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Despite an investment of $2 billion in upgrades, President Lenin Moreno agreed Tuesday with Ecuador oil minister Carlos Perez that the government-owned oil refinery at Esmeraldas is in “critical condition.” The center of a massive corruption scandal involving dozens...
The organization representing Cuenca taxi owners is seeking permission to operate vans, jeeps and SUVs but says it would need to charge more for the service than currently allowed. According to Bolivar Sucuzhañay, president of the Union of Co-operatives of Taxis of...
Martes, 15/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tuesday's agenda events - Competition - La Superintendencia de la información y Comunicación (Supercom) presented the requirements for the 1st National Short Film Competition Tues. The contest, "Orgullosamente...
“Thank God, they’ve finally started.” Rosa Chuchuca’s sentiment was shared Tuesday morning with two other women who sold clothing and household goods at San Francisco Plaza and who were relocated three weeks ago to Calle Padre Aguirre. The three stood at the northeast...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday afternoon just east of Cuenca but no damage was reported. The quake occurred at 5:30 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometers. According to the municipal risk management office, some residents in high-rise condominiums and office...
The Ecuadorian navy has captured a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel in the internationally protected Galapagos Island preserve Monday morning. Authorities say that the ship had 300 tons of fish, including protected species of sharks, in its hold. The ship, Fu Yuan Yu...
Lunes, 14/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Barrio Caleidoscopio (Kaleidoscope Neighborhood) - Cacho Gallegos will present this show from 16-19/8 at 20:00 in hte sala Alfonso Carrasco in the CCE. More info at jgarridoateatral@gmail.com....
Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. By Brian Buckner I’m going to make this one pretty easy,...
Ecuador’s former attorney general, Galo Chiriboga, was taken into custody Monday morning and questioned for more than eight hours by federal prosecutors in the Petroecuador and Odebrecht bribery scandals. No details were released about why Chiriboga was detained...
On the outskirts of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil lies the Cerro Blanco reserve, one of the last remaining dry forests in the country. Dry forests are named as such due to the ability of the vegetation to survive long periods without rain, using natural water...
Ecuador’s poverty rate has dropped from 38.3% of the population to 24.2% since 2006, according to a United Nations Report on Worldwide Poverty and the Ecuadorian Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). "The government of Ecuador has made a priority of reducing...
Although abortion is illegal in Ecuador, the ministry of health has announced it will no longer play a role in law enforcement. In a Friday directive to its regional office, the ministry said that the new emphasis is for the health of women and confidentiality....
Domingo, 13/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Passed agenda event - Ruta Patrimonial - On 11 y 12/8, the city started a Patrimonial Route that started at the Museo de la Catedral Vieja. Participants visited different sectors of the Centro Hístorico. Articles...
Former energy minister Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli says he decided to return to Ecuador because the country’s justice system is finally independent. "Today, because of the actions of President (Lenin) Moreno, I believe that justice in this country is truly independent,”...
By Robert Bradley What an extraordinary week! I spent a couple days with perhaps the most well-known master painter in Cuenca, the artist, Claudio Alberto Soriano, and chatted with him about his artistic development and the “investigation of three landscapes” that...
Former Ecuador energy minister Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli surrendered to police Friday night at the Quito airport. Facing a five-year prison sentence for corruption, Pareja fled Ecuador in late September 2016 and has been living in Miami. The surrender was negotiated...
Viernes, 11/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events Taller de Danza Andina - A workshop in Contemporary Andean Dance will be held from 14-19/8 at Gran Colombia 21-155 y Unidad Nacional. Salón de Pintura - The Casa de la Cultura del Guayas is...
Editor’s note: This is the sixth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. By Brian Buckner Writing about the things that will increase...
By Kathleen Peddicord I get this question a lot. I’ve been living outside the States for 19 years, and, to answer the question I’m so often asked, I’ve never felt more American than I do today. Living in the States (I lived in Baltimore, Maryland, for my first 35...
Jueves, 10/8/2017 Hola, Todos - It appears that there is some confusion as to the dates on these translations. The date on these posts is the date of the issue of the El Mercurio that I am translating. So if I say "hoy or mañana," refer to the heading to orient...
