In a meeting with the Union of Indigenous Communities of Azuay, in Cuenca’s Parque Calderón, Jaime Vargas, the president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), reiterated that he is the second President of Ecuador. At the event, whose main theme was the development of the Peoples’ Parliament, Vargas was asked about his […]

The Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources announced that the Canadian Atico Mining Corporation has begun drilling for samples for a second-generation mining project—with prospects for copper, gold and silver—in the Sigchos sector of Cotopaxi. The so-called “La Plata” project has begun drilling activities to obtain information on the shape, content and quality of the underground minerals. After obtaining the necessary […]

Azuay province records the highest number of cases in Ecuador of violence against women in any field: psychological, physical, sexual and heritage, both throughout her life and in her last year. This comes from the National Survey on Family Relations and Gender Violence Against Women, whose figures show that 79.2 percent of Azuayan women over […]

There’s an expression that we’ve all heard that has more meaning for me now than ever before in my life. It’s “watching from the sidelines.” I was never a person who did much of that. I was always in the mix of things and never really had an off button. Whether looking back at my […]

An unassuming brown bird, tiny both in body and population size, hovers on the edge of extinction as much of its habitat has been cleared for agriculture and its nests are parasitized by cowbirds. In response, conservation organizations created a reserve expressly for the species’ preservation in the late 1990’s; now that reserve is being […]

The “Take Care of the Heart that Beats for You,” canine and feline sterilization campaign, was launched last week in the Azuay province. A cooperation agreement was signed between the Azuay Governorate and the “Activism, Rescue and Animal Consciousness Foundation” (ARCA), for the qualitative and quantitative sterilization of domestic pets in the province. At the […]

Gabriela Vázquez is one of the few scientists in the city. She is in charge of the water laboratory of the University of Cuenca, and among her aspirations is that more women occupy technical positions and break the gender stereotypes in the academic, scientific and professional worlds. To support Gabriela’s belief, a study conducted by […]

Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world to defend human and environmental rights. Last year the region registered 200 of the 304 murders documented globally by the NGO Front Line Defenders (FLD). According to the report “Global Analysis 2019,” released last Wednesday in Mexico City, four of the five most dangerous countries […]

Civil transit agents of the Mobility Company (EMOV) where out last week looking for taxi drivers who weren’t being honest when collecting fares from their passengers. They ran a control operation in Cuenca to make sure that all taxi drivers are using the fare meter as required by law. They stopped taxis on Av. España […]