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By Kelsey Piper We’ve long been obsessed with the super-elderly. How do some people make it to 100 or even 110 years old? Why do some regions — say, Sardinia, Italy, or Okinawa, Japan, or the Ecuadorian Andes — produce dozens of these “supercentenarians” while other...
By Paola Lopez and Santiago Piedra Silva Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa, its youngest ever, is bracing for a titanic clash with narco traffickers that have turned the South American country upside down with a spate of horrific violence. With little political...
President-elect Daniel Noboa and President Guillermo Lasso met Tuesday in what both say is the beginning the transition between the two governments. The two men held a private two-hour meeting that included current and future cabinet members. “This was very...
By Chuck Bolotin Our views of living or even visiting different places are of course based largely on what we’re used to. That’s where we get our baseline from which we form our perspective. For example, if we live in the U.S. and then move to Mexico, we would...
By Haley Strack Colombian president Gustavo Petro expelled the country’s Israeli envoy, Gali Dagan, for criticizing the president’s outspoken support of Palestinians and accusations against Israel following Hamas’s invasion of Israel. Petro said on Monday that Dagan...
By Liam Higgins Because of his unexpected rise to the presidency, relatively little is known about Daniel Noboa other than the fact he is the son of banana magnate and billionaire Álvaro Noboa. Even his politics are something of a mystery; much of the media call him...
Lunes, 2/10/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 14/10 (2 articles): Taller de percusión (Percussion workshop) - There will be a multi-percussion and composition workshop el 16, 17, & 18/10 a las 17:30 in the "Catalina Sojos" auditorium in...
By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying...
Daniel Noboa, the surprise candidate of Ecuador's cross death election, will be the country's new president. With more than 95% of votes from Sunday's runoff election counted, Noboa held a 52.25% to 47.75% lead over Citizens Revolution candidate Luisa González. The...
By Carol E. Leutner When I chose Cuenca, Ecuador as my retirement home in 2015, I didn’t consider whether it would be a good place to write. Cuenca checked all my boxes — location, climate, cost of living, a language I’d studied, and medical resources. A place to...
By Alexandra Valencia Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday to choose between a young centrist promoting economic development to provide opportunity for the country's young people and another pledging a return to leftist social programs designed by a former president...
Viernes, 13/10/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda Cultural - 13/10, 19:00 - Exposición - Fotografía hecha a mano (Handmade photography) <Do they mean you don't need a camera?> - Casa de la Lira. 14/10, 16:00 - Cine - All Tomorrow's Parties - Casa de las...
By Zeke Hausfather Staggering. Unnerving. Mind-boggling. Absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. As global temperatures shattered records and reached dangerous new highs over and over the past few months, my climate scientist colleagues and I have just about run out of...
By Cliodna O'Flynn I am wondering if trying to control the amount of time I spend on the Internet in direct or indirect contact with home, with Ireland, has become necessary. I am worried that as it gets easier to connect with back home I am both mentally and...
A 260-seat passenger jet is on the way to Tel Aviv to bring home Ecuadorians stranded in Israel by the war against Hamas. According to President Guillermo Lasso, 140 Ecuadorians have been able to leave the country on other flights but at least 200 remain. Most...
Author’s note: Many subjects will be covered in this four-article series about thyroid health and healthy metabolism. In Part 1, we covered iodine requirements, associated drugs, self-care, medical and home treatment, and medical repercussions are covered. Although it...
Evo Morales ruled Bolivia for 14 years and along with Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez was part of a wave of leftist leaders who reshaped the region’s politics. He’s now intent on running for president again. With the announcement that he...
With all attention focused on Sunday’s election of a new president, the announcement by the National Electoral Commission that President Guillermo Lasso could remain in office weeks longer than expected has received little notice. The CNE originally predicted a new...
Miércoles, 4/10/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Antología rememora obra de fotógrafos cuencanos (Anthology commemorates the work of Cuencanan photographers) - Mañana (jueves) there will be a book launch for "Antología de la fotografía cuencana en los siglos XX y...
By Michael Stott Transnational criminal gangs have become such a serious problem in Latin America that they are damaging the region’s overall economic performance, according to a top IMF official. Rodrigo Valdés, the fund’s western hemisphere director, said...
