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President Daniel Noboa said he and Attorney General Diana Salazar receive death threats almost daily. “She and I talk about this and compare the messages we get,” the president said Friday at a prison safety conference. “The messages we receive are an indication that...
By Garry Vatcher The Value added tax (VAT) or IVA refund for seniors is one benefit that stirs up much debate and emotion within the expat community. Some consider it a benefit they are entitled to while others feel the money should be left in government coffers to...
By Matthew Bristow and Stephan Kueffner It’s the kind of opportunity most leaders can hardly fathom: voters rallying behind a government that is raising taxes, clearing the way for more oil drilling and planning to slash fuel subsidies. Ecuador’s 36-year-old President...
By Stephen Vargha Many are familiar with the refrain from Gomer Pyle. The fictional character in the town of Mayberry was played by Jim Nabors and was a regular of The Andy Griffith Show. "Sur-prise, sur-prise, sur-prise!" Gomer said it all of the time. And many...
Former Correista National Assemblyman Ronny Aleaga and 12 others are facing prosecution in the latest phase of the Attorney General’s Metastasis case investigation. Prosecutors said Friday there is sufficient evidence to begin proceeding against Aleaga, an alleged...
Viernes, 8/3/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - 9/3, 9:00 - Recorrrido (Tour) - Guided visit - Museo Remigio Crespo. 11/3, 9:00 - Muestra (exhibit) - Yo, Río - Museo Universitario. 12/3, 17:00 - Conversatorio (Discusion) - El camarote de Santa Marta -...
By Robyn White Archaeologists have shed light on the origins of chocolate by tracing the spread of the cacao tree. A new study published in Scientific Reports found that the cacao tree, which grows cocoa beans, seems to have begun spreading from the Amazon to other...
Ecuador’s 60-day state of emergency to combat organized crime and prison violence is showing impressive results, according to National Police Commander Cesar Zapata. “We are seeing positive results of the war against narco terrorism and expect the trend to continue...
The president of Ecuador’s Judiciary Council calls Monday’s arrests at the Guayas Provincial Court headquarters a “good start” to uprooting corruption in the country’s justice system but says much more needs to be done. “If the allegations presented by prosecutors are...
By Adam Jourdan Julia Quispe Tincuta remembers the first time she reached the peak of Bolivia's Huayna Potosi mountain, where she and other Aymara Indigenous women had long worked cooking or carrying gear for other climbers to reach base camp. “When I arrived at the...
Former Guayaquil mayor and leader of the Social Christian Party (PSC) Jaime Nebot denied a claim by former director of the Guayas Judiciary Council María Josefa Coronel that he was aware of the illegal activities of National Assemblyman Pablo Muentes. Muentes, a...
Miércoles, 6/3/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Prisión par exasambleísta del PSC (Prison for former PSC assemblyman) - See article in today's CHL for story. Cuenca - Reconocimiento mundial a gastronomía cuencana (World recognition for Cuenca's gastronomy) - In an awards...
By Jules Ownby Colombia is the deadliest country in the Americas for human rights defenders. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has been warning of the problem for years, and on Tuesday, it published a report that revealed the situation remained the...
By Sylvan Hardy and Deke Castleman More than any other destination for North American expats, Cuenca has laid claim to the word "gringo." There are gringo nights, gringo meet-ups, Gringolandia, gringo invasions and, not to mention Gringo Post and the defunct Gringo...
A judge has ordered nine defendants, including National Assemblyman Pablo Muentes, held in pre-trial detention following Monday's arrests connected to the Guayas Provincial Court. Attorney General Diana Salazar had asked that 11 of the 12 arrested on organized crime...
Martín Pallares, former editor of the 4 Pelagatos investigative news site, says arrests in the Guayas Provincial Court case and other corruption cases could have far reaching effects on Ecuador’s political landscape. “The involvement of key political figures with...
A volcano has erupted on an island in the Galápagos where the last known survivor of a species of giant tortoise was discovered. The La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island began erupting on Saturday night, lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbled down its sides...
By Jeremiah Reardon Maestro Bolivar Sarmiento Regalado recently underwent surgery. I met Bolivar at Casa del Alfarero Cultural Center in barrio Convencion 45 where he gave me free guitar lessons over eight months. Up to a half dozen guitar students came for lessons,...
Lunes, 4/3/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Culminan los 60 días del Estado de Excepción (60-day state of emergency ends) - See Monday's CHL article for story. Cuenca - Se prevé una reducción del consumo por alza del IVA (Consumption expected to fall due to VAT increase)...
By Hugh Robert Don't look now, but there's a whole new generation of restaurant customers coming. As the Baby Boomer generation begins to "age out" of the restaurant market, a new demographic, Generation Z, is replacing them. Boomers, whose affluence as well as sheer...
