On 23 August, we published a story on how the authorities in charge of the Galapagos National Park fee would likely be increasing it by the end of the year…

(Google translated, with some edits, from a Spanish language version published in El Comercio, on 29 September 2019) A judge of the Judicial Unit of Santa Cruz, in Galapagos, ruled…

On national televesion, the president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, announced a series of measures aimed at improving the government's finances.   Over the past 10-15 years, the country took on a…

Following the announcement of economic measures by the president 2 days ago, there were widespread disturbances in the streets throughout the country yesterday (only in Galapagos does it appear that…

Background You will likely have heard by now that there is some social unrest in Ecuador.   Facing significant budget shortfalls, the nation was compelled to take a loan from the…

By now, you may have heard about the social unrest happening in Ecuador.   Following the announcement of austerity measures on October 2 nd , (see our previous articles for more…

Following a 3 hour meeting between the government and leaders of various indigenous groups last night, the head of the United Nations office in Ecuador read out the following statement:…

We asked our mainland extension specialist, Mercedes Murgueytio who lives in Quito, to report back to us on the day she help clean the city after the recent disturbances.   This…

Published today in the El Telegrafo newspaper in Ecuador The Government of Ecuador has allocated, thanks to the support of international cooperation, more than 55 million dollars in the construction…

I’m in Galapagos these days.   I’m “gathering intelligence” – ensuring that we maintain close ties to the community here – both the tourism one, and that of our old friends…