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 […] 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!

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 […] 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!

The labor reform, one of the legal projects that the national government has argued needs to be implemented “urgently,” seems to have remain in limbo. There is no date set for submission of the reform to the Assembly and time may be running out. Government authorities said the labor reform would be sent to 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!

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 […] 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!

It seems that being from Guayaquil means you’re either, more likely to apply for a Type B Visa to visit the United States, or you’re more likely to be approved for one if you are from there. The financial capital of the country had 92,715 people approved for this seemingly hard to get visa. Meanwhile, […] 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!

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 […] 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 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 […] 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!

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 […] 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!

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 […] 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!