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Richard Carapaz wins gold in Olympic cycling 25 years after Ecuador’s first gold medal finish
Richard Carapaz brought home the gold medal for Ecuador in the men’s Olympic road race in Tokyo on Saturday in a pulsating finale that saw the climber drop his main rivals on the last two climbs. Carapaz's prize was only Ecuador's second gold medal in Olympic competition history. Cuencano...
Local foundation offers help for Cuenca’s refugee children but much more needs to be done
By John Keeble GRACE, the Cuenca foundation set up to help mostly Venezuelan and Colombian refugees, is seeing a steady flow of children and adults seeking medical and dental help as the city's hospitals grapple with Covid disruption. Children under 12 form the bulk of patients, and GRACE is now...
Vaccine mandates work and more are on the way
By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Vaccine mandates are controversial. They’re also effective. Before Houston Methodist became one of the first hospital systems in the U.S. to mandate Covid-19 vaccines, about 85 percent of its employees were vaccinated. After the mandate, the share rose...
Lasso considers mass prisoner release to relieve overcrowding after gang warfare kills 22
President Guillermo Lasso is considering the release of 5,000 non-violent prisoners to reduce prison overcrowding. The plan follows Wednesday night’s gang violence at the national prisons in Guayaquil and Latacunga that left 22 dead, including a policeman, and 70 injured. In an interview with CNN,...
New data adds 8,000 to country’s Covid death count; Local teachers protest by hunger and blood-letting; Ex-Comptroller blames Correa for corruption
Jueves, 22/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - La Sinfónica interpretará la música de videojuegos (The Symphony will perform video game music) - The symphony will play music from video games such as Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, and Zelda. The show will be in the Teatro de la...
Establishing biocorridors in Ecuador’s Amazon will protect humans as well as endangered species
Author's note: Time is running out for Ecuador to save its Amazon rainforests -- areas which have 10,000 times the biodiversity of the Galapagos islands. Ethno-ecologist Adam Gebb looks at the problems and possibilities in a seven-part series. This article explores Ecuadors critical opportunity...
Learning a second language: It’s easy when we’re young but much harder as you grow older
By Sylvan Hardy and Deke Castleman Children pick up language easily. Their nervous systems make new neural connections at lightning speeds. Computer simulations of neural activity in the early years of life look like all the cars in Los Angeles squeezed onto the Indianapolis Speedway racing at 200...
China dismisses plan to investigate Wuhan lab’s possible role in the Covid-19 pandemic
By Gabriel Crossley China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said. The WHO this month proposed a...
For Cuenca pedestrians, the pandemic has changed some walking rules but most remain the same
By Sylvan Hardy A notable byproduct of the pandemic for many expats is that they are walking more. The news of a year ago that the Covid-19 virus rarely transmits outdoors, set many of us free from the cabin fever we suffered since the first lockdowns began last March and sent us exploring the far...
The tortuous approval process for new construction; Sexual predator trial begins; Pharmacies to fill public hospital prescriptions; Lasso renovates the palace
Miércoles, 21/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Delta obligará restricciones (Delta will enforce restrictions) - See Wednesday's article in CHL for story. Cuenca - Perduran trabas en urbanismo (Obstacles in urban planning remain) - It can take over 2 months to get the certificate...
The U.S. government teams up with Facebook and YouTube to censure ‘misinformation’ and satire too
By Matt Taibbi America’s burgeoning censorship movement had a great week. The White House jumped on board, with a matter-of-fact announcement that it was now helping Facebook flag “problematic posts”: “We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation,” the president’s press...
Pedro Castillo is finally declared the official winner of Peru’s presidential election
Pedro Castillo has been declared president-elect of Peru, weeks after winning the popular vote in a tightly-contested run-off election. The country's election authority announced its verdict after reviewing claims of electoral fraud by his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori. Castillo, a 51-year-old...
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Learning a second language: It’s easy when we’re young but much harder as you grow older
By Sylvan Hardy and Deke Castleman Children pick up language easily. Their nervous systems make new neural connections...
Expat artist laments the decline of the art market
I recently visited Claudio Alberto Soriano Vitorino, perhaps the most famed artist in Cuenca’s expat community. We met...
The advice of stretching before you exercise is all wrong, some physical fitness experts say
By Sara M Moniuszko If your fitness routine includes a pre-workout stretch, you may be spinning your wheels — or...
The Covid-19 delta variant is more contagious but it isn’t more severe
By David Leonhardt There are two basic questions to ask about any variant of the Covid-19 virus: Is it more contagious...
Health News
China dismisses plan to investigate Wuhan lab’s possible role in the Covid-19 pandemic
By Gabriel Crossley China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an...
In an unequal competition, some countries have too many vaccines while others not nearly enough
By Lori Hinnart, Maria Cheng and Aniruddha Ghosal No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a...
Opinion
Vaccine mandates work and more are on the way
By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Vaccine mandates are controversial. They’re also effective. Before Houston...
The U.S. government teams up with Facebook and YouTube to censure ‘misinformation’ and satire too
By Matt Taibbi America’s burgeoning censorship movement had a great week. The White House jumped on board, with a...
How Twitter has distorted our sense of reality
By Douglas Murray Fifteen years ago, an innovation was unveiled that has probably changed our lives as much as any...
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Two Rescued Kittens for Adoption
We have two adorable rescued kittens available for adoption. They are about 7-9 weeks old. There...
How To Be A Hard-Working Honest Attorney
First of all, you must know the laws extremely well; you should not wait on somebody else...
Add Color and Comfort to your World with Ecuapaca
Don’t settle for the same old household goods you can buy at any big corporate store. Shop small...
Health insurance that is too cheap tends to come with a high cost later…
We all want to get the best deal out there. Even when it comes to health insurance, no one wants...
