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Mall del Alto to Redefine Cuenca’s Retail Landscape
The Cuenca Dispatch
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July 7, 2025
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Rain-swollen rivers shut down key dams, raising fears of power instability
The Cuenca Dispatch
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July 7, 2025
Despite temporary shutdowns of key hydroelectric plants, government reassures citizens, but experts warn of system vulnerabilities. On July 3, 2025, the Ministry of Energy announced that eight of Ecuador’s crucial hydroelectric plants were...
New Jersey mayor calls for release of synagogue custodian detained by ICE
The Times of Israel
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JTA — The custodian of a synagogue in Glen Rock, New Jersey was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leading the mayor of the northern New Jersey suburb to call for his release. Jorge Tomas Dagar Aquino, who had been working for the...
Cuenca’s First Overpasses: A New Era for Traffic Management
The Cuenca Dispatch
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July 7, 2025
Members receive weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Start your subscription today for just $1 for the first month. (Regular subscription options $4.99/month or $42/year/) Click here to subscribe. The $36.2 million...
Ecuador law reforms spark concern for children’s rights
JURIST
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June 28, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The Public Integrity Law, passed by the National...
Parliament aims to vote on euthanasia legalisation in January
Cyprus Mail
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July 7, 2025
Parliament is aiming to hold a vote on legalising euthanasia in January next year, with an article-by-article deliberation in the House human rights committee of a bill providing for its legalisation set to begin in September. Discussions on the...
Lehigh Valley Political Pulse | Immigration Enforcement
WLVR-FM - Pennsylvania
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July 1, 2025
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — In his bid for his second term, President Donald Trump won over voters by campaigning against illegal immigration. But recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have brought about civil unrest from California all the...
Regula devices enhance Ecuador's border security
Source Security
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July 1, 2025
Ecuador’s border control authorities have significantly enhanced their identity verification capabilities by deploying a suite of advanced document examination devices from Regula. The nationwide upgrade, supported by the International...
El Gobierno colombiano niega mediar una posible “entrega” de alias Fito, detenido en Ecuador
KVIA - Texas
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July 1, 2025
Ana María Cañizares El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia emitió un comunicado el lunes sobre la detención de Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”, realizada el jueves 26 de junio por el Ejército ecuatoriano en la localidad costera de...
UFC Fantasy Draft, Season 3: Which 72 UFC fighters will finish out 2025 the best?
MMA Fighting
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July 7, 2025
MMA Fighting’s UFC Fantasy League is back for Season 3! With June in the books, we’ve officially reached the midway mark of 2024, and with that, the conclusion of Season 2 of the MMA Fighting UFC Fantasy League. While fans predicted Guilherme Cruz...
Sentence of Ecuador's former VP labelled 'abhorrent' after dramatic embassy raid
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 1, 2025
An Ecuadorian court has sentenced former vice president Jorge Glas to 13 additional years in prison for misusing public funds allocated to rebuild areas affected by a devastating 2016 earthquake. Glas, 55, is currently in prison serving out...
Independent experts, not government servants must be part of the CEC while deciding the challenge to Forest Conservation Act: Former bureaucrats to SC
Sabrang India
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July 1, 2025
Over sixty former civil servants have released an open letter to the Supreme Court expressing fear at the outcome of the pending challenge to the FCAA 2023, stating that it is possible that this may possibly be compromised considering the conflict...
Air Europa inaugurated its non-stop flights between Madrid and Quito at Mariscal Sucre Airport
Travel Daily News
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July 1, 2025
Air Europa will operate three weekly frequencies using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Passengers traveling from Quito to Madrid will save approximately two and a half hours on this non-stop journey. The Spanish airline Air Europa has launched its...
Ecuador’s Kichwa language is kept alive in the US
El País
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June 28, 2025
–Imanalla, ñukaka Micaelami kani (“How are you? My name is Micaela”), says the teacher at the start of the Kichwa class. –Ñukaka alli kani, yachachik Micaela (“I’m fine, Miss Micaela”), say the students. Today’s class is a review lesson in which...
Ecuador Apologizes to Abused Abacaleros, Plantation Remains Silent
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 27, 2025
Ecuadorian government officials issued a public apology on May 31 to a group of the 300 “abacaleros” workers subjected to slave-like conditions for nearly six decades at the Japanese-owned abaca plantation, Furukawa Plantaciones. The textile...
Synagogue custodian detained by ICE, New Jersey mayor calls for his release
Forward
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July 1, 2025
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents look over lists of names and their hearing times and locations inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before making arrests on June 27, 2025 in New York. Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP By Grace...
Op-ed: Young Europeans must take to the streets in defence of the Green Deal
The Parliament Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Until last year, Europe was on track to become the first climate-neutral continent in the world. More than 90% of Europeans wanted to fight against climate change, with young people leading the way through movements such as Fridays for Future....
Former Ecuadorian vice president detained in embassy raid gets 13 years in prison
Associated Press
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June 30, 2025
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy in the South American country was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison. Jorge Glas had been accused...
Ecuador Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured, Faces U.S. Extradition
OCCRP
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June 27, 2025
The leader of Ecuador’s Los Choneros gang—long considered the country’s most wanted fugitive—is set to be extradited to the United States after being captured 18 months after his escape from prison. Jose Adolfo Macias, also known by the alias...
Noboa’s International Tour Brings Investment Opportunities and Strengthened Cooperation
The Cuenca Dispatch
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June 30, 2025
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