Category Archives: opinion

Importance of the study of icons, pictograms and symbols in ancient cultures.

Researcher Manuel Palacios explaining a petroglyph in the province of Morona Santiago. He regularly publishes the results of his research at http://tayoscave.wordpress.com. Current scientific knowledge and the philosophical ideas we have about the world we live in are not only the product of the brilliant minds of the twentieth century but also of the contributions left by ancient cultures that served […]

Machachi, what a shame!!!. (Opinion. Animal Abuse)

By: P. Rasa Bihari D. Absolutely outraged, this video fully exposes the stupidity masquerading as tradition. Alcohol and an ignorant, bloodthirsty mass revel in the possibility of tragedy, and according to the "fans" – "...if there isn't at least one death, the fight wasn't worth it…"

YACHAY: FROM CITY OF KNOWLEDGE TO CHARTER CITY?

A smiling Rafael Correa waves to a robot in Incheon, South Korea (2010). Photo: www.terra.com.ec. Yachay, the “city of knowledge,” has been hailed by President Correa as the most important project in Ecuador's history; however, Dr. Arturo Villavicencio[1], former Rector of the IAEN (Institute of Advanced National Studies, Ecuador), describes it as […]

Ecuador's mining locomotive

In Colombia, the "mining-energy locomotive" refers to the policy—designed for all of Latin America—of intensively extracting minerals and oil, and building dams to supply energy, primarily to mining projects. However, this mining-energy locomotive faces many problems. So far in 2013, several […]

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