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Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar says she will not only ignore a call for her suspension by Ecuador’s Council of the Judiciary but will prosecute council members who support it. According to the Council’s discipline subcommittee, Salazar should be suspended...
By Louis Bourgeois I have learned over a lifetime of study and experience a most valuable lesson. This is about our function, which translates to the all-important "meaning of life." I was quite young when I had my first "encounter" with God. I actually had no belief...
By Jordan Pandy Dan and Michelle Bagby were worn out. They had succumbed to the United States' round-the-clock work mentality, pulling extra-long days in their digital marketing and project management jobs. They wanted a more laid-back lifestyle and decided Portugal...
The driver of a soft drink trailer truck is blaming brake failure for a multi-vehicle accident that resulted in three deaths and 18 injuries Saturday afternoon on the Pan American highway north of Quito. Meanwhile, medical professionals claim that many of those who...
The list of candidates for president in the August cross death election grew by one over the weekend while previously announced candidates consolidated their support with new endorsements. Guayaquil business leader Eduardo Maruri, sponsored by the Democratic Center,...
Nearly every trip I’ve made to Cuenca recently included visiting IdiomArt (Marscial Lamar y Estevez de Toral), for good reasons. I first went there to shop for a very special gift: a Nancy Galloway fiber art piece. I next caught a truly extraordinary show by many of...
Viernes, 26/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 25/5 (1 agenda): Agenda Cultural 27/5 a las 15:00 - Museos - Guided visits at the Museo Remigio Crespo (Calle Larga y Borrero). 28/5 desde 11:00 a 15:00 - Observatorio (Planetario) -...
The management of public oil company Petroecuador is going on the offensive against the public referendum that would end oil production in Yasuní National Park. “If this effort is successful, the country will lose billions of dollars in revenue and face large loss...
A poll released Wednesday by Click Research offers a first post-cross death look at how Ecuadorian voters feel about the prospective presidential candidates. It is also clarifies what they think of the cross death and the biggest issues facing the country. Among...
Former National Police lieutenant Germán Cáceres was sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison Thursday for the murder of his wife, attorney María Belén Bernal. In addition to the sentence, the maximum allowed under the criminal code, Cáceres was ordered to pay...
By Cristina Gallardo, Suzanne Lynch and Hans von der Burchard In the struggle for hearts and minds against Russia, Europe has it sights on a new target. Unfortunately for them, Latin America's not listening. An extended charm offensive by senior diplomats from major...
Miércoles, 24/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Propuesta pictórica gratuita en la Galería de la Alcaldía (Free show of pictures at the City Hall Gallery) - The show, 'Libertad, intimismo y creación' opened today and will run through 19/7 at the Galería de la Alcaldía. The...
President Guillermo Lasso has signed his second urgent economic decree-law after invoking of the cross death that dissolved the National Assembly. The “Attraction and Promotion of Investments for Productive Development” initiative, which provides for the creation of...
By Sylvan Hardy In his May 24, 1981 speech commemorating the Battle of Pichincha and Ecuador's independence from Spain, President Jaime Roldós claimed that the fight for independence continued for Latin American countries. Ecuador should not become involved in...
The National Elections Council's decision to include a referendum question that could end oil production in the Yasuní National Park could have a major impact on the presidential and National Assembly elections, environmental activists and political analysts say. “Not...
A major oil spill earlier this month in the Ecuadorian Amazon has sparked criticism of cleanup efforts and the lack of transparency from the government regarding the spill’s environmental impact. An oil pipeline operated by the state-owned Petroecuador ruptured...
Lunes, 22/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 20/5 (1 article): Baños, nicho de los 'beauty trips' (Baños, a niche for beauty trips) - The parish of Baños in southwest Cuenca, is full of locations for 'beauty trips' where you can get a...
By Stephen Vargha It has been said that Cuenca is a dog-friendly city. Unlike most cities in the United States, a vast majority of restaurants in Cuenca allow and welcome your canine friend onto their premises. A good number of stores welcome your dog too. Seeing...
By Aimee Gabay It was a Sunday in late February, and Eduardo Mendúa was doing what he was famous for: organising against the oil drilling that had transformed his ancestral lands in Ecuador. A member of the Indigenous Cofán people, Mendúa had seen pipelines and wells...
With less than weeks weeks remaining for presidential candidates to register for the special cross death election, political experts say three strong contenders – two familiar names and a newcomer – are already known. Cuenca attorney and environmental activist Yaku...
