Author Archives: PachaMamita EC

Tell the President of Ecuador to ban animal abuse in military training

Unedited reproduction of the petition originally published on Actuable.com. We request that measures be taken to ensure that these types of acts are completely prohibited in our country and that their practice be criminally punished. Friends, there is an absurd culture in the Ecuadorian Army, applauded by many ignorant people. Military candidates are subjected to […]

THE 4 AGREEMENTS OF TOLTEC WISDOM

1. Don't assume. Don't take anything for granted. If you have doubts, clarify them. If you suspect, ask. Assuming leads you to invent incredible stories that only poison your soul and have no foundation. 2. Honor your words. What comes out of your mouth is what you are. If you don't honor your words, you are not honoring yourself; if you don't honor […]

The company pollutes, the authorities ignore it, the people rise up.

A complaint that has been made by the residents of Valdivia for more than 15 years due, they say, to the problems suffered by the constant environmental pollution caused by the waste dumped by the INDUVAL and IMPORVAC sardine canning factories. "First it was the river that was polluted by the waste from […]

Participates in “Leadership for Transformation”. 2012

"Leadership for Transformation" is a program based on a Technical Cooperation Agreement between the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) and the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Its purpose is to identify, select, and train leaders—women and men—so they can exercise their leadership with responsibility and knowledge.

A procession was also held in the tolerance zone of Guayaquil.

Original and full text of the article published in Diario Hoy. By Mariella Toranzos. At ten in the morning on 18th Street, the party is usually in full swing. The loudspeakers of the 25 venues in the red light district blast salsa music. However, yesterday (Wednesday of Holy Week), it was replaced […]

YOU HAVE THE WATCH, I HAVE THE TIME

From Portugal, María Vera Chagas de Souza (a reader of Ballenita si and an activist in the Slow movement, a cultural movement that promotes calming the intensity and speed of human activities), sent us this article that we would like to share with you. It is an INTERVIEW WITH A TUAREG (a nomadic tribe from the desert of […]

Once again the Assembly refuses to debate Block 31 within the Yasuní.

On the morning of Tuesday, April 3, during the Plenary Session of the National Assembly, an attempt was made again to include on the agenda a proposal to strengthen the Yasuní-ITT Initiative and the inclusion of Block 31 (located in the heart of the Yasuní National Park, right next to Block […]

JAPO and its Music Militia

Music Militia is the name of the debut album by JapoBandRock, an alternative rock band from Santa Elena, 50% from Chile, and 25% from Guayaquil. The album was released a few days ago. According to David Sarmiento, the band's bassist, it's called Music Militia, because its 12 tracks "are the weapon to […]

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