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By Liam Higgins The day after bragging that Sunday’s election was running like a well-oiled machine, Juan Pablo Pozo, president of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that it was, in fact, full errors and inconsistencies. It was so bad, it turns out,...
The director of vote counting operations in Guayas Province suspended operations at 5 a.m. Monday morning following what police say were attacks on election workers outside National Electoral Council (CNE) offices in Guayaquil. According to police, supporters of...
As advertised, the outcome of Sunday’s presidential race is coming down to the wire. As of 6 a.m. Monday, with almost 90% of votes counted, it remains unclear whether leading candidate Lenin Moreno will collect 40% of all votes cast for an outright win. Many are...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Open mic (micrófono abierto - same abierto you see on doors when the store's open) at the Broken Bridge Bistro (pasaje 3 de noviembre, next to the Puente Roto) mañana a las 18:30. There will be an open mic...
Bribery charges against Odebrecht, the largest construction company in Latin America, are reverberating throughout the region, where Odebrecht had multiple contracts to build major infrastructure projects. Brazil-based Odebrecht faces accusations of paying bribes not...
By Marisa Kellam and Elizabeth A. Stein President Donald Trump continues to wage his self-proclaimed “running war with the media.” During yesterday’s press conference, he evaded inquiries about his campaign’s contact with Russian officials by ignoring mainstream...
Under the rules of Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE), 11 polling organizations can begin releasing exit poll election predictions after voting concludes at 5 p.m. today. CNE estimates that the first returns of actual votes will come in about 8 p.m. It is...
As Ecuadorians head to the polls today, one question looms large: Will presidential candidate Lenin Moreno capture the 40% of the vote needed to avoid a run-off? Political analysts admit they don’t know the answer, pointing to the unreliability of Ecuadorian polls and...
President Rafael Correa has sent criminal code amendments to the National Assembly that would make leaving the scene of a traffic accident illegal and extend the statute of limitations for sexual abuse of minors. He is also asking for changes that would require...
By Sylvan Hardy Though the four rivers of Cuenca are what impressed the Spanish settlers in the 16th century when they formally named the city, “Santa Ana de los Cuatros Rios de Cuenca,” the indigenous Cañari tribe identified it in a different way: "Guapondelig" or...
Cuenca Mayor Cuenca Marcelo Cabrera announced Thursday that the city has officially terminated the contract with Consorcio Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca (CCRC), the Spanish company managing construction of the tranvía. The action is unilateral and Cabrera says he expects to...
How is the influx of North American and European residents changing Cuenca? And, what are the steps the city is taking to create a healthy coexistence between the foreigners and local residents? These are questions that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is...
By Mark Weisbrot In a shift supported and welcomed in Washington, Latin America has been moving to the right in the last year or so. Three of South America's largest economies — Brazil, Argentina, and Peru — now have right-wing presidents with close ties to Washington...
By José Hernández Rafael Correa lurches from one blunder to another. Responding to the latest corruption bombshells aimed at his administration, he appears visibly worried about the results of Sunday's election but doesn't say so. His fear was on display Saturday...
Ecuador’s presidential and National Assembly campaign ends abruptly at midnight tonight as the three-day “quiet period” begins, continuing through Sunday’s election. More important to most Ecuadorians and expats, however, is the ley seca, or dry law, which goes into...
In Cuenca, there are a lot of shine men. Some guys just have a cardboard box with their supplies inside. You’ll have to put your foot up on the curb or elsewhere for there to be sufficient elevation for the work to be accomplished. Other guys wheel their shine stand...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has extended the state of emergency that allows the city to manage tranvía construction. “If we have to, we are able and willing to finish the project ourselves,” he said Tuesday. The controversial project received an added boost Tuesday...
According to its makers, the world’s best chocolate bar is only for sale in select stores in London, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York and Beijing. The price? $345. So how can a chocolate bar be worth so much? According to its U.S. owners, Carl Schweizer...
Hola, Todos - Sorry folks, but I need to take an extra day off so I will not do any translations from tomorrow through Fri and I'll be back on Sun. But you all might want to run out and get tomorrow's paper which will have a special inset listing Carnaval activities. ...
Citizens of Venezuela have reportedly begun hunting vulnerable wildlife including flamingos and anteaters for sustenance, in response to the country’s dire food shortages. A grisly new report from the Miami Herald describes the rise of this unusual hunting practice....
