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Volume 4, Issue 11
October 13, 2019
Revolution is not an adventure

Revolution is not an adventure

Some of you know my background well enough to know that I have a Masters in English. Like a lot of English majors, I had a fascination with Hemingway. Studying the way he wrote—his simple and direct way of writing without the elaborate prose of many of the writers of his time—had a direct impact […]

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Protester killed in hit and run accident during “el paro”

Protester killed in hit and run accident during “el paro”

On Sunday afternoon, October 6, one of the people who was demonstrating at kilometer 55 on the Cuenca-Molleturo road, was killed after being hit by an unidentified car that tried to evade a roadblock that had been placed as part of the “el paro” that overtook the country last week. The citizen was identified as […]

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New Governor of Azuay appointed during protests

New Governor of Azuay appointed during protests

Xavier Martínez has been appointed as the new Governor of Azuay. The executive decree of his appointment was published the on Thursday, October 3, 2019. President Lenin Moreno accepted the resignation of Oswaldo Larriva, who was in charge of the province since September 5th. Larriva presented his resignation this week due to ongoing health problems. In […]

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Local Rotarian/Lion expat working to bring Global Grant dollars to Ecuador

Local Rotarian/Lion expat working to bring Global Grant dollars to Ecuador

When Ned Meisner moved here, for good, in March of 2019, it had been after several trips here learning both about Ecuador and the role that Rotary International was playing in the country. After working with the group for over 10 years worldwide, he saw, in Ecuador, a place where huge impact could be made […]

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Domestic gas reserves completely exhausted in Cuenca

Domestic gas reserves completely exhausted in Cuenca

Austrogas tank trucks that move gas for domestic use from the terminal of Chorrillos in the province of Guayas to Cuenca, have not been able to leave the loading station, generating a “total shortage” of the product in the city. This was reported on Tuesday by Austrogas manager, Gerardo Maldonado, who said that the closure […]

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Curfew to be enforced nationwide and covers pedestrian movement as well

Curfew to be enforced nationwide and covers pedestrian movement as well

On Tuesday afternoon, Ecuador President Lenín Moreno ordered—through Executive Decree 888—the restriction of freedom of transit and mobility throughout the national territory between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. from Monday to Sunday. The decree covers areas adjacent to buildings and strategic facilities where the government operates and others as defined by the […]

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CRIME AND ACCIDENT REPORT

*Note: This week we are including crimes that have happened throughout the country under the cover of the national protests Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) On Tuesday, police captured five subjects for allegedly starring in vandalism during social protests in Cuenca. Xavier Martínez, governor of Azuay, said that in response to citizen complaints five […]

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Correa urges removal of Moreno and says we would be willing to run in new elections

Correa urges removal of Moreno and says we would be willing to run in new elections

On Wednesday, Ecuadorian ex-president Rafael Correa urged the current president, Lenín Moreno, to call early elections “because of citizen protests against his economic measures.” Correa offered to be a candidate, even though he believes he will not be allowed to participate. “If I need to be a candidate, I will be. I can’t run for president […]

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Central and South American governments support Moreno and blame Maduro for unrest

Central and South American governments support Moreno and blame Maduro for unrest

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Peru issued a joint statement yesterday in which they expressed “their strong support” to President Lenin Moreno, in the face of the institutional and political crisis that the country is experiencing in the wake of protests against its economic measures. The Governments of these seven countries also […]

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Adacapia Autismo is changing lives one child at a time

Adacapia Autismo is changing lives one child at a time

“As you can see, I’ve got my hands full.” Those were the first words Veronica Peralta, the Founder and Executive Director of Adacapia Autismo said to me when we met to talk about her therapy center. She was referring to her 17-year-old autistic son Tommy. It was a therapy day for him, and he was […]

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