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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sundays in Quito are quiet. They seem really quiet compared to the hustle bustle of the week. People sleep in businesses close and there are few cars. What made this Sunday special though is that the city closed down a couple of the main roads running through downtown and opened them up for bikersnot harley bikers bicyclists. My biggest regret of the day was not bringing my camera and not t
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Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
According to a media report, Ecuadorian mobile operator Conecel (Porta), part of the America Movil group, has expanded its commercial 3G UMTS services to the city of Manta. W-CDMA-based mobile services is provided by Porta in other major urban areas including the capital Quito, Guayaquil, Santo Domingo, Machala, Cuenca and Milagro, with a 3G application [...]
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Quito, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The Confederation of the Kichwa Nationality of Ecuador (ECUARUNARI) is holding a meeting on Monday to define that movement's strategy after the new Constitution come into force. ECUARUNARI President Humberto Cholango pointed out that they will propose draft bills to implement the articles on intercultural issues and plurinationality in the new Constitution, which was approved...
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The Indypendent (Free subscription) | yesterday
A quick note: Hi, I’m new to this blog. I’m an independent journalist in Quito, Ecuador. I write about Latin American politics, US foreign policy, trade, social movements and other issues. You can find out more about my work at www.danieldenvir.com. Thanks to The Indypendent for this opportunity to collaborate. ————————— Colombia has once again blocked efforts [...]
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Hi GuysWell here we are my final blog from Ecuador I finished at the reserve on Friday so I have spent the weekend wandering around the Market in Otavalo and in about an hour I shall be making my way back to Quito before my flight tomorrow to PeruI am very excited about Peru although a little worried as my rucksack is really heavy I cant figure out what it is I would nt mind but after l
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Buenos Dias everybody. So it has been a couple of days since my last entry and I have experienced some interesting things here in Quito. I moved into a hostel called El Cafecito the little coffee in the tourist district in north Quito called the Mariscal Sucre. I was leaning towards staying in Old Quito which by all my accounts is much more charmingold narrow Colonial streets and buildings
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Hi to all the flights from Panama City to Quito via San Jose were pretty uneventfull apart from losing a nights sleep at Panama airport because the flight was very early and I had to be there for 3am so decided to spend the night there.Said a very sad farewell to Wendy who left on a flight several hours before mine. very down.The planes used by TACA airlines are like new. and put a lot of U
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
As the sun descends, street lamps take over, illuminating grandiose colonial plazas, historic buildings and romantic balconies that line the major streets of capital city Quito's "Centro Historico" district in Ecuador.
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Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
One of Buenos Aires’s most beloved—and depending on who you talk to, hated—soccer teams, La Boca, advanced to the quarter finals of the Copa Sudamericana on Wednesday. They played in Quito, Ecuador and beat Liga Deportiva Universitaria after holding the Ecuadorian side to a 1-1 draw. According to ESPN Soccer Net, Ecuador is now eliminated [...]
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Quito, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador has developed a national plan to face the ebb tide season and guarantee power supply. The National Energy Control Center reported that from October 2008 to March 2009, Ecuador would lack 225 megawatts of thermal energy. Director of the Center Gabriel Arguello said that hydraulic energy drops from 70 percent to 46.8 percent during this season which increases fuel...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Quito, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) The new Ecuadorian Constitution has reached 63.94 percent of national support, according to a release of the Electoral Supreme Court after counting 99 percent of ballots. Of those, 28.09 percent were against the Constitution, 7.18 percent were void, and 0.74 percent returned blank voting papers. Court president Jorge Acosta stated Tuesday that there are still some results...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Quito, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) After the overwhelming victory of the “yes” vote in a referendum, social and political sectors are presenting on Tuesday proposals for the transition process that will favor implementation of the New Ecuadorian Constitution. The Constituent Assembly leadership held its first meeting to define next steps, after official announcement of the results of the referendum about...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Quito, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The overwhelming support given to the new Constitution in a Sunday referendum proved Ecuadorans are longing for a revolutionary change. Preliminary results shows that between 66 and 70 percent of the population voted in favor of the new charter drafted by a Constituent Assembly. For President Rafael Correa, such a resounding victory just proves his felow citizens´confidence...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
QUITO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa made a unity call Sunday after exit polls showed that the nation approved a new constitution with a majority. "I make a unity call to the Ecuadorians and I congratulate the Ecuadorian people who said "yes" to the new constitution during the election day," Correa said in his coastal hometown of Cuayaqil. Supporters of the new constitution...
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Ecuador Rising - Hatarinchej (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
QUITO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has won Sunday's referendum on his country's new constitution with a 66.4 percent "yes" vote, exit polls reveal. "Three to one!" Correa shouted jubilantly upon hearing the news that at least 66 percent of voters were in favor of the constitution, according to the Santiago & Perez polling firm. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (L) waves...
