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By María Fernanda Ramírez and Chris Dalby With record shark fin seizures continuing across Latin America, legislative efforts to protect sharks are being impeded by a lack of resources and the large criminal profits being generated. Panama netted its largest-ever...
By Nathaniel Meyersohn Heading to the airport? Make sure to wear comfortable shoes. As travel comes roaring back, people are walking longer distances from the curb to the gate — past Hudson News, Chanel and Estée Lauder duty free, lounges, Auntie Anne’s, and...
The National Electoral Council has thrown out National Assembly election results from Ecuadorians living outside the country and plans to schedule a new vote in the coming days. The CNE says Sunday’s voting results were “compromised by cyberattacks” that prevented...
By Jessica Stillman Older people have been railing about the supposed deficiencies of the younger generation at least since ancient Greek philosopher Plato complained that the written word was destroying kids' memories. It's easy enough to dismiss these worries as...
Ecuador’s Social Christian Party says it will support Daniel Noboa (National Democratic Action) in the runoff election against Luisa González (Citizens Revolution). In a Thursday statement, the party said Noboa best represents PSC interests of fighting crime with an...
By Yury Garcia Ecuador should strengthen controls at its borders and ports to fight drug trafficking and isolate its most violent criminals on prison boats, presidential candidate Daniel Noboa said on Tuesday. Noboa, son of prominent banana businessman and perennial...
Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes one week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the Jesuit-run University of Central America in...
President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday he will ignore the results of the Yasuní referendum vote and continue oil production in Block 43-ITT for the remainder of his term. In a Wednesday morning news conference, Energy Minister Fernando Santos explained that the...
In television and radio interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday, the president of the Citizens Revolution movement admitted she expected “much better results” from Sunday’s election. She claims that the party’s candidates were “severely harmed” by the murder of...
By Franklin Briceño Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the...
By Liam Higgins Almost all members of the newly elected National Assembly agree that the Assembly disbanded by President Guillermo Lasso’s cross death decree was the least effective in the history of Ecuadorian legislatures. Although they disagree on the reasons, they...
By Daryl Austin People around the world are triggering the release of their feel-good hormones in ways they may not realize; athletes chase that elusive runner’s high; people laugh out loud to shared memes, couples spark a connection between the bedsheets. But...
By John Olson Azuay Community Theater’s next production is Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted. It’s the funny and moving story of the brilliant, but abrasive screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who stubbornly held to his principles in the face of persecution by the US...
Lunes, 21/8/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Luisa González y Daniel Noboa, a segunda vuelta (Luisa González and Daniel Noboa, to a run-off) - See today's (lunes) article in CHL for the story. Elecciones - El correismo y un 'outsider' al balotaje (Correismo and an...
How does a presidential candidate go from 5% in the polls to almost 24% at the ballot box in 10 days? How does another drop from 15% to 4% in the same period? How is it that the leaders of National Assembly and of the movement to impeach President Guillermo Lasso...
By Stephen Vargha Known as the Dean of American Cookery, James Beard once said, “Good cheese needs good companions.” Many expats in Cuenca yearn for that companionship. They found it difficult to get quality cheese in the city. Until now. “We started small with a...
In an election overshadowed by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, 35-year-old Daniel Noboa is the surprise challenger to Luisa González in the October 15 runoff. With 97% of ballots counted, González of Citizens Revolution led the...
Sábado, 19/8/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Cuenca ofrece una ruta vegana (Cuenca offers a vegan route) - Once more, Cuenca has surprised residents and tourists with new culinary offerings. Following is a list of restaurants that offer plant-based menus. This is in...
More than 14 million Ecuadorians will go to the polls Sunday in an election that is being defined by indecision, anger and fear. “This is an extraordinary election in many respects and voters are approaching it differently than others,” says Joaquin Ortiz, a political...
Viernes, 18/8/2023 Hola, Todos - This is a special issue for those of you who are planning to vote or are interested in the voting process here. I'm having computer problems so there probably won't be another post until Saturday or the usual Monday post. I'm going to...
