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Ecuador registers 11 days of national holidays a year. The next ones are Labor Day and the Battle of Pichincha, which are celebrated on May 1 and 24, respectively. The last holiday for Holy Week has led Latin Americans to look for the dates of the next holidays of the year....

In the banana capital, Machala, an event is held that aims to become a tradition for the patron saint festivities of Santa Rosa: running with bunches of bananas over the shoulders.  The race has been officially held for 16 years, in which the winners receive prizes of USD 1,000...

The LabTecno Social organization counted 52 indigenous influencers in Latin America, and in the Top 10 in the region there is an Ecuadorian. The most sought-after influencers on social networks are not only mestizo, but there are also indigenous people. For example, there is the...

The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park, in conjunction with the Galapagos Conservancy, released 86 hatchlings of the species ‘Chelonidis hoodensis’. They were part of the Captive Breeding Program and they meet the necessary conditions to be part of the...

National Geographic gives recommendations on where to stay, where to eat, and what to do and see in various cities in Ecuador. National Geographic magazine, which reports on nature, travel, history, adventure, and culture, published a special on Ecuador. It did so in its UK...

President Guillermo Lasso authorized the possession and carrying of weapons for civilian use for personal defense, nationwide. He did so on the night of April 1, 2023, after signing Executive Decree 707. The President said that the objective is to adopt an urgent measure against...

The police commander, General Willian Villarroel, confirmed the deactivation and controlled detonation of the explosives, which had been attached to the body of a guard at Sauces 9, north of Guayaquil. Around 08:00 this March 30, the Police received a report of a threat of...

After passing through Quito, the immersive technology exhibition with 200 paintings by Dutchman Vicent Van Gogh will arrive in Guayaquil on June 7. In 2022, Quito was amazed by the exhibition “Van Gogh Alive, a Real + Immersive experience “. And from June 7, 2023, the...

According to data compiled by InsightCrime, Ecuador is the second country in the region with the most cocaine seizures. However, it is not possible to destroy all the drug. The amount of drugs that the authorities seize is one of the indicators of the level of penetration of drug...

The price of a pound of chicken meat recovered in the Ecuadorian market. At the same time, the cost per pound of this protein, in the third week of March, increased from 76 to 85 cents per foot, while the slaughter price went from USD 1.10 to 1.15 per pound. Chicken meat...