An angry mob burned alive two men and a woman Tuesday afternoon in a fishing community south of Guayaquil. According to police, who were overpowered by a crowd estimated at more than 100, the victims were mistakenly believed to be child kidnappers. In a news conference following the killings, police explained that the men and […]
Included in the conditions for restoring Julian Assange’s internet access at Ecuador’s London embassy is that he take care of his cat, clean his bathroom and take baths. Last week, Ecuador’s foreign ministry released other conditions for the restoration of Assange’s internet access, including a prohibition on attacking other governments on social media and new […]
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on notable ingredients native to the Americas that today are influential and essential in cuisines around the world. By Michelle Bakeman I was born in Richmond, Virginia. My father is from Buffalo, New York, and my mother is from Viña del Mar, Chile. While I was […]
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection beagle named Hardy detected a roasted pig head in checked luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Hardy, a six-year-old rescue beagle, alerted his handler to a bag belonging to a traveler from Ecuador. Inside was the pig head, which weighed nearly 2 pounds. Carey Davis, director for the Port of […]
Ecuador’s population tops 17 million Ecuador’s population has topped 17 million for the first time, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). The latest population report, showing the country with 17,096,789 legal residents, was released on Thursday. INEC also reports that Guayas Province continues to lead all provinces in population, with 3.6 […]
For the first time Saturday and Sunday, two units of the tram traveled beyond Cuenca’s historic district to Milchichig, less than two kilometers from the end of the line at the industrial park. A 350-meter section of track remains to be installed in Milchichig, the last unfinished section of the 20.5-kilometer route. According to Mayor […]
By Cassandra Fairbanks Despite reports that Julian Assange’s internet privileges has been restored in Ecuador’s British embassy, the WikiLeaks founder remained unconnected Monday night. Embassy officials said that the delay is the result of making certain that Assange understands the consequences of violating the rules of communicating with the outside world. Assange was presented with […]
By Monique Tello, MD, MPH Contributing Editor to the Harvard Health Blog Intermittent fasting: Surprising update There’s a ton of incredibly promising intermittent fasting (IF) research done on fat rats. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars improve … but they’re rats. Studies in humans, almost across the board, have shown that […]
A Venezuelan opposition councilman, who was detained over what officials say was a drone assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro in August, has committed suicide, the government says. Fernando Albán jumped from the 10th floor of the building of the National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) where he was detained, Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab said last […]
The government is warning banks about adding unauthorized charges to customer accounts following a report by a television announcer about the practice, which he claims is widespread. For his efforts, announcer Mauricio Ayora, better known as ‘Caterva’, may have lost his job at publicly owned TC Television. According to social media accounts, banks have been […]
