Environmental education for children, for a reforested Ancón. Trees act as enormous lungs in cities. Through the process of photosynthesis, they capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and release oxygen, which is essential for all living things. CO2 is one of the greenhouse gases, so […]
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Human presence in what is now the province of Santa Elena dates back more than 10,000 years. There are several museums along the Spondylus Route that provide visitors with a glimpse into this history. The map below shows you the museums you can visit […]
BY: Miguel Delgado C. Land and water are key factors in peasant and community production. For decades, they have been a fierce dispute between large agribusinesses and rural families around the world. According to a UN report, between 15 and 20 million hectares of agricultural land […]
PHOTO: Patricia Venegas 69 tongues of anger seek my jugular and my spine desired by vermin and travel, and the proof loses its balance and I fall full of touch and shadow, and lying in the slow agony of the sea that writhes trembling like a wounded body of ocean and gallops, of dead sirens and angels, the chrysalis greets […]
Archaeologist and historian Carlos Núñez Calderón de la Barca now shares with readers of Ballenita Si magazine this article that reveals the "missing link" between the Las Vegas and Valdivia cultures, the ancient ancestors of a large portion of the current population of Santa Elena Province, and […]
Sea turtle in an advanced state of decomposition. Photo: Beth Pitts (Manglaralto, September 30). Visiting the beaches of Ecuador's blue coast, in the provinces of Santa Elena, Manabí, and Guayas, is undoubtedly one of the most pleasant experiences at any time of year due to the visual delight of the landscape in general. However, for […]
A selection of photos of our beloved province of Santa Elena taken from the air. The Montañita Sugar Dam, the Salinas Julio Moreno Dam, on the Chongón-Colonche Highway. BICENTENNIAL YEAR? But if we continue celebrating the RECYCLE, RECYCLE (Story) foundations, we'll continue celebrating the foundations.
AMERICA ORRALA Utility Crafts Workshop. Morrillo Commune. Traditional clay crafts from Santa Elena. The AMERICA ORRALA workshop is made up of a family group composed primarily of women. They have been producing traditional clay crafts for over 100 years, as far back as they can remember, producing in the same way and with […]
A couple traveling by car, lost in Ballenita, asks, "Which way to Esmeraldas?"; bewildered travelers who had passed through Santa Elena minutes earlier arrive in La Libertad wondering, "How long until we get to the Sumpa Lovers Museum?"; an entire family arrives in Sacachún and […]
When paleontological fossils were found in Tanque Loma near Quebrada Seca in La Libertad on November 2, 2003, one of the most talked-about myths of decades, that of the Sumpa Giants, began to be clarified. What had been presumed for some years, that is, the existence of […]
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