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Viernes, 2/8/2024 Hola, Todos – I will be taking a 2-week vacation starting el lunes, 8/9 and resuming translating el 23/9. Actividades – Festival de Artes (Arts Festival) – The 9th edition of the Festival de Artes para Niñas y Niños “Lirón Lirón: Abrazar con la Mirada” will be on los 7 & 8/9. The...
By Jim Smith In today’s world, expats face many challenges when living in new countries, like dealing with language barriers, cultural differences, healthcare, and managing money. AI, or artificial intelligence, is becoming a key helper for expats, offering solutions that make life easier. Artificial Intelligence is like having a super-smart computer that can learn and...
By Brett Wilkins A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered two slaughterhouses and three ranchers to pay $764,000 in combined penalties for trading cattle raised in a protected area of the Amazon rainforest. The decision by Judge Inês Moreira da Costa in Rondônia — the most severely deforested state in the Brazilian Amazon — came in...
By Fernando Pages Ruiz In the United States, we live under a host of consumer protections and seemingly inalienable rights that can feel as universal as the air we breathe. Nothing makes you realize you’re no longer in Kansas like running into legal difficulties abroad. I should know. Four years ago, I came to do...
Police and military officials say they are looking into “high tech” methods of stopping drone attacks like the one that occurred early Thursday morning at La Roca high security prison in Guayaquil. According to the police report, a drone carrying 40 pounds of explosives landed on the prison roof and was detonated “in a controlled...
A review by Ecuador’s Comptroller’s Office says the country’s electricity crisis could have been avoided. In a report released Wednesday, the Comptroller blames poor management, lack of communication, delayed maintenance and stalled projects for the blackouts in late 2023 and early 2024. Even as new blackouts loom as a result of the prolonged drought, the...
By Daryl Austin In a newly published study, Stanford scientists reveal we don’t age gradually, as has been traditionally believed. Instead, we age at two significant “bursts” across our post-puberty lifespan: one in our mid-40s, the other in our early 60s. The molecular changes that occur during each period could explain seeming sudden signs of...
By Barbara Espinosa In 2015, the inhabitants of Ecuador’s Valley of the Volcanoes, south of Quito, were awakened by a thunderous explosion. A radio announcement explained what was happening and gave them a decisive order: “Lahars are coming down from Cotopaxi; they have 20 minutes to evacuate.” Cotopaxi is an active volcano that is close...
Four fires that ignited late Tuesday spread rapidly on Wednesday, sending thick smoke over much of Quito. The mayor’s office issued a warning to city residents Wednesday afternoon, advising them to stay indoors due to deteriorating air quality, warning of eye and throat irritation. The fires, in the Chilibulo, Nayón, Pifo and La Merced districts...
Miércoles, 4/9/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Muestra pictória – The exhibition “Paisajes del verde al metal” (Landscapes from green to metal) by artist Diana Márquez is showing until el 7/9 in the Salón del Pueblo “Efraín Jara Idrovo” (Sucre y Benigno Malo). Free. El cuerpo, mente y espíritu sanan con la musicoterapia (Body, mind...
Protests by truckers in Colombia, who are angry at an increase in diesel prices, have cut off the country’s biggest cities and are threatening fuel supplies, though the government insists the hike is fair. The truckers’ strike and roadblocks, combined with attacks on the Cano Limon-Covenas and Bicentenario pipelines, also threaten operations at state-run oil...
By Tatiana Lopez We all dream, but for the women of the Sápara community dreams are vital to their wellbeing. Their dreams help guide their lives; they connect them to the forest. When they enter Makihaunu (dream world) their spirit communicates with the spirits of the trees, the animals and people who have died. I...
Expat Life
By Jim Smith In today’s world, expats face many challenges when living in new countries, like dealing with language barriers,...
By Fernando Pages Ruiz In the United States, we live under a host of consumer protections and seemingly inalienable rights...
By Daryl Austin In a newly published study, Stanford scientists reveal we don’t age gradually, as has been traditionally believed....
By Jan Hoffman The message emblazoned on a walkway window at the airport in Burlington, Vermont, is a startling departure...
Health News
By Daryl Austin In a newly published study, Stanford scientists reveal we don’t age gradually, as has been traditionally believed....
By Jan Hoffman The message emblazoned on a walkway window at the airport in Burlington, Vermont, is a startling departure...
Opinion
By Jorge Jraissati As Nicolás Maduro bans X and Signal, the role of technology in Venezuela becomes undeniable. Now more...
By Pablo Stefanoni Distrust-enthusiasm-disappointment (more or less silent). The relationship between the Latin American left and the Bolivarian Revolution in...
By Kelly Beaucar Vlahos A top U.S. military general wants a “Marshall Plan” for Latin America but is likely more concerned...
