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By Alan Gomez As news of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to allow gay marriages to proceed in up to 30 states filtered down to Latin America this week, Danilo Perez reacted with a question: What took so long? "You're telling me that we've...
According to a new poll, Ecuadorians overwhelming say they want a chance to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term in office. The amendment is one of 17 being considered by the country’s constitutional...
In sting operation known as “Operation Pacific,” 13 Ecuadorans, along with drug ringleader Celso Moroso were arrested Monday morning by Colombian police in the border town of Pasto. Those arrested are accused of coordinating drug shipments to Mexico, the United...
Correa visits Cuenca today President Rafael Correa will visit Cuenca today and participate in a symposium of national government officials at the Pumapungo auditorium. Correa will also visit a highway reconstruction project near Gualaceo and fly over the Sopladora...
By Hannah Ewens and Elizabeth Roberts A survey completed by almost 14,000 expatriates of all nationalities, which focused on topics such as quality of life, work, romance and leisure, showed Ecuador was the overall winner. The country had the highest result of all...
Project managers and Cuenca transportation officials say that extended working hours and the addition of more workers are helping make up lost time in the construction of Cuenca’s light rail system. In June, officials said the project was four to six months behind...
By Simeon Tegel Ecuador President Rafael Correa says that the country's harsh old drug laws were 'imposed by the gringos.' Now officials see small time smugglers as victims of cartels rather than as hardened criminals. In Latin America’s latest challenge to...
By Andres Oppenheimer The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to release its much-awaited 2015 economic projections for Latin America next week, and — judging from what I heard in an interview with the IMF’S chief economist for Latin...
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is getting its first nonstop service to Quito. The airport and TAME, an Ecuador-based airline, announced the new route Thursday. TAME will start the daily service on Oct. 17; the airline will use an Airbus A320 with 140...
Two Manta area doctors believe that the threat of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne illness, is being vastly understated in Ecuador. Ministry of Health officials said on Tuesday that the country's first case of chikungunya has been confirmed in Loja Province. The...
According to the director of Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI), the government is aiming for an average individual tax burden of 15%, up from the current 13.6%. SRI chief Ximena Moroso says that tax collections have increased dramatically during the...
President Rafael Correa has defended Ecuador’s economic performance from opposition attacks, citing data from the Economic Commission of Latin America (ECLAC) that notes the country’s strong economic growth and reduction of poverty. “There’s no...
Correa says new U.S. plan attacks LatAm autonomy Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that a new U.S. government plan announced by President Barack Obama is intended to intervene and weaken Latin American governments. Correa said that Obama's intention...
The costs for municipal bus fares in Ecuador are probably headed higher, setting up a battle between riders, bus owners and city governments. Another point of contention is between the federal and municipal governments, as Quito is transferring authority for bus fares...
By Ernesto Talvi and Julia Ruiz Pozuelo After what has been an eventful 2013 for Latin America, and in light of the upcoming launch of the 2014 annual report “Macroeconomic Vulnerabilities in an Uncertain World: One Region, Three Latin Americas” on October...
Costumed dancers, men on stilts and a colorful supporting cast snaked through Cuenca’s historic district Wednesday night, marking the opening of Cuenca’s Festival Internacional de Artes Escénicas Escenarios del Mundo. The parade ended at the...
An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases have already emerged in...
This survey was completed by 352 people. Of the 318 who answered the first question, 55% took Spanish in school, with 42% taking French, and a surprising 23% studying Latin, while 20% took German. From the comments, respondents also studied Russian, Portuguese,...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Tourism is hoping that the country’s first PGA tour event will kindle interest in the sport and spur the development of new golf courses. The Ecuador Open, which began yesterday at the Quito Tennis and Golf Club, features 150 golf pros competing...
By Molly Guthrey After Bob and Diane Hall of St. Paul retired in 2008, they, like so many other Minnesotans, moved to the Southwest. "We decided to get out of the cold and go warm," Diane says. But the warmth in Nevada and then Arizona was too warm. "We hated the...
