Today I was talking to a friend who lives in Thailand and he told me about a “brilliant” (as in not really brilliant) idea that someone we know has come up with. The guy he mentioned has decided to open a Cajun restaurant. In Thailand. When pressed on whether he thought he would have enough […] 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!

Norma doesn’t remember how much money she had for the grocery purchases 20 years ago, when the currency in Ecuador was the sucre, only that the return varied. “One week the money was reached, and another did not, so there I saw what I cooked my children. Sometimes it was just rice with guineo,” says this 57-year-old […] 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 impact of the commercial agreement with the European Union (EU) in the automotive sector—that marks its fourth year of a total of seven years in 2020—is reflected in the sale of European vehicles in the Ecuadorian market. According to the Association of Automotive Companies of Ecuador (Aeade), at the end of 2019, the position […] 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!

Andrés Torres from Mexico and Jessica Guzmán from Mexico, both 20, enjoyed the sea and the sun in the La Lobería sector, in Salinas, last Sunday afternoon. At an unexpected moment, the two young people were dragged offshore by several waves. The incident occurred just after 5:00 p.m. Some people observed the fact from the tourist viewpoint […] 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!

Deportivo Cuenca will be one of the clubs with the lowest budget in the 2020 season. Yet, the monthly payroll of the football team (and coaching staff) is set at $100,000. The maximum amount any one player will be paid is $8,000 a month. According to Juan Serrano, president of the Football Commission, he has […] 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!

A wooden door, larger than normal, separates what for many is the “material world from the spiritual.” It is the entrance to the interior of the Cloister of the Mothers of Carmen de La Asunción, in Cuenca, where 20 nuns are separated from the everyday life of Cuenca. They receive visits three times a year. […] 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!

Health is the base theme of the Tomebamba Rotary Club for 2020. Several projects are underway and waiting for public entities that can join the great work, whose purpose is to serve the community that requires it. Javier Ordóñez, president of the Tomebamba Rotary Club, said that in 2020, they have a range of projects […] 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!

A total of 93,825 vehicles were registered in Cuenca in 2019. That’s 919 more than the 92,906 that were on the roads in 2018. This is in a city that has parking for about 112,000 cars. In January 2019, 3,484 cars were registered in Cuenca. In February that number was added to by another 6,739 car registrations. […] 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 Pumapungo Museum received more than 158,000 visitors in 2019, which exceeded the figure of 140,000 reached in 2018. This means an average frequency close to 3,000 weekly visitors. This year a total renovation of the site, its museology and an encounter with Cuzco is planned as in November the museum will turn 40 years […] 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!