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By Gabriela Mesones Rojo and Alicia Chen Last August, Ecuadorians made history by voting to permanently keep over 700 million barrels of crude oil in the ground beneath Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas on earth. This made Ecuador the first...
By Eglė Gerulaitytė A small, makeshift booth with sheets of corrugated metal for a roof served as the immigration and customs office in the desolate, desert-like landscape separating south-west Bolivia from north-eastern Chile. Inside, two officers huddled around a...
U.S. ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick says he leaves his diplomatic post in Quito “with great optimism” for Ecuador’s future. "I am sad to be leaving so many friends, but professionally speaking, I leave with a lot of optimism for Ecuador and its future," he...
Miércoles, 12/6/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Danza, música y rituales en tres días de Inti Raymi (Dance, music and rituals in three days of Inti Raymi) - Ingapirca will be the epicenter of Inti Raymi or the Festival of the Sun, the largest manifestation of the...
Swiss energy commodities trader Gunvor has paid Ecuador $93.6 million in an agreement reached in a corruption case and the funds have been credited to the country’s treasury, the Attorney General’s office reported Monday. The company pleaded guilty in a U.S. court in...
By Jeremiah Reardon Cuenca’s Hearts of Gold charity is celebrating ten years of service in Ecuador. It is a registered and qualified Ecuadorian non-profit organization. At the invitation of Frances (Franny) Hogg, Hearts of Gold Event Chair, I attended the Hearts of...
A survey conducted by security consultant and university professor Katherine Herrera reports that 60% of Ecuador criminal gang members are under the age of 18. Her study also found that more than 50% of those arrested for alleged gang activity since the beginning of...
By Kate Irwin To some extent, an AI model is only as "smart" as the data it's trained on — and Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist, argues that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, or Meta's Llama won't ever reach human levels of intelligence....
By Paola Flores If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that...
Lunes, 10/6/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Energía solar para alumbrado público (Solar power for street lighting) - The Empresa Eléctrica Regional Centro Sur (EERCS - Electric Company) will install solar powered LED street lighting in Auzay and Morona Santiago Provinces...
By Liam Higgins Although he insists he is not a candidate for president, Jan Topić is certainly sounding like one. In a series of interviews and social media posts, the 40-year-old Guayaquil businessman is lashing out at both President Daniel Noboa and the National...
By Mariana Mazzucato When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all this information – the physical datacentres...
Open auditions will be held for Azuay Community Theater's production of "The Waverly Gallery," by Kenneth Lonergan, on Tuesday, June 18, from 1 to 3 pm, at the theater at 14-48 Antonio Vega Muñoz (between Estévez de Toral and Coronel Tálbot). No appointments will be...
As expected, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities President Leonidas Iza was selected Saturday as presidential candidate for the Pachakutik party. At the party convention in Quito, Iza said his key issues will be opposition to mining and oil operations and to...
In his second press conference in two days, Azuay Province Governor Santiago Malo said Friday he is “listening closely” to the concerns of Cuenca citizens about crime in the city and acknowledged that police are often slow to respond to calls. His comments followed...
Sábado, 8/6/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Artesanías y cultura (Crafts and culture) - There will be a Feria Artesanal y Cultural in the Galería Vitrina (Pres. Córdova 7-23 y Luis Cordero) at the Casa de la Cultura on el 15 & 16/6. Organized by the Asociación de...
Ecuadorian Indigenous organizations and environmental advocacy groups on Wednesday protested state-run oil company Petroecuador, saying it is failing to comply with a court order to shut gas flares in the Amazon, though the government said it was closing them. In...
Three days after the National Electricity Operator (Cenace) warned that more electric blackouts are possible, Ecuador’s Energy Minister Roberto Luque announced Friday that the blackouts are over. “We are finished with the power cuts due to the lack of electric...
By Arthur Nelson More than $100 billion of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet. The controversial arbitration system which allows corporations to sue...
By Emily Mae Czachor The United States has sanctioned Los Lobos, a powerful crime gang based in Ecuador with ties to violence across the country and drug trafficking in the surrounding region, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday. Los Lobos also has a...
