by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ecuador’s mining ministry has filed an appeal to a ruling by the Azuay Provincial Court to permanently close the Rio Blanco gold mine in the Cajas Mountains. The ministry claims that the Azuay court erred when it ruled that the residents of the area where Rio Blanco...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Seventeen percent of all car accidents in Ecuador in 2018 were the result of cell phone use while driving, the National Transit Agency (ATN) reports. The number is an increase of six percent from 2017. In the first quarter of 2018 there were 6,164 accidents of which...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
According to the Ecuadorian Economic and Social Inclusion Ministry (MIES), 53 percent of the country’s 1,221,286 older adults live in poverty. “We should promote the Law for the Older Adult for those who have lost their family support networks, are alone, or have been...
by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week’s grand opening of Cuenca’s first Changan auto dealership, the fourth Chinese car and truck dealer to set up shop in the city since 2014, adds support to the growing belief that the Chinese will soon dominate car and light truck sales in Latin America. The...
by Robert Bradley | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was stopped on the street the other day by a chap who did a double-take as he passed. He turned right around, called me by name, then asked again. “Are you Robert Bradley?” “Why, yes, I am,” I replied, with a combination of surprise and dread. “Do you write for...