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National Court of Justice President José Suing signed off Thursday on the government’s extradition request to send José Adolfo Macías, alias 'Fito', to the United States. Although President Daniel Noboa will make the final decision, the president said earlier he...
Every so often, I stumble across a headline proclaiming that the self-driving car revolution is just around the corner. The latest promises usually involve fleets of autonomous taxis, seamlessly gliding through city streets while humans sit in the back praying...
By Mario Navas I’m Mario Navas, a data scientist currently working at Kriptos, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to classify and protect sensitive documents. I’ve been with the company for two years, focusing on research and development — designing and...
By Latoya Abulu and John Cannon Twenty months after a landmark court ruling in Ecuador recognized the rights of the Indigenous Siekopai Nation to land within a protected Amazonian area, the government has yet to issue the required title. According to sources, the...
President Daniel Noboa said Monday he plans to add as many as seven questions to a referendum asking voters to allow the return of a U.S. military base in Ecuador. He declined to comment on what those questions will be, but it's widely believed that one will ask for...
By Jeremiah Reardon IdiomART opened its doors at Mariscal Lamar 14-25 and Estevez de Toral three years ago. Conveniently located next to Tres de Noviembre Tranvia stop, the intercultural creative hub and event space is operated by Sarah Hanen Bauer. Many people from...
Dos días de tragicomedia - The tragic-comedy "Munay," interpreted by artists Jenny Ochoa and Sandra Llivisaca will be presented on July 16 & 17 at 20:00 in the Sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the Casa de la Cultura (Luis Cordero 7-22, 2nd floor). The work combines...
By Stephen Vargha With a deeply divided country that is full of hostility and indifference, Paul Wilches has seen an uptick in his business from U.S. customers. “It seems that Trump has increased my business,” said Paul Wilches. “I have been getting a lot of calls...
By Dalya Alberge One of the world’s largest collections of prehistoric rock art has been discovered in the Amazonian rainforest. Hailed as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients”, archaeologists have found tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans created up...
By Don Moore It seems like every book, article, or website about visiting Peru focuses on the same handful of places – Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and Lake Titicaca with maybe a few paragraphs about the beaches. They would have you believe that everything worth seeing...
National Court Judge Dennis Ugarte has postponed a preliminary hearing for 17 members of the Ecuadorian Air Force accused of the forced disappearance and murder of four minors in Las Malvinas, Guayaquil, in December. The judge accepted a request from the defense...
By Jamie Speka A fleet of dogs is working to protect the Galápagos Islands from threats that can completely change the ecological makeup of the area. After an initial trial with the dogs in 2017 to protect the islands from the African giant snail, several trained...
By Jonathan Mason If you believed the glossy brochures, retirement in the Caribbean is a sun-drenched idyll of eternal leisure, cheap rum, and the sound of distant waves lulling you to sleep. The truth, as ever, is less postcard and more ledger book. Paradise, it...
By Hallie Levine Like other parts of your body, your muscles change over the years. “As you age, your muscle fibers become less dense, which makes them less flexible and more prone to injury,” says Elizabeth Gardner, an orthopedic specialist at the Yale School of...
Quito Mayor Pabel Muñoz said Sunday that water service should be restored to a large area of the city within six days. A massive landslide July 9 destroyed two water mains that feed Quito’s La Mica Reservoir, shutting off water taps for almost 500,000 residents. “This...
Rafael Nuquez admits he’s been feeling cold lately. “Yes, we’re all complaining, especially my wife, but it’s important to understand that this is the coolest time of the year in Cuenca and in most of the intermountain valley. It is nothing out of the ordinary.”...
By Lance Martínez Like other Latin American countries, Ecuador faces a public health dilemma. While everyone agrees that spending on public health is woefully inadequate, the proportion of the population over the age of 70 is expected to triple within 25 years. The...
By Samantha Rose Hill A few months ago, I broke up with my boyfriend. I told close friends but otherwise kept the news to myself. Or so I thought. Scrolling through Instagram in bed, between stand-up comedy and cooking videos I saw an advertisement for an A.I....
President Daniel Noboa has asked the National Assembly for a constitutional change that would allow rapists to be chemically castrated. “Citizens need to know that the government is truly protecting them from sexual abusers,” he wrote on his X account. Noboa sent...
Ecuador’s National Assembly has approved the Law to Strengthen Protected Areas that has drawn criticism from indigenous groups and environmental activists who say it threatens indigenous land rights and violates the country's constitution. The law, which passed...
