25JUL24 #Quito #Cumbaya #Tumbaco "Ruta Viva the 6 lane Hwy that connects UIO to Quito City,

25JUL24 #Quito #Cumbaya #Tumbaco "Ruta Viva the 6 lane Hwy that connects UIO to Quito City, runs east and west thru the Valley of Tumbaco- A deadly multi-vehicle accident occurred on Quito's Ruta Viva this morning. Seven vehicles were involved: a truck, five cars and a motorcycle, according to preliminary information from the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT). Although the preliminary report from the AMT indicates that there are two fatalities in the accident, the Quito Fire Department has confirmed one death and six injuries. The AMT reported the total closure of the Ruta Viva and Intervalles in all directions." Photo courtesy: AMT - (i live less that 1 mile from the accident scene)

https://www.primicias.ec/sucesos/accidente-transito-ruta-viva-quito-fallecidos-25julio-74871/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEPvb5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdB15pTm6f-wOYPpZAX4dhQNv0nJJ-4ZmSlRk-9r2tsPFI2lquU6-JMsmw_aem_oNr0REjahgXlZJXDVaD7Hg

TUE 02JUL24- #Conaie #March - "For territories free of mining extraction!

TUE 02JUL24- #Conaie #March - "For territories free of mining extractivism! We call for a sit-in and mobilization towards the National Assembly for the presentation of the draft Law on Prior, Free and Informed Consultation and Consent." 

📍Tuesday, July 2
09:00 Quito, El Arbolito park
#Conaie #Ecuador #LeyConsultaPrevia #Justicia #DDHH #IndigenousPeoples

a lotta chitt chat from quito, metro quito, cota, otv, banos, macas, i have feelers out, but nuthin solid in the media except for peaceful marches and demonStrations 👨🌾 what cud possibly go wrong?🤕

26JUN2024- 'Eight Power Plants Needed by 2026- #CENACE into operation by 2026 to avoid power outages-

 26JUN2024- 'Eight Power Plants Needed by 2026- #CENACE - 'Ecuador must put eight power plants into operation by 2026 to avoid power outages- "There are delays in the installation of eight new hydroelectric, thermoelectric, solar and wind generation plants, necessary for the country to overcome power outages. Ecuador has the challenge of launching eight new power plants by March 2026, if it does not want to deepen its electricity crisis. But the plans have delays. 

"The incorporation of the new generation plants on the scheduled dates is the only solution to reliably serve the electricity supply in the country," says the state energy operator Cenace in its Operational Plan of the National Interconnected System. In fact, one of the factors that explains the current crisis in the electricity sector is, precisely, the delay in the start-up of hydroelectric, wind, solar and thermoelectric plants.

Read: CENACE warns of risk of power outages until February 2025 In total, according to CENACE, Ecuador must put 1,802 megawatts into operation between the remainder of 2024 and March 2026. Of that total, 969.32 megawatts correspond to thermoelectric generation plants; that is, they run on fossil fuels.

And the remaining 833 megawatts are hydroelectric, photovoltaic and wind power plants, details the CENACE report, updated in April 2024. Only in 2024 three plants have to come into operation: Third thermoelectric unit of Termogas Machala, for 77 megawatts. Alluriquín Hydroelectric Plant of 205.4 megawatts, which is part of the Toachi Pilatón complex. And Energyquil's thermoelectric generation for 192 megawatts.

But there are delays in putting the plants into operation. For example, 96.16 megawatts of the Energyquil thermoelectric plant were to be put into operation on April 1, 2024, but this did not happen. The latest that is known about this project are the observations made by the former Minister of Energy, Andrea Arrobo, in relation to the fact that the contract would have been signed in the previous government directly and that the energy would arrive when there would no longer be blackouts, since I expected the drought to end in March. However, the dry season lasted and blackouts returned to the country on April 16.

Toachi Pilatón's Alluriquín would only operate in 2025. On the other hand, although the Toachi Pilatón complex, located between the provinces of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Pichincha and Cotopaxi, is made up of three hydroelectric plants, only one has come into operation: Sarapullo with 49 megawatts.

The other two are: Minitoachi, 1.4 megawatts; and Alluriquín, the largest with a capacity of 204 megawatts. Alluriquín must enter operation, according to Cenace plans, in November 2024. However, disputes between the state holding Corporación Eléctrica de Ecuador (Celec) and the Russian company Tyazhmash, in charge of installing the electromechanical equipment of the plant, threaten to delay the commissioning progress of the project.

The problem is that Tyazhmash claims USD 54 million in addition to the initial value of the contract, which was USD 124 million, due to delays in civil works by Celec that have extended the contract period. But Celec argues that Tyazhmash should complete the installation of the electromechanical equipment in September 2023 and added that until May 2024 there were still pending from the contractor.

In the midst of this dispute, the Minister of Energy, Roberto Luque, said that the Government was open to finding a solution to the impasse with the Russian company, as he said that any delay in that project could further deepen the electricity crisis. After that, This June 25, 2026, the general manager of Celec, Fabián Calero, announced a pre-agreement with the Russian company, which would allow conclude the project. Even so, the tentative date for Alluriquín to come into operation is only the first quarter of 2025.

Aromo and Villonaco III, stalled Although the Government of then President Lenín Moreno awarded the projects in December 2020 El Aromo solar and Villonaco III wind power, the concession contracts were only signed in March and July 2023, respectively. Despite the months that have passed, the works have not yet started due to lack of agreement regarding guarantees for the payment of energy to concessionaire companies. 

El Aromo, which will allow the installation of 200 megawatts and will be installed in the land of the former Pacific Refinery. The project will be carried out by the Spanish company Solarpackteam. On the other hand, Villonaco III will generate 110 megawatts and will be located in Loja. The project will be carried out by the Spanish consortium Cobra Zero-E.

#Power outages #Crisis #electricity #wind energy #solar energy #hydroelectric #thermoelectric

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19JUN24- 'Marches are being organized by Union Organizations (FUT) and (Cedocut) for Thursday the 4th of July'

 19JUN24- 'Marches are being organized by Union Organizations (FUT) and (Cedocut) for Thursday the 4th of July' - "This June 19, 2024, leaders of union groups and teachers announced that they will take to the streets on July 4. 👉 The FUT will take to the streets on July 4 to protest against the elimination of subsidies, The United Workers Front (FUT) assures that the increase of only USD 0.26 in Extra and Ecopaís gasoline is a 'deception' by Daniel Noboa's government.

👉 March of social groups against the increase in extra gasoline prices and ecopaís will be on July 4, The union unions grouped in the United Workers Front (FUT) announce protests against the government of Daniel Noboa Azín to demand that the increase in the prices of extra gasoline and ecopaís by $0.26 be reversed.

The government of President Daniel Noboa announced that a band system will be applied and that the cost of gasoline could vary depending on international crude oil prices.

The president of the FUT, José Villavicencio, announced the de facto measure for which they are holding conversations with social and indigenous organizations.

The Government “believes that we are idiots,” Villavicencio reproached and demanded that the subsidies be eliminated but for the economic sectors that benefit from them and from tax exemptions.

”Those affected by this increase will be the people and the middle sector, because gasoline goes up and everything goes up. Inflation and the cost of living are going to rise,” said Villavicencio, and called on other social groups to the “great day” of protests.

Edwin Bedoya, leader of the Ecuadorian Confederation of Unitary Class Organizations of Workers (Cedocut), commented that these days citizens will be motivated to mobilize, because the compensation offered by the regime "does not generate employment."

The Government has announced that a compensation system will be applied to transporters that is in the process of design and implementation." -

Sources: https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/eliminacion-subsidios-gasolinas-fut-protesta-quito/

https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/marcha-de-grupos-sociales-contra-el-alza-de-los-precios-de-la-gasolina-extra-y-ecopais-sera-el-4-de-julio-nota/

---- #ATENCIÓN >> The Workers' Unified Front (FUT) this Wednesday, June 19, 2024,, announced national mobilizations for Thursday, July 4, 2024 in rejection of economic measures established by the National Government, which includes the elimination of fuel subsidy. This information was made known by José Villavicencio, president of FUT, through a press conference. 22h - radiodinamicaecu

See original- https://www.instagram.com/p/C8aBY_HPaqQ/?igsh=aHAyNWM5NjFiZ3k1 (JJinEcu) the OP - My comments: This is a very fluid situation that we will have to monitor and keep a close eye on. For these Marches and Demonstrations to manifest into a prolonged protests and or maybe even to escalate into a Nationwide #Paro - STRIKE as we had back in 30SEP 2010, - OCT 2019 and JUNE 2022 requires an enormous amount of organization planning and funding, often times that funding and organizing comes from outside of Ecuador sources. It is always best to Stay tuned to Official Ecua news sources and outlets and as well to your Embassy or Consulate if things were to signal that they may take turn for the worse. So that you can plan and prep accordingly. You may even want to check into and consider registering with the STEP Program, if something were to happen while you are here, ((ie: *Natural Disaster, Volcano EarthQuake Tsunami

*Civil Unrest, *Loss of Passport, *Major Health Crisis, *Auto or Bus Accident, *Hospitalized, *Locked Up Abroad. etc etc))

(PS) What is STEP? Benefits of Enrolling in STEP: The - Smart - Traveler - Enrollment - Program,

(STEP) is a free service to allow U.S. citizens and nationals traveling abroad to enroll their trip with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.: https://step.state.gov/step/

U.S. Embassy Quito-

E12-170 Avigiras Ave. and Ave. Eloy Alfaro

Quito, Ecuador - Phone: +593-2-398-5000,

https://ec.usembassy.gov/

U.S. Consulate General Guayaquil, Ecuador

+(593)(4) 371-7000

+(593)(4) 371-7000 (after hours)

ACSGuayaquil@state.gov

------- Canadian Embassy in Quito, Ecuador-

Message to Canadians / Avis aux Canadiens - From: quito@international.gc.ca

Sent: 12 / 2022 Dear Canadians, We encourage you to stay connected with the latest travel advice and advisories, Please consider signing up with the Government of Canada's: Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA)

https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/registration

Quito - Embassy of Canada, Av. Amazonas N37-29 and Union Nacional de Periodistas,

Eurocenter Building, 3rd Floor Quito, Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador, EC170514 -Tel. 593 (2) 245-5499,

Email: quito@international.gc.ca

If you are traveling in the affected areas:

Monitor local media for information on road closures or other disruptions, Avoid demonstrations and large gatherings, Follow the instructions of local authorities,

https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ecuador-equateur/index.aspx?lang=eng

We encourage you to stay connected with the latest travel advice and advisories at:

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/ecuador

Please share this important information with other Canadians in your area. Quito - Embassy of Canada, Av. Amazonas N37-29 and Union Nacional de Periodistas, Eurocenter Building, 3rd Floor (one block north of the Supreme Court Building,

near Amazonas and United Nations), Quito, Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador, EC170514 -Tel. 593 (2) 245-5499,

Email: quito@international.gc.ca

Inet: www.ecuador.gc.ca --- Australia has a Consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador, headed by an Honorary Consul, which provides limited consular assistance to Australian citizens, but does not include the issue of Australian passports. Contact details for the Consulate are:

https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/ecuador

Honorary Consulate in Guayaquil:

Pinturas Unidas S.A., Km 16.5, Via Daule.

Guayaquil, Ecuador,

Telephone: (+593) 9 5981 1614

Email: ausconsulate@unidas.com.ec (not for Visa Enquiries) Office Hours: Monday to Friday from 8am to 1pm, and 1:30pm to 4:30pm

You can obtain full consular assistance from the nearest Australian Embassy which is in Chile.

By agreement between the Canadian and Australian governments, the local Canadian Embassy in Quito also provides limited consular assistance to Australians in Ecuador. This service does not include the issue of Australian passports....." --

18JUN24- "The new United States ambassador to Ecuador, Arthur W. Brown, arrived in Quito to begin his duties."

 18JUN24- "The new United States ambassador to Ecuador, Arthur W. Brown, arrived in Quito to begin his duties. In the coming days, he will present his credentials to President Noboa. He replaces Michael J. Fitzpatrick, who said goodbye over the weekend. Brown is a career diplomat with the rank of minister-counselor;

Between 2021 and 2022 he was Minister Counselor at the United States Embassy in Harare (Zimbabwe) and before, between 2020 and 2021, he served as director of the mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). in Zimbabwe. His career has focused on Africa, Southwest Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean regions....." -

https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/politica/arthur-w-brown-estados-unidos-ecuador-embajadas-relaciones-bilaterales-cancilleria-nota/

Alt Social Media Platforms- As of SUN 11 OCT 2020 I was permanently banned, removed and erased from all forms of FB groups, pages and FB - PM

  As we approach the USSA SellEction of 05NOV 2024, and the Ecuador SellEction of FEB 2025 first round and the JUNE 2025 2nd final round, FB will be gunning for anyone that does not tote the main stream media narrative, or that says anything out of line. just as a reminder -> back in (2020) - As of SUN 11 OCT 2020 I was permanently banned, removed and erased from all forms of FB groups, pages and FB pvt. messenger, prior to that i had never been in the 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month of fb jail time out. and at the 1 month mark on SUN 08 NOV 20/20 i was also permanently removed from 'instagram' too.

There was no specific reason given other than I had violated FB & IG Community Standards. ...and that -WE CANNOT REVIEW THE DECISION TO REINSTATE YOUR ACCOUNT- I had to start over from scratch with a new fb account, 15 years of photos albums of all over Ecuador Tours and clients business pages, and ask other co-admins to get back into my old fb groups under a brand new fresh account: "Jack Ecua Abercrombie" - https://www.facebook.com/JourneymanJackEcuador/

I can still be found on the following alternative social media Platforms: Join up a lil at a time as you get a feel for the differences, so as not to be overwhelmed, I find GAB to be very refreshing over fb> 1...GAB: https://gab.com/ABERCROMBIE 'Ecuador Expats' Group- GAB: https://gab.com/groups/2942 2...MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/journeymanjinecuadorabercrombie2 'Ecuador Expats' Group- MeWe: https://mewe.com/join/ecuadorexpats 3...WIMKIN: https://wimkin.com/profile-253472 'Ecuador Expats on WIMKIN: https://wimkin.com/groups/10471/ 4...Locals: https://locals.com/member/JourneymanJackEC 'Ecuador Expats' Group- Locals: https://ecuadorexpats.locals.com/ 5...GETTR: https://gettr.com/ https://gettr.com/user/journeyjecuador 7...twitter / 'X' - https://twitter.com/JourneyJEcuador

8...VK.com - https://vk.com/journeymanjackecuador https://tlbtalk.com/-JourneymanJack https://tlbtalk.com/-JourneymanJack 9... TLBtalk: https://tlbtalk.com/ 10...reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/JourneymanJackInEC/ 11...Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackabercrombie 12...Pin: https://www.pinterest.com/JourneymanJackEcuador/ 13...You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/journeymanjack/ 14...TicTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@journeymanjackinecuador/ 15... fb pg.: "I'd rather prep 16 years too early than 16 minutes too late."- www.facebook.com/StrategicRelocationEcuadorExpatsSurvivalSchool 16...tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/journeyman-jack-in-ecuador 17...Blog: http://journeymanjackinecuador.blogspot.com/ 18...'JJinEcu' in LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/journeymanjackecuador

Plz consider joining - https://telegram.org/ -it is heavily encrypted and was created by Russian Political Prisoners / Dissidents, then we can connect securely and privately on 'Telegram Messenger' - WhatsApp (WA) was bought by Mark Zuckerburg in 2014 and is no longer private nor encrypted. <tg = Telegram is similar to whatsApp, but is encrypted and way more secure> My Telegram No.: +593-98-828-8953, and Username: https://t.me/JourneymanJack https://t.me/JourneymanJack i have people in ECU GOV that know for sure that ECU GOV spies on WhatsApp ECU Citizens and Residents users- for example due to the Indian riots back in OCT 2019, JUNE 2022 and even before that at each Pres. Election since 2014 to keep track of the citizens and the foreigner residents. ...and the ECU GOV of course shares the WhatsApp hacked info with the NA authorities, -so just normal every day life mundane stuff like ordering take out food etc. is fine on WhatsApp WA, but nothing important, sensitive or critical,- Thanks, JJ, 11...'Ecuador Expats' (non woke) Group on Telegram- plz join via this link: https://t.me/joinchat/TmtjB36q1pdYtHkB 13...Ecuador - Working Group Against Covid Vaccination Discrimination- plz join via this link: No Mandatory Vax & Vax-Discrimination in Ecuador- No Vacunación Obligatoria/Discriminacion en Ecuador. - https://t.me/VaxFreedomEcuador 14...(USSA) PPN- Peoples Patriot Network - Sovereign 2 Serf founded by Ecuador Expats on Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/FK72kly5q2LQTgrt - with a daily live podcast Mon - SAT 10 to 12noon CST.

07JUN24 - For Sale- San Jacinto, Manabi Coast Luxury Beachfront Home 2BR 2Bath,

 For Sale- San Jacinto, Manabi Coast Luxury Beachfront Home 2BR 2Bath, 1590sq.ft on 2150sq.ft Lot, in La Boca sector, Built 2019, asking $229k (negotiable) -

Asking price: $229,000 USD. Would consider a trade for a finca/quinta with some land in the Cotacachi / Otavalo area. –

Lot size: 200 sq meters or approx 2150 sq feet.-House size: 148 sq meters or approx 1590 sq feet, -Rooftop terrace size: 23 sq meters or 256 sq feet, -Covered patio size: 19 sq meters or 200 sq feet, *The sq m/sq ft numbers for the exterior spaces are in addition to the interior numbers provided.

For sale is A 2 bedroom, 2 bath custom built home located in the tranquil La Boca part of San Jacinto. It is a true beachfront property and has a protected mangrove reserve behind the house.

The home was constructed using structural concrete insulated panels (SCIP), reinforced with rebar on both sides and then the final layer of concrete.

This method provides exceptional temperature and sound insulation as well as superior durability during a seismic event. Construction was completed in February of 2019...." - (click link below for more info and fotos)

https://ecuadorrealestate.org/san-jacinto-manabi-coast-luxury-beachfront-home-2br-2bath-1590sq-ft-on-2150sq-ft-lot-in-la-boca-sector-built-2019-asking-229k-negotiable/