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Increasing Ecuador’s Value Added Tax (VAT) is often the first option Ecuadorian presidents turn to when they face a budget crisis. It’s main advantage, if it's approved by the National Assembly, is that additional revenue can begin flowing within a matter of weeks....
Ecuador's Interior Ministry reports that violent crime, including murder, has “reduced significantly” since President Danel Noboa declared a state of emergency January 8. The Ministry says that murders, nationwide, have dropped from 29 a day to 14 and that violent...
By Marta Biino and Charissa Cheong Culture shocks are a well-known, hugely popular genre on travel TikTok. Users who have visited or moved to other countries frequently share aspects of life in these environments that surprised them and that they aren't used to in...
President Daniel Noboa says Ecuador is adhering to United Nations human rights protocols in its police and military campaign against criminal gangs. “The commanders of our operations are aware of the rights of the suspects in this process, but my first concern is the...
Lunes, 15/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Concierto sinfónico - The Orquesta Sinfónica de la U. de Cuenca will present its first concert of the year el 25/1 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Titular - Cárceles, bajo control (Prisons, under control) -...
By Samir Tounsi and David Salazar As Ecuador wages war against criminal gangs, experts warn that similar security crackdowns have produced mixed results elsewhere in Latin America -- and sometimes even led to worse violence. President Daniel Noboa has deployed more...
Residents of the Amazonian city of Shell say they will fight President Daniel Noboa’s plan to build a maximum-security prison in Pastaza Province. Noboa released design details of two new prisons on Friday, the second planned for Santa Elena Province. Rolando Morales,...
By Mark Stevenson Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa, but never before with such intensive street gang violence and a presidential declaration of a state of...
In a Saturday night operation, Ecuador National Police and military troops rescued 133 hostages held for six days in seven national prisons. President Daniel Noboa announced the success of the operation in a short video message and said prisons in Azuay, Cañar,...
Jeanne's note: These are Periodicos for January 8 and 10. My apologies for sending them to the wrong group. So here are issues of outdated news. Lunes, 8/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - 180 quebradas en Cuenca: 30 requieren obras (180 creeks/gullies/ ravines in...
The Ministry of Energy announced Friday that electric service blackouts are suspended until March 1 but the Energy Minister said they will probably not resume. “The rains during the last five weeks have restored river levels and watersheds near our hydroelectric...
Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers about 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist Stéphen...
Viernes, 12/1/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Solidarios con militares (Solidarity with military) - Members of the Duran family in the Zhin Zhin barrio of Baños asked themselves how they could collaborate with police and military who were responding to the violence in...
President Daniel Noboa is asking the National Assembly to increase Ecuador’s value added tax from 12% to 15%. The VAT hike is necessary, he says, to fund the battle against organized crime and to reduce the budget deficit. Before debate begins, however, there is...
The government continues talks with inmates holding hostages in six prisons but says its patience is wearing thin. “If the people are not released very, very soon, we are prepared to take measures to rescue them,” President Daniel Noboa said Thursday. He added that...
Most Cuenca businesses and government offices resumed their normal operations on Thursday following widespread closures on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. City and interprovincial buses and the tram were operating full schedules and hospitals dropped restrictions...
U.S. citizens travelling to or living in Colombia have been warned against using dating apps in the country after the "suspicious deaths" of eight Americans in two months. The U.S. embassy in Bogota said some victims were drugged and robbed after meeting people on...
By Garnett Stewart I use Google to define fear. When you're afraid of something dangerous, painful, or disgusting, you feel fear. We fear what might happen. I heard many people express concern in Centro Cuenca today. I saw no risk anywhere. When I drove up Remigio...
“The city lost its mind yesterday.” That’s the way University of Azuay psychology professor Ivan Iglesias described what happened Tuesday afternoon in Cuenca. Based on social media posts claiming criminal gangs were setting off explosions and that prisoners had...
Police and military personnel have arrested 329 alleged gang members since Tuesday, Armed Forces Chief Jaime Vela reported Wednesday afternoon. “These men are members of three terrorist organizations, Los Tiguerones, Los Lobos and Los Choneros,” he said, adding that...
