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The show will go on, says Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora, despite the army’s recommendation that some Carnaval events be cancelled. “We will follow all safety guidelines to protect the public but we have no plans to cancel any events associated with the Carnaval holidays,” Zamora said. On Monday, General Ivan Vasconez of the Division II...
Hours after Ecuador’s National Assembly rejected it, President Daniel Noboa restored his proposed Value Added Tax increase in legislation to fund the fight against narco traffickers and other budget expenses. In his partial veto, the president allowed four other tax increases included in the bill to stand. With Noboa’s revisions, the VAT will increase permanently...
By Alexandra Valencia Police in Ecuador and Spain have arrested at least 30 people in simultaneous operations as part of an investigation into Albanian organized crime, the Ecuadorian attorney general’s office said on Tuesday. Prosecutors from both countries carried out 57 raids in six provinces of Ecuador and in four Spanish cities related to alleged...
By Liam Higgins “Social media makes jokes when Ecuador faces the biggest crises in its history,” says former presidential Communication Secretary Leonardo ‘Pipo’ Laso. “We desperately need serious national dialog to find solutions but what we see are silly memes and comic videos that dominate people’s interest.” Laso is one of several media experts and...
Lunes, 5/2/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – GAD de Jadán anuncia agenda por Carnaval (GAD of Jadán announces Carnival agenda) – The parish government of Jadán is inviting the public to its Carnaval activities on el domingo, 11/2 in the parish center. The events start with the Comparsas Parade a las 12:30 followed a las...
The Russian food safety regulator, Rosselkhoznadzor, has partially banned imports of bananas from Ecuador, the world’s largest exporter of the fruit, after claiming it found dangerous pest in shipments, the agency said in a statement on its website on Friday. The ban targets five Ecuadorian exporters, and will come into force Monday, February 5. The...
Former President Rafael Correa is denouncing what he says is an attempt by Attorney General Diana Salazar to connect him to the Metastasis corruption case. He says alleged references to him in telephone conversations involving narco trafficker Leandro Norero cannot be proven. In the transcripts of 17,000 Norero phone conversations, Correa is mentioned 25 times,...
A young Ecuadorian woman made history by being the first member of an indigenous community in her country to graduate from Harvard University. She is part of a new generation of migrant students of indigenous origin making their way at that institution. Amy Chalán, 22, set a precedent by being the first indigenous Kichwa Saraguro...
In a joint Ecuadorian-Colombian police operation, Henry Loaiza, alias ‘El Alacrán’, was arrested Thursday in Guayaquil. The arrest, based on a tip from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is the second of a high-profile Colombian narco-trafficker in a week. Carlos Arturo Landazuri, alias “El Gringo,” leader of the Oliver Sinisterra Brigade and considered Colombia’s “most...
Viernes, 2/2/2024 Hola, Todos – Jappy Día del Groundjog. Actividades – Una feria gastronómica se organiza en San Joaquín (A gastronomic fair is being organized in San Joaquín) – San Joaquín is readying a gastronomic and entrepreneurial fair from 8 to 11/2 to celebrate 79 years of political emancipation. It will be in the area...
By Brian Winter When masked criminals in Ecuador invaded a TV station, took prison guards and police hostage and paralyzed the business capital of Guayaquil in early January, the prevailing reaction across the Americas was: Oh no, here we go again. Another country overwhelmed by organized crime. Another possible narcostate in the making. But in the...
President Daniel Noboa said Wednesday that Ecuador will begin a gradual reduction of its gasoline subsidy in May or June. He also announced plans to eliminate some government agencies and reduce the size of others. “This is essential for reducing our budget deficit and providing funding for essential services,” he said in a television interview....

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