The number of visitors to the Galápagos Islands decreased by 1.7% in 2019. The archipiélago received 271,238 tourists last year— 4,579 less than in 2018. From 2010 to 2019, the Galápagos has experienced falls in tourist arrivals in 3 years: 2012, 2016, 2019. The data correspond to all visitors who paid the entrance tax to […] 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 national influenza vaccination campaign organized by the Ministry of Health and which plans to immunize about 4.5 million people in a state of vulnerability in Ecuador will last through February 28th. Andrés Guncay, an epidemiologist responsible for public health surveillance in Zone 6, said that influenza is present on a daily basis, so care […] 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!

President Lenin Moreno was irritated on Monday, and criticized the indigenous movement for the lawsuit he will defend in international courts for excessive use of force during the violent protests last October, in which a dozen people died. “Few things break me down emotionally,” Moreno admitted in a message on television, in which, visibly upset, […] 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 Municipality of Cuenca began employing new customer service hours last week, that also affect cultural and educational services units. The network of municipal museums, made up of the Museum of Modern Art, Casa Museo Remigio Crespo Toral, Economuseo Casa del Sombrero and Municipal Planetarium, will now be open Monday to Friday, from 08:45 to […] 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 silence, the tombstones and the mausoleums are what attracts the most attention in the Patrimonial Cemetery of Cuenca (EMUCE). The cemetery looks clean and the green areas are well trimmed. And if you approach and read the details on some of the gravestones, you’ll see and learn a lot. Most of the stones are […] 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 Municipal Hospital for Women and Children of Cuenca, as part of its process of “renewal” has implemented five new specialties services: Rheumatology, Infectious Disease, Pulmonology, Hematology and Endocrinology. The expansion of the service portfolio was the outcome of a comparative study carried out on the total number of patients treated in the Municipal Health […] 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 Febres building dating from 1883 is currently being used as a municipal parking lot, but the Municipality of Cuenca already has a plan for its restoration with an investment of $8 million. Works will begin this year with a hopeful completion in 2021. A façade that is falling apart and is laying on the ground […] 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!

Abandonment of infrastructure, graffiti, low occupancy, dammed up water, garbage in the surroundings, and damage to children’s games are some of the problems that several parks in the city have that require urgent cleaning and maintenance. Walking through the sector of the Guataná park located in the UNE citadel, you find a sense of fear […] 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 the canton Guachapala, the smallest in the province of Azuay, is the farm ‘El Romeral’, at 2,200 meters above sea level. The site, located on 30 hectares, is owned by the University of Cuenca and is used by the Faculty of Agronomy for the training of students. Students and teachers, together with farm workers, have […] 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!