Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn On Monday, the Cantonal Council of Cuenca met and approved (in the second debate) the 2020 Budget Proforma for an amount of $239,177,636, with 15 votes in favor and one member abstaining. The 2020 budget exceeds the 2019 budget by $24,500,911. Pedro Palacios, Mayor of Cuenca, said that the budget was approved […]
Cuenca’s 2020 budget almost $240 million
Published on December 13, 2019
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CRIME AND ACCIDENT REPORT
Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) Three teenagers were taken into custody for allegedly raping their friend and fellow student from a city school. At 9:45 p.m. on Monday, Dinapen agents were alerted by ECU 911 that in the Community Police Unit, UPC Machángara, was a 15-year-old teenager who allegedly had been raped by her […] 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!
Cañaribamba parish gets community alarm system from Municipality
On Monday, December 10, 2019, families in the Central district of the Cañaribamba parish received a modern community alarm system from the Municipality of Cuenca through the Citizen Security Council (CSC). In total, 59 families have this preventive safety system. Pedro Palacios, Mayor of Cuenca, stressed that this preventive security system is part of 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!
Ecuador to invest $18 million to stop illegal and unregulated fishing
Around $18 million will be invested by Ecuador to improve satellite control systems to guarantee the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. This, according to the Minister of Production and Foreign Trade, Iván Ontaneda, will serve to “guarantee $1.6 billion of export and 200,000 jobs created by the fishing sector.” Ecuador is the second largest producer and exporter of tuna in […] 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!
Petroecuador sells crude with transparency through public tender
The public company Petroecuador announced a long-term sale of crude oil, but this time different processes will be followed after recent judicial cases against former Petroecuador executives showed unfair practices were followed in the past. Unlike the direct contracts that were signed during the previous Government, with the companies Petrochina, Unipec and Petrotailandia, this time […] 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!
Coffee growers attend workshop on improving post-harvest processes
Around 30 coffee growers in the province of Azuay recently participated in a “post-harvest” coffee management workshop organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG). The participating producers have been involved in a continuous training process with the MAG starting with growing seedlings in nursery, sowing, harvesting and the post-harvesting of coffee. The processes […] 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!
Azuay to receive funds for road work
An investment of $450 million for the construction of the Cumbe-La Troncal road axis and the payment of the $40 million debt that the National Government maintains with the Azuay Prefecture, will be fulfilled between 2020 and 2021. In the project of the new Cumbe-La Troncal route, resources and contract signatures have been established, said […] 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!
IESS hospital launches surgical program to repair cleft lip and palate
Returning smiles to children is the goal of permanently implementing cleft lip and palate surgery service at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. The announcement was made by the president of the Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) Paúl Granda. The surgeries are framed within the IESS “Smile” campaign, that in a first […] 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!
Minimally invasive procedures for kidney stones being performed at regional hospital in Cuenca
A total of 138 minimally invasive surgeries for treatment of urinary tract stones have been performed at Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital since July 2018. Urologist surgeon Enrique Dávila, explained that the treatment is an intracorporeal lithotripsy for bladder stones and ureters,”which allows the stone or stones to be fragmented by laser, so that they can […] 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!
Moreno says protests in Latin America seek to destabilize governments
President Lenín Moreno said Wednesday —in the Colombian city of Cali— that the social protests in several Latin American countries were infiltrated by “criminal groups” that sought to impose an agenda to destabilize governments and generate chaos. “Social protests are undoubtedly legitimized and so it should be… but, there is a red line [where] there is […] 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!
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