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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Tuesday that Ecuador will be unable to reduce its public debt until it sharply reduces or eliminates subsidies. The IMF said the government should begin immediately to reduce the $4 billion annual subsidy applied to...
By Afdhel Aziz At the Paccari Experience House in Quito, Santiago Peralta is holding a piece of chocolate like it’s a sacred artifact. “Don’t bite it,” he instructs. “Let it melt with the heat of your body.” It’s not a command — it’s a ceremony. And in that moment,...
Although all votes have been counted from the April 13 presidential runoff, a challenge by the campaign of Luisa González and the Citizens Revolution party are preventing the National Electoral Council (CNE) from declaring the results official. Citizens Revolution...
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the Trump administration of revoking his travel visa to the US. “I can no longer go because I believe they took away my visa,” he said of his non-participation in the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the...
By Jack Davis In a former career, I worked in computer systems analysis (now known as IT). I was an early adopter, setting up AppleTalk networks and communications systems and some of the first shared high-resolution remote printing sites for a university-based...
By Alice Callahan We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore. Walk into any grocery store and you’ll find rows of protein-fortified energy bars, breakfast cereals, baked goods, snacks, even sports drinks. And on social media, influencers — many with medical or...
A British man has reportedly been burned alive by a mob in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in Ecuador’s Amazon region. He was said to have been killed after a group stormed a police station where he had been taken into custody. Local reports said the unnamed male was...
By Fernando Ramos and Sanika Tank Colombia’s health ministry declared a nationwide health emergency on Thursday due to the “active circulation” of yellow fever. Since September 2024, there have been 75 recorded cases of yellow fever and 34 deaths from the illness,...
Defeated presidential candidate Luisa González and other leaders of the Correista movement are calling the government’s claim that terrorists are plotting to assassinate President Daniel Noboa and other officials a “diversionary ploy.” They insist that the alleged...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday proposed sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and imprisoned in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking "political prisoners" held by Venezuela. In a post on X, Bukele asked that Venezuelan President...
By Mawuna Remarque Koutonin In the lexicon of human migration there are still hierarchical words, created with the purpose of putting white people above everyone else. One of those remnants is the word “expat.” What is an expat? And who is an expat? According to...
Alausí’s famous Devil’s Nose train will resume operations within 30 days, according to the Ministry of Transportation. One of Ecuador’s most iconic tourist attractions, the train service was suspended at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and has remained...
Within a six-block radius of San Sebastian Plaza are two saddlers, at least five furniture makers, a knot of tailors, a sprinkle of goldsmiths, a colorful stained-glass studio, a thriving farmers market, more bakeries than I can count, and twice as many restaurants as...
Ecuador has declared a state of “maximum alert” over an assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa. In a statement entitled “The revenge of the bad losers” issued early on Saturday, the Ministry of Government said “all security protocols have been activated”...
At least 11 people were killed and nine injured Thursday night when a group of armed attackers, disguised as soldiers, stormed a cockfighting event in the rural community of La Valencia in Manabí Province. The assailants, believed to be linked to the Los Lobos cartel,...
Vice President Verónica Abad is accusing President Daniel Noboa of gaining an advantage over other candidates in the country’s recent elections by “violating the democratic code” In Sunday’s runoff election, Noboa beat leftist Luisa González by an 11% margin after...
Brazil’s President Lula and China’s President Xi Jinping have signed a joint declaration strengthening bilateral relations. Lula praised a series of agreements between the two countries, saying that China offers Brazil “more opportunities with fewer commercial risks”...
Editor's note: See the author's previous article, Survey shows an ‘approaching tsunami’ of demand for expat assisted health care Cuenca; Can it be met? By Harry Watkins I was shopping at Coral, in the Batan Shopping Center the other day, when I saw a 70s something...
Guayaquil Mayor Aquiles Alvarez and Quito Mayor Pabel Muñoz defended their decision Wednesday to recognize Daniel Noboa as the winner of Sunday’s presidential runoff. “I remain committed to the Citizens Revolution agenda, but I am also committed to providing...
By Mie Hoejris Dahl Angélica Herrera, a homemaker in her 40s, voted to elect Ecuador’s next president on Sunday not because she loves incumbent Daniel Noboa’s vision, but precisely because of how difficult she feels life in Ecuador has become. “I had to choose the...
