The cities in which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose the most are Santo Domingo, Cuenca and Manta, according to the INEC. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose and stood at 1.94% in December 2021, compared to the same month in 2020, according to the National...
On Monday, January 10, 2022, the Justice Commission of the National Assembly restarted deliberations on a draft of the Organic Law project to guarantee the right to voluntary interruption of pregnancy in the event of rape. A source from the Commission says that a...
The census has been postponed for two years due to the pandemic. New questions on recycling, pets, and generic sex identification could be included in the questionnaire. The national census is planned for the last quarter of 2022. It will take place after two years of...
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso will make an official visit to China in February, coinciding with the Winter Olympics, where he will try to renegotiate the debt of more than $5 billion dollars and strengthen bilateral relations with that country. This was confirmed by the new Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Holguín, in an interview upon his return […]
The Government of Guillermo Lasso budgeted bond placements in the international market for $1.2 billion during 2022. The Government plans to issue bonds in the international market to obtain financing in the first quarter of 2022, amid uncertain conditions. Although the Executive has not detailed the amount of this issuance, the General State Budget foresees […]
Social organizations have registered more than 1,000 femicides between 2014 and 2021. The Government plans to invest $13 million in actions to prevent gender violence. On the afternoon of April 7, 2021, Cristina M. was murdered by her partner Emilio P. in the Pelileo canton, in the Tungurahua province. Investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office determined […]
In the 1990s, academics and students saw the first “plastinated” human body, a preservation process that was created by the German physician Gunther von Hagens. Von Hagens originally designed plastination for use in the medical field, but in 1995, he introduced plastination to the masses with his first Body Worlds exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition was met […]
This morning I read Robert Bradley’s column in Cuenca High Life about his moving on to another photo journalistic venture. Robert is a very popular columnist and I’m sure he is going to be missed by his readers. I’ve known Robert for several years, and while our writing styles are different, I respect him for […]
More than 200 prisoners were tortured on May 31, 2016 At half past eight in the morning on January 10, 2022, the Court of Criminal Guarantees of Cuenca set up for the second time, the trial hearing for the Turi case, a criminal proceeding for alleged torture against persons deprived of liberty in the Ecuadorian prisons. There are 42 […]