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Ecuador is responding to Saturday morning’s bombing of a police headquarters in San Lorenzo with a show of force. In addition to more than a hundred law enforcement officers, 1,500 army troops are being deployed to the area just south of the Colombian border. On...
Spain is following through on a promise to help Ecuadorian citizens enter and travel in European countries with only their passports. Currently, Ecuadorians are required to obtain a visa prior to entering the region. In December, Spanish President Mariano Rajoy had...
Lunes, 29/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Presentación de libro - "Claves de la historia de Cuenca" (Keys to the history of Cuenca) will be presented el miércoles, 31/1 a las 19:00 in the Museo de la Catedral Vieja (Old...
By Catherine Nichols The first time we see Darth Vader doing more than heavy breathing in Star Wars (1977), he’s strangling a man to death. A few scenes later, he’s blowing up a planet. He kills his subordinates, chokes people with his mind, does all kinds of things a...
"It's not a third-world country!" I can't tell you how many times I've told that to my mother and some of my friends back in the US when they question how I could live in Ecuador. My mother has no excuse, she's been here. But to her, there was poverty everywhere and...
Cuenca’s tram 14 tram units will begin live testing today that will continue to February 23. The trains will run without passengers from the rail yard at Avs. Unidad Nacional and Mexico to the Feria Libre market on Av. Las Americas. The tests, conducted by the city...
Ecuador says it will accept law enforcement help, if needed, from Colombia and the U.S. to find those responsible for the Saturday morning bombing of a police command center near the Colombian border in Esmeraldas Province. National police say they have detained...
Domingo, 28/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exhibit - "Extención, entre el confinamiento y lo manifiesto" (Extension, between confinement and the manifest) is showing in the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno (MMAM). <I...
By Alejandro Werner Recent trends in the world economy and financial markets are good news for Latin America. Global growth and trade are on an upswing, and we expect the momentum to continue in 2018. Stronger commodity prices have also helped the region rebound....
By Robert Bradley I’ll confess that I, like many men, do not handle being sick very well. At all. So, when I began to feel a bit punky on Wednesday morning, rather than lay in a cache of fruits and juices, or make a cauldron of soup, or buy an assortment of comfort...
A powerful bomb injured 28 and caused extensive damage to a police command center in Esmeraldas Province early Saturday morning. The explosion, which also destroyed several vehicles and damaged nearby houses, is believed to be the work of drug gangs upset by stepped...
Rescuers scouring the Ecuador jungle have so far failed to find a British kayaker whose group lost control in flash floods that killed two men a week ago. Local media reports in Ecuador have described how search parties have been combing different sections of the Rio...
Cuenca is well-represented in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travelers Choice Awards, with a historic district restaurant being picked as one of the best in South America and several hotels included among the best in Ecuador. Tiestos, in the historic district, was named to the...
Viernes, 26/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Ingapirca - The Archeological Site Museum at the Ingapirca Archeological Complex will be inaugurated el próximo lunes a las 10:00. <Would be interesting to go to for the people...
A discount on Nutella has led to violent scenes in a chain of French supermarkets as shoppers jostled to grab a steep bargain on the sweet spread. Intermarché supermarkets offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 (£3.90) to €1.40. But...
The attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked a London court on Friday to drop the arrest warrant that stems from his breach of bail conditions in Britain, a move that could enable him to eventually leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London if successful....
This week’s trade talks between the U.S. and Ecuador have been postponed by last weekend’s U.S. government shut-down. The U.S. Trade Office (USTR) said it will announce a new date for discussions soon. When the USTR delegation arrives in Quito, it will be their first...
Jueves, 25/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today´s agenda events - CIDAP - The "Ar-Dis: La semana del diseño para la artesanía" (Ar-Dis: The week of design for crafts) event was announced this morning and the exhibit, "CIDAP, Retorno a la esencia: Artesanía y...
By Susan Burke March According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the 2018 flu season is upon us, most virulently in North America and Australia where influenza A (H3N2) remains predominant and activity remains high. In the Caribbean and Central American countries...
Every morning you’ll find me walking on the Rio Tomebamba. I try and make my walking hour aerobic, and use my walking sticks to “pump it up,” (you wouldn’t believe the strange looks I get — I guess I’m the strange-looking one). When I return home I try and stretch for...
