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Guillermo Lasso continues to claim that Sunday’s presidential election was "illegitimate and fraudulent" and says he will insist on a recount. With 99.5% of ballots counted, Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) reported Monday night that Lenin Moreno, former...
Fire and rescue officials report that two foreign residents drowned Saturday night on a beach near Crucita. The man and woman were swept to deep water in exceptionally heavy surf, they say. Police did not release the names of the victims but a local newspaper...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Libro infantil - The children's book "Las Alas de Tiempo" (The Wings of Time) will be presented tomorrow at 10:00 in the Museo de la Ciudad. Articles about - "Vibraciones" - Poet Sarawi Andrango's first book of poetry was...
Lenin Moreno declared victory Sunday night in Ecuador's hotly contested presidential election. He told cheering supporters that he will continue the work of President Rafael Correa but said there would be changes in both substance and style. He admitted that his...
Hola, Todos - Feliz día de los tontos. <Apart from the translations - I went to the football game today. Muddiest game I ever saw, but it was fun. Maybe 100 spectators - everyone standing just outside the sidelines. Pagina cultural - Today's header - This week's...
By Doug Hansen A growing number of travelers from around the world have begun an exodus to a tiny town in southern Ecuador —Vilcabamba— that sits tucked away in a green valley surrounded by a series of undulating mountains. Some, like my wife and myself, are drawn to...
By shortly after 5 p.m. this afternoon, Ecuadorians will most likely know if Rafael Correa’s Citizens' Revolution will continue for another four years. Although Correa is leaving office after 10 years, his would-be heir apparent, Lenin Moreno, says he will maintain...
Ecuador’s National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI) isn’t having much luck explaining the weather. “This is not an El Niño,” says José Olmedo, director of INAMHI. “The reason for the exceptional rainfall is a rare phenomenon of very high ocean...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Book launch - "Vibraciones," a poetry book by Kichwa-Kayamvi author Sarawi Andrango will be launched at 19:30 today in the Sala de Conciertos at the CCE. Articles about - Arte feminino - The show "Mujeres en Arte" at the...
Ecuadorian national police have unearthed the body of a 65-year-old U.S. citizen buried under a house in Guayaquil. They reported that the body of Jonathan Charles Gilchrist, a resident of Salinas, was found buried under a concrete slab. Prosecutor Santiago...
By J. Tadeo An activist and former public servant in Mexico is leading an unorthodox campaign to rub politicians’ faces in the public's dissatisfaction. Arne aus den Ruthen Haag is promoting a movement called #JitomatazoMx, rallying people on social media to collect...
Ecuador entered its pre-election “quiet period” at 12:01 Friday morning and the dry law, banning the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, goes into effect at noon. The rules remain in force through Sunday’s presidential runoff election. The campaigns of Lenin...
Juicing. It seems like an ideal way to lose weight and get healthy, right? After all, you’ve seen that babe holding a glass of juice, a tape measure conspicuously draped around her impossibly tiny waist. Maybe you’re tempted by the caption that guarantees that...
Hola, Todos - <This is not part of the newspaper, but I learned a new word yesterday worth sharing. Gringcano or grincano. I don't know if it's something in common use or an invention of the man I was sitting next to at a language exchange lunch. He used it to...
Hola, Todos - I'm aware that some of you out there would like to censor what I write and curtail my freedom of speech. (Glad to see your attempts at upholding the best of American values.) Let me tell you that the only reason I translate for you is out of sense of...
We had been on the road for twelve days and Big Red's odometer reading indicated we had already covered 4,300 miles of road. Some was desert sand, some gravel, some asphalt and some interstate; they're all taken in stride. Not to say that Edie and I hadn't been...
Editor's note: The following includes reports from the Netizen project of Global Voices regarding government efforts to monitor, control, restrict and sometimes punish users of social media and the Internet. In mid-February, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header notice - (The agenda items seem to have disappeared so there's now one short announcement in the header and then the articles.) Charla - There will be a talk Wed. at 15:00 in the Sala de Conciertos. The topic will be "Hibrido,...
By Anastasia Moloney Peru’s deadly floods are a wake-up call for cities across Latin America to prepare better for extreme weather as climate change and poor urban planning, alongside rapid population growth, worsen the problem of flooding, experts say. In Peru, the...
Lenin Moreno says he and President Rafael Correa are in “complete agreement” on immigration policy. “I support the language in the (2008) Montecristi Constitution and the concept of free mobility between nations,” says the Alianza País presidential candidate. “I...
