In last week’s virtually held IX Binational Cabinet between Colombia and Ecuador, Colombian President Iván Duque showed his support for Ecuador to join the so-called Pacific Alliance. “I reiterate my commitment, in the face of the pro tempore presidency (of the Alliance) that I will assume very soon, to promote the entry of Ecuador to […]

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 As we went through last week, the numbers that are coming out from the government each week are only somewhat of a “barometer,” something to tell us what direction the spread of the coronavirus is going in. It is […]

“In general terms, I could say that the vast majority of those sentenced (in the Bribes case 2012-2016) are able to pay (their full reparation) out of the property they own. The Execution Court will be responsible for ordering the seizure of those assets and take them to auction so with the money obtained in […]

On October 29th, María Alejandra Muñoz served her one hundredth day as the Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador; she is the fourth person to hold this position during the Lenín Moreno government. Muñoz was given three tasks when she agreed to take over as Moreno’s Vice President: facilitate foreign trade, work on Ecuador’s […]

On Saturday afternoon, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris after reports of the United States Presidential election results gave Biden a victory over Donald Trump, labeling Biden President-elect 46. Moreno wrote that he hopes the relationship between the two countries will remain firm and prosperous during the […]

This past Saturday, an Ecuadorian student attending Notre Dame University in the United States, died after being hit by a van while she was walking home with friends after anevening out. Valeria Espinel Trujillo, a 19-year-old young woman from Guayaquil was killed instantly after being struck by the van around 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Another […]

According to a study developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ecuador, it is estimated that 3.1 million girls, boys and adolescents will fall into multidimensional poverty at the end of this year. This means that their homes will suffer one or more deprivations in education, health, food, housing, work and social security due to […]

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020 Now five weeks out from the lifting of the national restrictions, and two weeks out from the 3-day weekend holiday in October, we are starting to see a rise in new cases of the coronavirus across half of the […]

Update to: Tame airlines will soon be no more than a memory in Ecuador Published: Volume 4, Issue 52 With legal action and sit-in, former TAME workers demand labor rights A group of former employees of TAME airline presented a protection action this week in the North Judicial Complex in Quito, claiming their employer retirement […]

Cecilia Méndez is the new Prefect of Azuay. She assumed the position after the resignation of Yaku Pérez Guartambel, who is running for the Presidency of Ecuador in its 2021 election. Méndez, a 53-year-old sociologist will be in office until 2023. She says that while she has a role to represent the Pachakutik movement, she’ll be […]

I promised myself (and you all) that I would try to not pay attention to the 2020 US election anymore, as I had already voted and what happened between then and November 3rd didn’t really need to matter to me anymore. But, I’ve not been able to quarantine myself from that completely, as almost everything […]

Wondering what this year’s Tres de Noviembre celebration will be like in Cuenca? Looking forward to walking along the river and thru El Centro to visit all the artisan vendors and food stands? Unfortunately, Cuencanos will have to celebrate their Bicentennial independence from Spain in different ways. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen to that. When […]

Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020 We are now one month out from the lifting of the national restrictions that were put in place in March to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and while it appeared that the country was doing well under the […]

After 6 years of effort, two international groups scientists have finally found a way to delve into everything they don’t know about two species of bats native to the Galapagos islands. These two tiny species of mammals have been able to elude years of attempts to catch them. The project to study the Aeorestesvillosissimus (South […]