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- Emotional Cuenca protest results in resumption of dialysis service; Noboa is the 3rd most popular president; Ex-Correista announces presidential runFollowing hours of protest at government headquarters on Parque Calderon, the Social Security Institute and Health Ministry announced Thursday night it will make short-term payments to maintain dialysis treatment for local kidney disease patients. A crowd of about 100, mostly patients, their family and friends, gathered early Thursday at the… Read more »
- In Ecuador as elsewhere, exceptional customer service is the path to a successful businessBy Jeff Van Pelt Why should you strive to give exceptional customer service? Why not just good? I will focus mainly on restaurants, but this advice applies to most kinds of businesses. And lest I be accused of being negative about Ecuador, I point out that I first wrote this… Read more »
- Latin American drug traffickers are using more sophisticated methods to evade law enforcementBy Sergio Saffon Latin American drug networks are increasingly using unmanned vessels and employing new methods to chemically transform cocaine to move large drug shipments. InSight Crime spoke to Frigate Captain Glehiston Hernández Gutiérrez, director of the International Center for Research and Analysis against Maritime Narcotrafficking (Centro Internacional de Investigación… Read more »
- Unemployment, lack of investment plague the economy; IVA refunds are up to date; Close your garbage grill!; Exhibit revisits Ecuador’s railway eraMiércoles, 24/7/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Exposición sobre el tren (Train exhibition) – “Abordo del Expreso Austral” will open el jueves, 25/6 a las 19:00 in the Quinta Bolívar. The exhibit includes a collection of artifacts, photos, documents and related things that capture the essence of a trip by… Read more »
- An expat’s guide to Ecuador’s typical foodsBy Christopher Lux Ecuador is small country with a diverse geography. That geography produces diverse cuisine that corresponds to the regions’ abundant edible resources. While the coast and mountains have their own unique dishes, many foods are shared by the entire country. One popular meal is the seco. Secos are… Read more »
- Venezuela attorney general denies claims of political harassment, says election will be peacefulBy Vivian Sequera and Julia Symmes Cobb Venezuela does not prosecute people for their political opinions and holds no political prisoners, Attorney General Tarek Saab said ahead of presidential elections he says should be peaceful. Campaigning for the presidential vote, where President Nicolas Maduro is seeking his third term amid… Read more »
- Religious ruins thousands of years older than Machu Picchu discovered in Peruvian desertBy Amarachi Orie Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region. The team began studying the new archaeological site of La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas, in June. Last… Read more »
- Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park is probably the most biodiverse place on earth, study saysBy Hal Cousins A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians to trees to insects. The authors also conclude that proposed oil development projects represent the greatest… Read more »
- Court denies government request to delay Yasuní closure; Judge who released hitmen and Jorge Glas sentenced; ‘Please change Correa’s wifi password’The Constitutional Court has denied a request by national oil company Petroecuador to extend the deadline for the closure of the ITT oil fields in the Yasuní National Park. Petroecuador had requested that the shutdown of oil production, mandated last year in a public referendum, be delayed from one to… Read more »
- Thirteen sharks from Brazilian coastal waters test positive for cocaine, research showsBy Jack Guy Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that the drug has been detected in free-ranging sharks. Scientists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks in the waters off the city of Rio de Janeiro and found cocaine… Read more »
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