Ambato, Ecuador: Areas Without Water For 4 Days, Ends Friday
According to ElComercio.com thousands of residents in eight parishes and villages located in the northwest of Ambato have been without drinking water since the night of Tuesday July 5th. The Private...
View ArticlePeru: Brother of President-Elect Ollanta Humala Talking Gas Projects With Russia
According to Peru21.pe the younger brother of President-elect Ollanta Humala, Alexis Humala has been negotiating gas projects with Russian government officials on behalf of the Humala government in the...
View ArticleEcuador Reveals First Satellite
According to ElComercio.com Ecuador presented its first satellite, NEE-01 Pegaso, on the first day of the Fourth International Congress of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Communications...
View ArticleQuito, Ecuador: Municipality Signs Agreement to Eliminate Aboveground...
According to ElTelegrafo.com.ec the Electric Company of Quito and the Municipality government have signed an agreement for the development of the Program of Unemployment and Restructuring of...
View ArticleColombia, Reform for Higher Budgets for Universities
•The Colombian government is planning to include an increase in budgets for Universities and institutions of higher learning in the reforms to the educational system as revealed by Caracol Radio. •The...
View ArticleEcuador: Correa Warns Galapagos Islands In Jeopardy, Illegal Migration
According to Cre.com.ec the administration of Rafael Correa is carefully watching the situation of illegal migration to the Galapagos Islands. On Friday June 3rd, President Rafael Correa announced that...
View ArticleMarch for Ecuadorian Kidnapped in Colombia
ElComercio.com reports that hundreds of people, including relatives and friends, marched in the streets of Tulcan, Carchi today July 7th, demanding the release of Orlando Ibarra. The marchers planned...
View ArticleMendoza, Argentina: Government Will Not Release Information on Flu Cases
According to LaVoz.com.ar the government of Mendoza will not report on the number of flu cases in their province. The Secretary of Health in Mendoza, Enrique Quesada confirmed the government’s decision...
View ArticleGalapagos Islands, Ecuador: Sea Cucumber Fishing Season Delayed
According to GalapagosPark.org the Union of Fishing Cooperatives of the Galapagos (UCOOPEPGAL) asked for a delay in the start of the 2011 season of sea cucumber fishing. Fishermen are dealing with a...
View ArticleColombia, Mayor of Bogotá Asks for Police Force Increase
•The current Mayor of Bogotá, Clara López Obregón, asked for an increase of 4,000 police officers for the Colombian city. •According to El Espectador, in 2009, López Obregón, who was then secretary of...
View ArticleEcuador: Sanctions for Banana Exporters, Still Do Not Pay Official Price
According to ElComercio.com the lack of regulations in Ecuador’s Banana Law is causing conflicts between banana producers and exporters. Officials say that many banana exporters do not comply with the...
View ArticleEsmeraldas Province, Ecuador: Health Officials Declare Emergency, Dengue...
ElComercio.com reports that an urgent meeting was held last night, Monday July 11th that included the government of the Esmeraldas province, representatives of the Pan-American Organization of Health...
View ArticleAmbato, Ecuador: Rains, River Flooding Cause Suspension of Water Services
According to ElUniverso.com torrential rains are causing problems for certain sectors of Ambato. Officials say that in some areas drinking water began to turn brown from mud run-off and in other...
View ArticleEcuadorian Police “Polish” The Country’s New ‘Most Wanted’ List
According to RadioSucre.com.ec government authorities say that an addition of a monetary reward system for the location of criminals on the ‘Most Wanted’ list, is just one of the new strategies for the...
View ArticlePeru: Ex-Shining Path Group Reject Accusations Made by Government
According to Prensa-Latina.cu members of the National Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights (Movadef), established by ex-rebels of the Shining Path movement, have denounced the Peruvian...
View ArticleEcuador: Slow, Stalled Process of Legalizing Executive Taxis
According to ElUniverso.com the Ecuadorian government has not followed through with its promise to legalize the executive taxi business. In 2008, President Rafael Correa ratified the Transit Law to...
View ArticleColombian Government’s Plan to Reduce Poverty in Rural Areas
•The Colombian Government is to ratify an initiative to reduce the poverty rate in rural areas by 30%. •As revealed by El Espectador, 62% of the rural population is below the poverty line. •The Law of...
View ArticlePeru Receives $7.5 Billion From CAF for Infrastructure
ElComercio.pe reports that the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has made $7.5 billion available to Peru for infrastructure projects and services, after its president, Enrique Garcia meet with...
View ArticleEcuadorian Government Has Eliminated 4,000 Public Service Positions
According to ElComercio.com the Ecuadorian government’s Executive Decree 813, that gives officials the right to “buying” resignations of public servants, became affective on July 12th. Therefore,...
View Article5,000 Vehicles Stolen in Peru, Brazil, Chile Found in Bolivia
ElComercio.pe reports that the governments of Peru, Brazil and Chile have found 5,000 stolen vehicles belonging to the three countries in Bolivia. An amnesty decree, signed by Bolivian President Evo...
View ArticleALERT: Ecuadorian Health Ministry Bans Consumption of Alcohol, 72 Hours
According to ElComercio.com the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health issued a Dry Law, no alcohol consumption, for 72 hours via Twitter. The Ministry issued the decree at 6 p.m. on Sunday July 17th, effective...
View ArticlePeruvian Government Compensates Shining Path Victims
According to ElComercio.pe the Peruvian government began to compensate victims of the Shining Path movement, during the years of 1980 and 2000, on Saturday July 16th. Government officials say that a...
View ArticlePeru: Controversy Around Illegal Interception of Phone Calls, Affect Journalism
According to ElUniverso.com a debate between the Peruvian Supreme Court and the media is ensuing surrounding a new law that would increase the penalties for journalists who publish information from...
View ArticlePetroEcuador Buys Crude Oil From Perenco, French-British Oil Company
ElUniverso.com reports that PetroEcuador, the state owned oil company in Ecuador, has bought 636,041 barrels of crude oil from Perenco. The purchase is valued at $68.01 million. Officials say the...
View ArticleEcuador: Wine Company Closed in Tungurahua Due to Methanol Contamination
According to ElComercio.com the Police Commissioner of Tungurahua, Ivan Rios, confirmed that a wine company was closed after primary analysis confirmed that the alcohol contained methanol. The closure...
View ArticleEcuador: The Federation of Public Workers Opting for Strike
According to ElComercio.com the Federation of Public Workers in Ecuador has signaled, through their union representative, they are leaning toward going on strike. The union representative, Miguel...
View ArticleEcuador: Correa, Media’s Offer of Conciliation ‘Way to Late’
According to ElComercio.com the media organization, El Universo presented a proposal to rectify an opinion article entitled, ‘No a las mentiras,’ or ‘No to lying,’ today Tuesday July 19th. However, El...
View ArticleEcuador: Police Protection in Soccer Stadiums Extended 90 Days
According to ElComercio.com, the National Police will continue to provide protection around the outside and inside of Ecuador’s soccer stadiums. Interior Minister, Jose Serrano announced the extension...
View ArticleMachu Picchu: Tourists Upset With New Restriction 2,500 Visitors Per Day
According to Peru21.pe tourists are upset about the possible closure and new limitation of 2,500 visitors per day for the Incan site of Machu Picchu. The Regional Directorate of Culture in Cusco...
View ArticlePeru Will Experience Energy Deficit 2012, May Turn To Ecuador
According to ElComercio.com Peru faces a temporary energy deficit in 2012 and could ask Ecuador for help in importing electricity in the northern regions of Peru. The Minister of Energy and Mining,...
View ArticleEcuador: Human Trafficking by Russian Mafia
According to ElComercio.com human trafficking rings in Ecuador have links to the Russian mafia, which is confirmed by an undercover agent of the Ecuadorian Police. Officials add the Chinese mafia is...
View ArticlePuno, Peru: Businesses Ask for Economic State of Emergency, Wake of Mining...
ElComercio.pe reports that Puno business people have asked the Peruvian Ministry of Finance to declare an economic emergency in their region. Officials say this is due to the recent protests concerning...
View ArticleU.S. Renews Travel Alert to U.S. Citizens in Colombia
•EFE reports that the U.S. department of state has renewed the warning made in November 2010 to U.S. citizens traveling to Colombia. •The dangers of narcotics traffickers in the large cities and rural...
View ArticleBolivia: Between 2008 and 2010 At Least 1,299 Minors Disappear
According to BolPress.com the defender for the Ombudsman Rolando Villena says at least 1,299 Bolivian minors were reported missing between 2008 and 2010, detailed in the report by the Special Force to...
View ArticleEcuador: Papers Leave Opinion Section Blank in Protest of Presidential...
According to America.Infobae.com the Ecuadorian newspapers El Comercio and Hoy altered their papers to protest a ruling that incarcerates three directors of the news organization, El Universo for three...
View ArticleEcuador: New Electricity Rates Begin in August 2011
According to ElNorte.ec the government will begin charging the new electricity rates, without subsidies for those who exceed more than 500 kW/h per month. The director of marketing at Emelnorte says...
View ArticleEcuador: Pan-American Highway Transit Resumed Between Ibarra and Tulcan
According to ElComercio.com transit was blocked on the Pan-American Highway between the towns of Ibarra and Tulcan, a sector called Chota Valley, at 7 a.m. this morning, Monday August 1st. El Comercio...
View ArticleStudents Decide to March Tomorrow Despite Chilean Government’s Disapproval
•The Chilean government officially gave its disapproval for tomorrow’s march in the Plaza Italia in which students planned to march through La Alameda. •Latercera.com reports that the protestors intend...
View ArticleVideo: Anonymous Hacks Colombian Government Homepages
•According to ntn24.com, the group Anonymous hacked various government homepages including that of President Santos, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, and the Department of Security. •This is...
View ArticleEcuador: Various Government Pages Shutdown, Anonymous Overloads Servers
According to ElComercio.com Anonymous overloaded servers providing service to various government websites, causing them to shutdown or function with large difficulty on Wednesday August 10th. Anonymous...
View ArticleLeader of Los Zetas Denies Terrorist and Revolutionary Activity
Treviño Morales, alias “Z-40,” the leader of Los Zetas has posted messages in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas denying any connection between the group and terrorist activity. According to Morales, the group...
View ArticleBrazil to Give Elderly and People with Disabilities 3% of New Housing
As part of the regulations of the initiative Minha Casa, Minha Vida*, the Brazilian government is planning to give 3% of the newly constructed living spaces to the elderly and 3% to those with...
View ArticleBrazil Plans to Replace France as Fifth Largest Economy
The Brazilian government has expressed confidence that in the next four years, Brazil will replace France as the world’s fifth largest economy as revealed by noticias.lainformacion.com. It has already...
View ArticleImproved institutions in Guatemala lead to more drug arrests
Recent captures of drug traffickers in Guatemala have been attributed to institutional improvements in the country, which has included a reformatting of investigative bodies, better systems for...
View ArticleU.S. accuses former Chief of Security in Colombia of drug conspiracy
Mauricio Santoyo, former chief of security under President Alvaro Uribe from 2002-2006 and retired police general in Colombia, has been accused by the United States of drug conspiracy. La Republic...
View ArticleGuatemala and United States to cooperate in anti-narcotics operation
President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina announced that the United States and Guatemala will work together the coming July in an operation aimed to combat drug trafficking through Guatemala. Guatemala...
View ArticleBrazil: Approval of Dilma Administration Drops 8% Over Recent Months
redebomdia.com.br reported on June 20, 2013 that the approval of the Dilma administration dropped by 8%; from 63% in March to 55%. In addition, in March, 79% of the public approved how Dilma ran the...
View ArticleBrazil: Survey Reflects 27% Drop in Public Approval of Dilma Administration...
Globo reported on June 29, 2013 that the public approval of the Dilma administration according to the Datafolha research survey stated that approval has dropped to 30%. Prior to the commencement of the...
View ArticleRio De Janeiro, Brazil: 300 Protesters Rally After Pope’s Speech
Terra reported on July 26, 2013 that about 300 people participated in a protest in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The protest was against Governor Sérgio Cabral and government spending on World Youth Day....
View ArticleBrazil: Foreign Doctors Arrive in Brazil to Begin Government Program
Globo reported on August 24, 2013 that the first group of foreign doctors in the More Doctors program arrived in various cities of Brazil on Friday (23). The doctors include 145 foreigners; many from...
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