Lenin Castro, Deputy Director General of Customs Regulations of the National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae), explains what items travelers can bring into Ecuador. Due to the devaluation of other currencies against the dollar, more Ecuadorians are making shopping...
The National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous and Black Organizations (Fenocin) is reaffirming its plan of mobilizing against the Government, even when a state of exception is in force in three coastal provinces: Guayas, Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo. The Guayaquil...
What follows are the strategies that have been applied in other Latin American countries in the face of the outbreak of drug violence, the results they have had, and what lessons they leave for Ecuador. Violence related to organized crime and drug trafficking is...
The Quito Astronomical Observatory (OAQ) announced that Ecuador will be able to enjoy a total lunar eclipse this Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The eclipse will begin at 04:09 a.m. on Tuesday and will have two phases: the penumbra (shadow or partial) and the umbra (total), according to the entity. The twilight zone will begin at 03:02, where the Moon will dim a bit. While later the partial eclipse, visible to the naked eye, will begin […]
In early October, the city received a distinction from the Ministry of Telecommunications for its digital efforts. Since 2020, the 234 urban buses in Loja have been working without coins or cash involved. When a passenger wants to pay, they just show their ‘contactless’ card, previously purchased at public transport consortium points. The units also […]
Alexander Levoyer, commander of the Esmeraldas Joint Task Force, gave an interview this weekend about the security problems in this province. On the morning of October 31, 2022, in the center of Esmeraldas, two bodies appeared hanging on a pedestrian bridge, at the entrance of La Guacharaca, a Los Tiguerones fort. The following day, in […]
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of exception in two provinces last Tuesday, after at least five police officers were killed and prison guards taken hostage in the latest wave of attacks in the deadly gang war consuming the country. The state of exception and nightly curfew in the coastal provinces of Guayas and Esmeraldas […]
Owners of commercial premises in downtown Cuenca have received phone calls or visits from extortionists asking for money in exchange for “security.” At the end of September 2022, dozens of business owners located on Calle Larga, in the Historic Center of Cuenca, received phone calls with a threat: they had to deliver a weekly amount […]
I believe tomorrow could be one of the most important elections America will hold in its history. As you all know, I am a Democrat. Nonetheless, I thought that on the eve on the next election, it would be captivating to reprint a speech Ronald Reagan gave on the eve of the 1980 Presidential election. […]