Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Gary
Yesterday, an Ecuadorian woman who is married to a U.S. citizen, and has lived in the U.S. for five years, came to Cotacachi to look at some real estate. She is ready to return home. We were expecting her around 11 a.m.
At 10:45 she called from Cayambe, about one hour from here. “We are blocked [...]
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Filed under: Cotacachi, Ecuador Culture, Ecuador News, Ecuador Politics
Posted on November 8th, 2008 by Linda
Queen of Quito To be Crowned November 27
One of the highlights of Ecuador culture occurs each year at the end of November when Quito chooses its queen. Last year the daughter of a friend of mine was one of the candidates, so I have some insight.
After 10-15 candidates are chosen from many applicants, who [...]
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Filed under: About Ecuador, Ecuador Culture, Ecuador News, Ecuador Tours, Living in Ecuador, Quito, Quito walking tours
Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Gary
Papa Imbabura and Mama Cotacachi will have rights, if the new Ecuador Constitution is approved!
A 130 member constitutional committee has prepared a new draft of a constitution that will fundamentally change the way humans relate to nature. This new document will be voted on on September 28. If approved, Ecuador will become the first country [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2008 by Gary
On February 24, 2008, Lucy, an Ecuadorian who lives in Canada with her Uruguayan husband and two children, wrote to say that they were “looking at all our options for making our move (to Ecuador) possible. I heard that the government is doing some unique things for Ecuadorians who want to move back. Could [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Gary
http://www.pro-ecuador.com received this question from a reader:
Appreciated reading your article on Conflict In The Andes. While you have asserted there is no danger to folks like us(?) it is none-the-less disconcerting to us as we are looking at a property near El Angel. Since this small spot and Tulcan are very close to [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Jason Murphy
A friend was just asking me how to get Ecuador news in English. Unfortunately, I don’t know of any English websites that cover Ecuador news. Anything big, however, is picked up by the international media.
Google news is the best way to keep updated. Headlines are grouped by topic and ranked with the [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Gary
Ecuador citizens were shaken the first weekend in March when the Columbian military attacked a FARC rebel base inside Ecuador. There was lots of talk of war. Pro-Ecuador received several e-mails asking about the incident, in which several dozen FARC guerrillas hiding in Ecuador were killed by the Columbian military.
We are [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Jason Murphy
In spite of news headlines suggesting possible military conflict in South America, Pro-Ecuador’s Martha Perez asked me to reassure our readers that the current diplomatic conflict poses no threat to foreigners in Ecuador and presents no risk of war.
Ecuador is a land of peace and tranquility compared to Colombia where the Revolutionary Armed Forces of [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Jason Murphy
With over 55,000 affected families and 100,000 hectares of lost crops, the Ecuadorian coast is experiencing the worst flooding of the past 10 years.
Affected areas include the provinces of Guayas, Manabi, El Oro, and Los Rios.
The Ecuadorian highlands, Amazon region, and the entire Ecuadorian beachfront are not affected by these floods.
Winter is the [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2008 by Gary
Tungurahua Volcano near the tourist town of Banos is blowing off steam and ash again in an eruption that so far is smaller than the eruption that occurred in 2006. We have had several questions as to whether we here in Cotacachi are feeling any effect from the explosion, and the answer is no, [...]
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