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By Nancy Bilyeau The Nazca Lines in Peru have baffled mankind for quite a long time — and now the mystery is even more intriguing. They are a series of enormous geoglyphs etched into a roughly 200-square-mile stretch of the desert, created by pre-Inca people somewhere...
U.S. ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick explained on Friday the decision to offer a $5 million reward to find the masterminds of the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. “We have been very successful in our rewards program to bring...
Luisa González and Daniel Noboa finished preparations for Sunday night’s presidential debate with experts saying González needs a dominant performance to overtake Noboa in the October 15 runoff election. Six public opinion polls authorized by the National Electoral...
Viernes, 28/9/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Bienal se inaugurará en la Plaza Otorongo (Biennial will open at the Plaza Otorongo) - Art and the public will converge at the opening of the Bienal de Cuenca for the first time. It will be in the Plaza Otorongo and...
Author Dan Buettner worked for more than a decade to identify hot spots of longevity around the world. With the help of the National Geographic Society, Buettner set out to locate places that not only had high concentrations of individuals over 100 years old, but also...
The U.S. is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. "We understand that the man who pulled the trigger is dead,...
Jueves, 28/9/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Una semana de música resonará en Cuenca (A week of music will resonate in Cuenca) - There will be large concerts, the Rotofest, and the Festival Vive Azuay from el 30/9 to el 8/10. Argentinean Andrés Calamaro will play in...
By Matthew Smith A controversial article from the Bloomberg news agency claims that cocaine is poised to overtake oil and become Colombia’s largest export. This worrying report came on the heels of the United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC) announcing that...
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...
Ecuador’s public electric company is searching for ways to avoid power outages as drought conditions in the Andes worsen. It also acknowledges that the situation could become “extreme” as the El Niño weather system develops. “We are optimizing our generation system as...
Miércoles, 27/9/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Tres presentaciones de títeres - 'Abya-Yala: Tierra de Leyendas' (Abya-Yala: Land of Legends) will present 3 days of stories in which puppets star. Today's is over, tomorrow's will be a las 10:30 in the Centro Cultural...
By Megan McArdle In 2015, El Salvador was the world’s murder capital, with 107 homicides per 100,000 people — as if one of Chicago’s worst neighborhoods was a country unto itself. Since then, homicide in El Salvador has fallen so far, so fast that it looks comparable...
According to its latest poll, Atrevia Public Research shows that Daniel Noboa has increased his lead over Luisa González by 1.8% in Ecuador's presidential race. In a direct vote, Noboa polls 55.14% to González’s 44.86%, a difference of 10.3%. Counting null and...
By Olivia Rosane The International Monetary Fund continues to impose austerity measures that threaten human rights. That's the conclusion of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Monday that looks at 39 loans approved in 38 countries between the beginning of the...
By Billy and Akaisha Kaderli In preparing for a retirement abroad, we would wager that most people occupy themselves with the practical concerns of: residential visas; banking; owning property; finding a doctor they like and medical care that they can afford and...
Lunes, 25/9/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Con gol polémico gana el Barcelona (Barcelona wins with controversial goal) - <And that's all I'm going to translate.> De El Mercurio del sábado, 23/9 (1 headline article): Deuda millonaria al IESS (Millions in debt to...
By historic accounts, the Cañari civilization was active in what today are Azuay and Cañar Provinces for as much as a thousand years before they were conquered by the Inca in the late 1400s. Many of the ceremonial sites credited to the Incas, such as Pumapungo,...
By Liam Higgins A new documentary film by Cuenca resident Daniel Osorio, featuring a cast of Cuenca expats, recalls the sightings of alien beings in the Cajas Mountains. The Blue Llama, Secret Message, follows the journey of nine expats in November 2020, led by guide...
Although both Daniel Noboa and Luisa González have been campaigning since August 20, the runoff campaign began officially on Sunday, September 24. The designation allows for advertising and other campaign activities not permitted earlier. According to the National...
Ecuador’s next president will not have enough time in office to effectively confront criminal gangs or improve the economy, the top concerns of voters, experts say. In addition, the winner of the October 15 runoff election could face the devastating impact of the...
