by Jonathan | Oct 14, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 11
As protests against the government’s economic reform plan continue—primarily the removal of gasoline subsidies—the death toll in the country continues to rise. The office of the Ombudsman of Ecuador confirmed Thursday that another protester, a leader of the...
by Michael Soares | Oct 14, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 11
Some of you know my background well enough to know that I have a Masters in English. Like a lot of English majors, I had a fascination with Hemingway. Studying the way he wrote—his simple and direct way of writing without the elaborate prose of many of the writers of...
by Jonathan | Oct 14, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 11
On Sunday afternoon, October 6, one of the people who was demonstrating at kilometer 55 on the Cuenca-Molleturo road, was killed after being hit by an unidentified car that tried to evade a roadblock that had been placed as part of the “el paro” that overtook the...
by Jonathan | Oct 14, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 11
Xavier Martínez has been appointed as the new Governor of Azuay. The executive decree of his appointment was published the on Thursday, October 3, 2019. President Lenin Moreno accepted the resignation of Oswaldo Larriva, who was in charge of the province since...
by Jonathan | Oct 14, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 11
When Ned Meisner moved here, for good, in March of 2019, it had been after several trips here learning both about Ecuador and the role that Rotary International was playing in the country. After working with the group for over 10 years worldwide, he saw, in Ecuador, a...
