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 […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

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 […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

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 […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

By June of this year, the writing was on the wall: the world would see massive unemployment rippling thru country after country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And Ecuador would not be an exception. By the mid-point of the year, the country was reporting 180,000 newly unemployed, according to its Ministry of Labor. To put […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!