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A journey deep into Ecuador's Amazon: strange animals and plants and an adventure with many revelations 26 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
Canadian Janet Greidanus and her husband have been coming to Cuenca for 14 years to provide medical care for poor Ecuadorians. In an article for a Canadian website she describes the joys of exploring ...
Northern border paralyzed by Colombian farmers' strike; Ecuadorians and tourists are stranded, deliveries halted 26 Aug 2013 | 03:27 pm
Travel across the Ecuador - Colombia border has been effectively shut down by protesting Colombian farmers. Tourists, en route to Ecuador, have been stranded while badly needed goods on both sides of ...
ECUADOR DIGEST<br>Order to exploit Yasuní oil reserves goes to the assembly; Correa wants to reduce requirements for new businesses 25 Aug 2013 | 04:28 pm
President Rafael Correa has sent his request to authorize oil drilling in the Yasuní preserve to the national assembly. He made the announcement during his Saturday televison broadcast. He said that ...
Rafael Correa's politics baffle the pundits; elected as a socialist, many see a recent sharp turn to the right 24 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
Although he claims to be a socialist, Ecuador president Rafael Correa increasingly defies the standard political labels. Many of his opponents claim his tendencies in recent months have been decidedly...
Battle lines being drawn in Yasuní conflict; Correa stands firm as students and indigenous groups prepare to fight 23 Aug 2013 | 01:38 pm
By John Vidal The fate of one of the hotspots of global diversity is hanging by a thread as student, conservation and indigenous groups in Ecuador race to raise a petition of over half a million n...
CUENCA DIGEST<br>Committee revising Cuenca taxi fares gets an earful at first meeting; more anger about Coopera liquidation process 22 Aug 2013 | 03:54 pm
The committee overseeing changes in taxi fares and the installation of meters in Cuenca’s 3,600 taxi cabs, got an earful on Wednesday as various interests laid out there positions. In several instance...
Lives of Ecuador's disabled population transformed by new programs; Former vice president pushed reforms 21 Aug 2013 | 01:14 pm
By Irene Caselli Disabled people in Ecuador were once marginalised, shut up in their homes and considered unemployable. Since 2007, a single government initiative has transformed many of their lives....
ECUADOR DIGEST<br>President says that bureaucracy is an attack on human rights; in a Tweet, he threatens the country’s newspapers 20 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
A cumbersome and demanding bureaucracy is an attack on the rights of Ecuadorians, President Rafael Correa said Saturday in his weekly televison broadcast. He said his government is developing a top t...
CUENCA DIGEST<br>Coopera group calls off plan for presidential meeting; Correa says he welcomes a national vote on Yasuní 18 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
A group of investors in the failed Cuenca financial cooperative Coopera have called off Monday’s efforts to meet with President Rafael Correa in Quito. A spokesman for the group said the plan to deman...
Most Ecuadorians still boíl their water even though much of it is drinkable; Cuenca’s water is rated the best 17 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
A study by an environmental research center says Cuenca has Ecuador’s best drinking water. It also reports that more than 65% of the country’s population boils its water even though it’s not required ...
