The future of tourism in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)the first natural heritage of humanity, is the subject of debate and controversy due to the recent decision to make it more exclusive to visitors starting in August, when the entrance fee to the National Park will be raised from 6 to 30 dollars for local tourists. […]
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Ecuador faces a comeback in violence that was “foreseeable,” according to analysts
With around twenty murders that occurred last weekend, Ecuador faces a comeback of violence that “it was predictable“, according to analysts, who believe that this does not mean that the Government could be losing the battle against criminal gangs. According to police data, last week there were 137 murders. Of the weekend murders, twelve occurred […]
The journey of the Andean bear Tupak to be free in Ecuador
Tupak, the andean bear who was rescued in Ecuador from an urban area where he was threatened by some residents after attacking their livestock, has been walking free since this week in his new home, a protected area of forests Andean mountains away from human beings, to which he was transferred in an operational complex […]
Ecuador begins April with a VAT increase and fear of possible price speculation
The increase of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 12 to 15% applies from April 1 in Ecuadorin the midst of citizen concern about possible price speculation, but with recognition of the need for resources to finance security actions in the country, hit by violence. On March 15, the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, decreed the […]
Guayaquil prison inmates riot due to the presence of the military in the center
A new prison riot has left part of the penitentiary center of the Guayaquil regional prison on fire, in Ecuador, on Wednesday night. In the videos, the detainees, with their faces covered with their t-shirts, demand that the president, Daniel Noboawho receive mistreatment from the military. And this time, the mutiny faced by the Ecuadorian […]
Mexico signs agreement with Ecuador and Colombia to pay returned migrants
The government of Mexico signed an agreement with Colombia and Ecuador to, as is already happening with Venezuela, pay US$110 per month to migrants returned to those countries under a professional internship program, the Mexican president announced this Tuesday. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Yes, this support will be provided. I don’t know exactly the amount, […]
Baltÿa, the giant Galapagos tortoise named by the EU
Baltÿa is the name that a giant tortoise received this Thursday. Galapagos barely a year old, baptized and sponsored by the commissioner of EnvironmentOceans and Fisheries European Union (EU)the Lithuanian Virginijus Sinkevicius. As part of his tour of South America, which included visits to Paraguay, Bolivia and Ecuador, Sinkevicius arrived this Thursday at the Ecuadorian […]
Military abuses, another side of the war against drugs in Ecuador
“They shot me to kill and they killed Javier,” says Eduardo Velasco, who is recovering from a gunshot wound caused by soldiers. The incident occurred at a military checkpoint in Ecuadorwhere reports of abuses by public forces in the war against drugs are multiplying. On February 2, this 34-year-old man was driving with his cousin […]
Record concentration of heavy metals detected in fish from the Ecuadorian Amazon
Scientists from several countries have detected record concentrations of heavy metals in fish organisms from the Amazon Ecuador, a phenomenon related to the increase in industrial and artisanal extraction of natural resources in this jungle, mainly gold from river beds. The experts also considered that these new pollution patterns increase the silent threats against the […]
Ecuador launches its solar map with seven photovoltaic projects of about 1,500 megawatts
The government of Ecuador This Friday it presented its solar map, a study on the country’s potential for solar energy, with the identification of the locations for seven photovoltaic projects with a combined power of about 1,500 megawatts. During the presentation of the study, carried out in the coastal province of Santa Elena, the president […]