As many of you know, I lost two friends to COVID-19 last year. One in May and one in August. Some people didn’t believe me when I wrote about this, said it was all a hoax. With all the death and illness since then, I suspect many of those doubters have now been...
At the end of 2016, the United States Department of Justice made it known that Ecuador was part of a corruption plot led by the Odebrecht company to obtain public contracts through the delivery of bribes. Last week, they clued Ecuador in to another scandal: between...
A few weeks ago, we ran an article on Ecuador Verifica, an initiative in the country that brings together 14 media, 9 civil society organizations and 7 universities. Its objectives are to combat misinformation, verify the veracity of the speeches of the candidates (and their supporters or detractors) for the 2021 Ecuadorian election, and to develop […]
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Update to: Women quarantine to keep the virus out, but inside the house the danger of domestic violence grows in Ecuador and worldwide Published: Volume 4, Issue 48 Violence due to gender identity affects 74.5% of women “Defend yourself as a man to see if you can” a group of 4 men shouted at María […]
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According to the Ecuadorian intelligence agencies, the flow of foreigners (Venezuelans and Colombians) using interprovincial transport buses on the road from Tulcán to Huaquillas has increased significantly over the last three months; most of them are hoping to illegally enter into Peru using clandestine crossings. Police investigations have revealed that there is an entire human […]
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Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 This week we openly challenge announcements made this week proclaiming that the Galapagos had the highest rate of increase in new cases, followed by Azuay province. Our challenge is because the government is continuing to rely on sampling data […]
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On December 16th, Ecuador delivered its first report in its effort to extend the country’s continental shelf, to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLPC). Its goal is to extend its maritime soil and subsoil from 200 miles to 350 miles. This effort is partially in response to the incursion […]
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Last month, the National Assembly approved a bill that seeks to reduce the use and trade of single-use plastic material such as bags, straws, containers for beverages and food. The bill now awaits the signature of Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno for final approval....
Expectations regarding the “first phase agreement” that the United States and Ecuador signed in early December are high for the national cocoa sector. This so-called “short agreement” has only four chapters: facilities for international trade, good regulatory practices, benefits for medium and small business enterprises, (MSMEs) and the fight against corruption in international trade. Francisco Miranda, President of the National […]
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With the reforms to the Organic Law of the Legislative Function, in force since November 6, 2020, the Ethics Committee of the National Assembly has resurfaced, after having been eliminated first in the 2008 Constitution, and then again in parliamentary law in 2009. Before 2008, the Ethics Committee acted as the legislators’ trial court and […]
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Criminal on Azuay’s “Most Wanted” list arrested after 10 years on the lam One of the most dangerous criminals in Azuay was captured early last Sunday (December 21st) in an intense police operation carried out in the middle of a shooting. Police have been on the trail of Arcelio Rusol MG, since 2010, after he […]
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The new Unified Basic Salary (SBU) of the Ecuadorian worker for 2021 remains at $400. This was decided by the Ministry of Labor, after the workers and employers did not reach an agreement in the National Labor and Wages Council (CNTS), made last Friday. The...
Young man murdered in early morning hours in Miraflores The National Police reported that it is investigating a violent death that occurred in Cuenca at dawn on Sunday, December 6, 2020. The crime occurred around 04:30 in the morning, on the Camino a Miraflores and Calle De la Tonada, in the Miraflores sector. Juan Bermeo, […]
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With the strain of COVID rippling thru the country’s business sector, one of the hardest hit areas is the real estate market. In a country that only 6 years ago often had inventory shortages, the impact of the pandemic is leaving behind a housing slump. In addition to the new houses that were either recently […]
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Last November 11th marked four years since the signing of the Multiparty Trade Agreement (MCA) between Ecuador and the European Union (EU). It was signed in Brussels before representatives of Colombia and Peru, who were already part of that treaty since June 26, 2012....
Update to: Ecuador has no immediate plans to open borders with Peru and Colombia Published: Volume 5, Issue 4 Ecuador will maintain border closures with Peru and Colombia for the remainder of 2020 Juan Carlos Zevallos, Ecuador’s Minister of Health, announced last Thursday after meeting with the Emergency Operations Committee that there will be no […]
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The Contentious Electoral Tribunal (TCE) ordered the National Electoral Council (CNE) to qualify the list of national assembly members submitted by the Fuerza Ecuador (Fuerza EC) party, which includes the former president of the Republic, Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz. “Provide the qualification of the list of candidates for national assembly members proposed by the Political Party FUERZA EC, list 10, for the […]
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Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Like last week, across the country, reported cases of coronavirus are going up, hospitals are close to full and ICU beds are becoming scarcer, and places that had seemed to stop the virus—for example, Guayaquil and Quito—are seeing it […]
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A couple of weeks ago, we ran an article on Ecuador Verifica, an initiative in the country that brings together 14 media, 9 civil society organizations and 7 universities. Its objectives are to combat misinformation, verify the veracity of the speeches of the...
Finance Minister Mauricio Pozo announced on Thursday that the country is negotiating the support of multilateral organizations to issue a bond in the international markets to support the private productive sector. Ecuador is in negotiations to issue an international...
As I sit here in Yunguilla relatively protected from the coronavirus, I can’t help but read about the devastation it is causing worldwide. Europe seems to be going thru a serious “second wave” of the infection (though some claim it may even be a third wave). The US doesn’t seem to have ever stopped its […]
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“I’m thankful.” It’s the time of year for us to all look back on how things have gone, and are going for us, and hopefully feel that way. This year that will be difficult for so many people. Not just here, or in the US, but throughout the world. So many people have...
Since 2001—after dollarization—inflation in Ecuador has fallen drastically. Before dollarization, with the sucre currency, inflation in the 90s was around 40%. And now, in 2020, there was actually deflation, a relatively strange phenomenon in a country that had always been used to periods of high inflation. According to economic analyst Luis Espinosa Goded, what has […]
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In what would be an amusing anecdote if it didn’t portend a serious problem, police in Cuenca on Monday seized 5.7kg of cocaine that had been hidden inside six religious relief plaques. The drug was actually mixed with a material that creates a reddish-brown tone substance with a gritty texture. The mixture is then formed […]
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Update to: Women quarantine to keep the virus out, but inside the house the danger of domestic violence grows in Ecuador and worldwide Published: Volume 4, Issue 48 Faced with femicide pandemic, the UN says they can be avoided In the world, 80% of intentional murders at the hands of the couple are against women. A […]
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Electricity and water cutoffs start in 2021 for unpaid bills In Cuenca, service shutoffs of electricity and drinking water for debtor subscribers will begin in 2021. Over the next five weeks, subscribers who have not caught up on their bills will be contacted to offer them a payment plan of up to twelve months. The benefit […]
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Update to: Colombian President Duque agrees to promote Ecuador’s entry into the Pacific Alliance Published: Volume 5, Issue 09 The Pacific Alliance and Ecuador sign terms for future membership On Friday morning, the Pacific Alliance and Ecuador signed the terms of reference to advance in a future negotiation for the incorporation of Ecuador as an associated member of this […]
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Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno announced last week that it looked unlikely that the country would be able to meet China’s oil quota requirements for a $2.4 billion loan that had been expected by year’s end. Ecuador is looking for alternatives in case the negotiations to obtain two loans with the state bank of China are […]
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Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 The big question this week is where we stand with the spread of COVID-19 in Ecuador’s larger cities, and what does the government say about the numbers. Because the...
It’s been almost a year since Houston, Texas expat Nancy Thalmann was killed in her Challuabamba home while her husband Doyle slept in the next room. Her attacker was finally sentenced this past week. The Azuay Criminal Guarantees Court unanimously sentenced Alfredo...