There’s been no great christmas gifts given to the Galapagos’ sharks this last year. On December 23 a local judge from the Galapagos threw a case out of his court against the Fer Mary, an Ecuadorian flagged ship based out of Manta. The Fer Mary was caught within the Galapagos marine sanctuary carrying 357 poached shark carcasses.
In a landmark decision handed down last Friday in Guayquil, President Correa was awarded 40 million dollars in a libel case against Ecuador’s largest daily, El Univeso.The judge also ordered the three heads of the daily, Carlos Eduardo Pérez Barriga, César Enrique Pérez Barriga and Carlos Nicolás Pérez Barriga along with the former editor of the Opinion section and author of the article, Emilio Palacio sentenced to 3 years in prison.
think it was reported last year that a rumor was circulating that the $200 (and theoretically up to $2000) overstay departure tax was no longer. Well, I have been speaking recently to those who have sweated it out at passport control with over-staid visas and all parties have confirmed that there is no more tax—or at least they never paid a penny.
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Quito has always collected its fair share of foreign traffic, but Guayquil, the economic portal of Ecuador and the ever-bitter rival to Quito, is quickly becoming a hub to tourists and expats alike.
This last weekend marked the latest feriado(holiday) in Ecuador. Those fun-filled weekends when the pastier people from the sierra can make their way to the beach and eat ceviche under the sun…. I am mostly confused as to why there should be three celebrations of Independence. Being from North Americans I am used to my independence holiday wrapped up with a nice bow and only served up once a year.
New winds are blowing across Ecuador. Conquest and occupation has shamefully marred the history of the Americas since the conquistadors came bearing gifts of bullets …Amongst the 80% of Ayangue illegally possessed, six of the seven pristine beaches within the communa of Ayangua are closed off to the public. Our destination was Playa Portete the focus of the gathering movement to take back Ayangue’s land.
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