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By Sheryle Verkley, Co-founder and Board Member and Stephanie Slavin, Board Member Growth is a part of life, with organizations as well as with people. Starting in 2011, with a single volunteer, Melinda Gordon, Hearts of Gold began to respond to requests from...
By José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas “The objective is getting there to go beyond,” confess Mario and Ismaray, a couple of young Cubans who plan to travel to Ecuador on the first leg of a journey to the United States. “We have investigated various means, with various prices...
Following up on a threat made in January, Ecuador has ordered 20 Defense Department employees in the U.S. Embassy's military group to leave the country by April 30. During one of his weekly televsion broadcasts in January, President Rafael Correa had questioned why...
In a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday, President Rafael Correa asked that Spain eliminate the visa requirement for Ecuadorian visitors. After the meeting, Correa that he told Rojoy that he objected to the fact that Spain and the Euroeapn...
By Andres Oppenheimer While I was watching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurate a world summit to discuss the future of the Internet and prevent new instances of U.S. electronic spying, I couldn’t help thinking: that’s all very nice, but she...
Residents of an historic district neighborhood prevented workers for the city’s new light rail system from erecting fences in preparation for construction Tuesday morning. The residents claim that they have not been adequately informed about plans and the effect they...
Ecuador said on Wednesday it expects to sign a contract in June for the construction of a refinery known as the Refineria del Pacifico Eloy Alfaro, which will be the largest single infrastructure project in the country’s history. Brazilian company Odebrecht is...
Ecuador’s National Assembly has agreed to look into the legal management of the Coopera money laundering and embezzlement case. Coopera, a Cuenca-based financial cooperative, was closed by the government a year ago and its top officials were arrested. Larriva Oswaldo...
A political science club at Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN) in Ibarra says it plans to take its campaign for an expat tax to Ecuador’s National Assembly. Club president Javier Lara says that foreigners are often a burden on local resources and should help pay...
Ecuador's economy grew 4.5% in 2013, well above the official target of 4.05% but below the 5.1% growth registered in 2012. In its quarterly report, the country's central bank said that last year's growth was driven by non-oil sectors, especially construction, which...
According to calculations made by the World Health Organization (WHO), Cuenca ranks at the lower end of the acceptable level of “green space” for its residents. WHO recommends nine to 15 square meters per capita as a minimum standard. According to Sebastian Izquierdo,...
Heavy rain Friday night and early Saturday morning caused extenstive flooding damage in the Bellavista and Sayausí neighborhoods of Cuenca. In Bellavista, several retaining walls collapsed causing flooding in at least 20 homes. In Sayausí there was flooding of a...
A new study shows that 69% of homes in Cuenca are owned by their occupants. It is the highest rate of home ownership in Ecuador, according to the Ministry of Social Inclusion. The study, which is intended to provide information to government planners, also showed that...
A new study shows that 69% of homes in Cuenca are owned by the occupants. It is the highest rate of home ownership in Ecuador. The study, which is intended to provide information to government planners, also showed that 86% of residential dwellings are houses; that...
Latin American author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1982, died Thursday. He was 87. Garcia Marquez, the master of a style known as magic realism, was and remains Latin America's best-known writer. His novels were filled with...
Latin America is the world's most violent region, accounting for nearly one in three global homicides, according to data from a new study by the United Nations. Latin America racked up some 134,519 homicides in 2012, about 31% of the total for that year, according to...
The number of tourists visiting Cuenca has risen 276% since 2008, the highest rate of growth in Ecuador. Patricio Miller, president of the Azuay Chamber of Tourism, says the increase is due in large part to strong promotional campaigns by several government agencies....
President Rafael Correa helped dedicate the new National University of Education (UNAE) in Azoguez on Monday. The university, which opened with 24 students in March, is intended to improve teacher education in Ecuador from the elementary to the university level. UNAE...
Ecuador Environmentalists say they have collected enough signatures to force a referendum on the question of whether the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon should be opened to further oil exploration. They ay 755,147 people had signed the petition for a national vote,...
Cuenca Archbishop, Luis Cabrera, will inaugurate the “Dollar for the Cathedral” fundraising drive on Saturday in hopes of collecting the $870,746 needed for roof repairs to the iconic 120-year-old church. “This a great campaign that aims to reach the people who value...
