is proposing that the city cancel this year’s Mama Negra, or Black Mama, parade and festival due to the threat from the Cotopaxi volcano. “All our attention and resources should be focused on preparing for a possible eruption,”...
In an interview with journalists from Panama, Brazil and Argentina that covered a wide range of subjects, President Rafael Correa said he has not decided whether to run again for president, saying that his main interest is to see the work of his “Citizen’s Revolution”...
By Daniel Ozarow In the midst of Friday’s Bundestag vote to approve a third $94 billion bailout deal for Greece, its humiliating and impossible Versailles-style debt repayment terms are igniting increasingly vociferous opposition from several quarters. This peculiar...
Although it is months ahead of schedule, weather experts say that the first effects of an El Niño are being felt on Ecuador’s coast. “We weren’t expecting it this soon but all the signs show that we are in the initial phase of El Niño,” said Jose Luis Santos, director...
Galo Guarderas is starting off on five years of study in Spain to make himself an expert in photovoltaics, a vital field for a world tapping into solar energy. The price tag for the studies is more than $150,000. But the 47-year-old professor of electrical engineering...
President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that he will not allow roads and public services to be closed during next month’s national strike by government opponents. “I support free speech and right of people to march but we will not allow our roads to be closed or the...
By Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher Where the Andean foothills dip into the Amazon jungle, nearly 1,000 Chinese engineers and workers have been pouring concrete for a dam and a 15-mile underground tunnel. The $2.2 billion project will feed river water to eight giant...
The leaders of a national strike planned for August 13 want to distance themselves from the anti-government protesters who rallied last month in Guayaquil and Quito. “We are people of the left,” said Lauro Sigcha, who led a protest march three weeks ago that...
National Assembly President Gabriela Rivadeneira said on Wednesday that the “national dialogue” about a proposal to increase inheritance and capital gains taxes will be extended to December. In June, when he withdrew the tax proposals from the Assembly, President...
By George Gao As a whole, Latin America enjoyed solid economic growth in the first decade of this century, with a fall in poverty, a decrease in income inequality and a rise of its middle class. But in many respects, it was a tale of two Americas, with South America...
Ecuador has arrested one of Colombia’s most wanted alleged drug traffickers, authorities said on Monday. According to Ecuadorian police, suspected drug trafficker Diego Mejia, a.k.a. “El Paisa,” was arrested in Sucumbios, a jungle area close to the Colombian border....
