The strangest thing happened to us this morning. We were quietly relaxing after a big breakfast on the first day of the new year when all of a sudden, our 7 dogs (yes, 7) started barking wildly. Codie jumped up first and said that there was a car at our front gate....

by Fernando Astudillo The Armed Forces ask the resignation of President Lenin Moreno. Protesters take strategic areas and leave Quito without drinking water. The police throw grenades at the natives. It is a tragedy: there are 22 dead. All are lies. Fake news as they are known in the digital world, so prone to anglicisms. They got virulent in Ecuadorian cell […]

In Ecuador there are 3,080 private companies considered large (4.3% of the total) because they have more than 200 workers, or incomes above $5,000.001.00, as stipulated in the Organic Code of Production, Commerce and Investments. There are 7,236 medium-sized companies (10.2%), 10,623 small (28.8%) and 40,693 micro-enterprises (56.8%), as reported by the Superintendence of Companies. […]

Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries worldwide. Its historical architecture has been distinguished several times. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared eight patrimonies of humanity in the country, three of them shared with other nations. UNESCO explains that its 1972 convention for the “Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage,” […]

A total of $362,748,192.62 were allocated to the purchase of medicines in 2019 under the IESS system. Among these are 64 for the battle against cancer and the attention of rare and catastrophic diseases. The maxim is that “no one will be left out of the national health system,” said President Lenin Moreno in August, when […]

A total of almost 11,000 “Exception Visas for Humanitarian Reasons,” were given to Venezuelan citizens by Ecuador since August 2019, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility. In an official statement released on Saturday, December 28, 2019, the Foreign Ministry explained that between August 19th and December 26, 2019, it issued a total […]

There will be eleven public and private sector holidays in 2020. The draft law regulating national and local holidays in the country, was approved in December 2016. According to the law, holidays that fall on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday will be celebrated on Friday, and holidays that fall on Sunday or Tuesday will be […]

About $717 million in private investment for oil drilling, reconditioning of wells and facilities construction was achieved in 20 fields operated by the public company Petroamazonas. As reported by the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources and Petroamazonas EP, around 715 local jobs were generated in the provinces of Orellana and Sucumbíos. Of the $717 […]

The Ecuadorian government of Lenín Moreno has numerous aspirations in the international field to achieve this year, both in the region and with countries in North America and Europe. In the region, the entry to the Pacific Alliance, the exit of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and the formation of the Forum for […]

The Unified Basic Salary (SBU) for 2020 will be $400, which means an increase of only $6 compared to 2019. The increase is equivalent to 1.52%. In view of the fact that there was no agreement within the National Labor and Wages Council, the National Government made the decision, just like the previous year. The Minister […]

A landslide and rocks that smashed into an interprovincial transport bus in the area of ​​Baeza-Cuyuja, Napo province, caused the death of one person and inflicted injuries on thirteen other passengers during the incident. The emergency was attended to by ambulances from the National Police with Dinased personnel and a patrolman, the Archidona Fire Department […]

A 10-month-old condor died after being shot with a shotgun in the Amazon region, said Diego Medina, Director of the Planeta Vida Veterinary Hospital in Latacunga, where the condor was transferred. Villagers found the injured condor in the town of Archidona, in the province of Napo, and reported it to the Cóndor Group, who contacted […]

Friday, December 27, 2019, was a special day for the LGBTI community in Cuenca. The city’s first same sex marriage was held at the offices of the Civil Registry of Azuay, when for Abraham Barbecho and Carlos Tenemaza, formalized their union. The couple has been in a relationship for nine years and for some time […]

This week, the Municipality of Cuenca, announced that municipal tax payments will be received at 80 collection points during the uninterrupted hours from 08:00 to 19:00. The statement states that taxpayers can go to cancel their obligations at the premises of ETAPA, FARMASOL, EMOV and Land Registry of Cuenca, as well as at Banco del Austro, […]

During the past year, 24 new species of amphibians were identified in Ecuador, the highest figure in 40 years according to the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE). The figure was published on December 14, highlighting that Ecuador contributed almost a fifth of the new species described in the world (134 species), with less than […]

In the center of the back room of the Hall of the People of the House of Culture, sits a hollow wooden frame, with sharp cuts to it, especially in the lower corners. Around 12:30 on Tuesday, December 31st, a man entered the museum where an artistic exhibition of the Argentine painter Ariel Dawi is […]

Ecuador closes a complicated 2019 due to financial issues and will enter a “complex” and “uncertain” 2020 due to economic needs, and the impact that the electoral process will have on the country to replace the head of state, Lenín Moreno, who will finish his functions in 2021, according to analysts. Economic analyst Alberto Acosta […]