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By Gonzalo Solano and Frank Bajak Investigative journalist Juan Carlos Calderon received multiple death threats after launching something rare in the claustrophobic media climate of today’s Ecuador, a digital magazine exposing high-level corruption. To Calderon, the...
The rector of the University of Cuenca says he is “surprised and upset” by the latest government rankings of Ecuador’s univerities. The University of Cuenca, the largest public university in southern Ecuador with more than 20,000 students, was downgraded from category...
Ecuadorian authorities in helicopters have flown into the Amazon to rescue an indigenous girl kidnapped in a tribal dispute, the interior ministry said Tuesday. The child was abducted in April after a clash that left an undetermined number of people dead, the ministry...
Cuenca’s new bus transfer system will be tested for the first time this weekend. The city’s Municipal Traffic Department says that the tests-runs will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday because of reduced passenger loads. The new transfer stations are located at...
When U.S. Secretary of State proclaimed an end to the centuries-old Monroe doctrine earlier this week, the collective response of Latin American governments was a less-than-deafening “so what.” Few governments, in fact, bothered to comment. In what the U.S. called a...
The government is giving the country’s food industry six months to to add health labels to processed foods. The Ministry of Health says that the labeling is designed to warn consumers of of “substances that are harmful to health,” including high sugar, fat and salt...
In a visit to France, President Rafael Correa said he believes a long-awaited trade agreement between Ecuador and the Eurpean Union (EU) can be reached in early 2014. The announcement came after the European Parliament’s Commerce Commission decided not to analyze...
Ecuador’s possible scrapping of a bilateral investment treaty with the United States could lead to loss of American investment in the country, Washington’s envoy warned Monday. "If the bilateral investment treaty is canceled that would obviously have...
Following complaints from family welfare organizations, as well as from President Rafael Correa, Ecuador's child adoption system is streamlining its application process. Instead of the current two to four year prcoess, adoptions will now soon...
Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday denounced illegal mining as a growing scourge a day after a violent confrontation between soldiers and miners in an Amazonian region left one civilian dead and nine soldiers wounded. The violence occurred after soldiers...
With the fastest growing Internet population in the world, social media and other online services have their eyes on Latin America. As successful businesses look to expand, the rise of the Latin American digital consumer deserves strong consideration — Twitter,...
Although firefighters say they are blocking its advance, a 300 hectare fire in the Sun Sun Yanasacha forest, just outside the Cajas National Park, continued to burn Wednesday morning. Smoke was visible from Cuenca during the day on Tuesday and was the orange glow of...
The government says it will proceed with with liquidation of assets of the failed financial cooperative Coopera without the participation of 667 unpaid investors, including 120 North American expats. Diego Aguilar, liquidator for the Superintendency Economía Popular y...
Cuenca’s 193 independence celebration officially wraps up tonight and organizers of the event say it has been the biggest and best yet. City streets have been aflutter with flags, packed with townspeople, tourists and expats, since Thursday. Parks and plazas overflow...
Since the start of the global economic crisis, left-leaning Latin American politicians and pundits have been foretelling the end of economic "neo-liberalism" in their part of the world. But now, five years after the collapse of U.S. bank Lehman Brothers, we may...
The celebration of the 193rd anniversary of Cuenca’s independence from Spain begins today with crafts and food fairs and a performance of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. The celebration continues through Sunday. The event, Cuenca’s largest festival, attracts about...
Ecuador president Rafael Correa arrived Tuesday in Moscow for a series of talks with Russican President Vladimir Putin. He used the occasion to criticize U.S. international spying activities. After a Tuesday meeting Correa said, commenting on the spy scandal that has...
Days away from opening, work on the new McDonald’s has been ordered stopped due to the removal of a Jacaranda tree. The restaurant is located on Av. Astudillo Florence, across the street from Parque de la Madre. The city says it had denied a request by the owners to...
From Casablanca to Athens, Doha to Prague, 28 finalists have been chosen in the New 7 Wonders Cities competition. Cuenca, which made it to the third round of 77 cities, did not make the final cut but Quito did. The competition, created by Swiss-born filmmaker and...
One of the cars for Cuenca’s new tram system, Tranvia de los Cuatro Rios, will be open to the public in Otorongo Plaza on Tuesday. In addition to the rail car, a model of a tram station will also be on display. Juan Zea, the Tranvia project coordinator, said the model...
