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By Guillermo Garat Residents of Uruguay’s capital are increasingly exasperated after two months of salty-tasting tap water that has damaged water heaters, boosted demand for bottled water and reportedly caused stomach ailments. The water “comes out saltier and...
Miércoles, 28/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Casa de Cultura ofrece una agenda variada (Casa de Cultura offers a varied program) - The Casa de Cultura presented it´s program for this week. Each night from today (miércoles) until el 8/7 a las 20:00, it will present...
By John Olson Is it ever too late for love? 80-year-old New Jersey widower Ralph Bellini doesn’t think so. In ACT’s The Last Romance, Ralph spots the attractive Carol in a dog park on one of his daily walks. And the chase is on. Ralph becomes determined to meet Carol,...
By Fernando Goya Although most of Ecuador's indigenous community supports a "yes" vote in a referendum to end oil production in the Amazonian Yasuní National Park, a group of Waorani women staunchly oppose it. In fact, they plan to bar environmental activists...
The mayor of the Galapagos Islands largest community is blaming the government for “setting the islands back 100 years” due to supply shortages. Santa Cruz Mayor Fanny Uribe says Petroecuador and the Ministry of Transport should have responded immediately when one of...
Land devoted to the cultivation of coca leaves in Peru increased by a staggering 18 percent between 2021 and 2022, with some 95,000 hectares (367 square miles) now being used to grow the raw ingredient for cocaine, the government’s anti-drug authorities have said....
Ecuador and India signed the Artemis Accords last week in Washington, D.C., bringing the total number of countries that have agreed to sustainable and peaceful space exploration to 27. The Artemis Accords, which share their name with NASA's Artemis program of moon...
Lunes, 26/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Últimos días para pago de patente (Last days to pay patente fees) - El 30/6 is the last day to pay the patente tax to the city for natural persons who are not required to keep accounting records and who have a RUC. Before...
By Stephen Vargha The late U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.” Taxes are nothing new for civilizations. The first known taxation took place in Ancient Egypt around 3000-2800 BCE. The...
Although Ecuador’s cross death elections are two months away, several candidates and their supporters are already talking about throwing their support to one of the top finishers in a runoff election. “Based on both public and private polling, everyone knows there...
The U.S. State Department is advising travelers to exercise “extreme caution” if they visit Ecuador's El Oro, Manabí, Santo Domingo, Los Ríos, Santa Elena, Cañar and Carchi provinces. In a statement issued last week, the State Department said that “robberies,...
Editor’s note: This column is the second of a two-part series. To read the part one, click here. On the day Kane Flambures retired, he packed his duffel bag with salty clothes and dragged them down a grungy gangplank to a dumpster where the grease-stained overalls...
Viernes, 23/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - E El Mercurio del jueves, 22/6 (1 article): Agenda Cultural - 24/6, 11:00 - Celebración of Inti Raymi - Museo Pumapungo. 26/6, 9:00 - Exposición, "Fuego y color" - Galería Vitrina. 29/6, 19:00 - Muestra (show), Bargueños...
By Nora Gamez Torres Over the past two years a new kind of revolution has been quietly taking place in Cuba: Private businesses, banished from the island by Fidel Castro more than 60 years ago, are making a strong comeback, employing more people than state...
By Fernando Gimeno Ecuador is facing a crucial moment for the future of its oil industry, a key pillar of the Andean nation’s economy. In a referendum scheduled to coincide with an early general election on Aug. 20, voters will decide whether or not to ban crude...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Wednesday he is preparing a decree law to provide funding for damages caused by the developing El Niño weather system. “The experts tell us that this could be a devastating event, especially for the country’s coastal provinces, and...
By Susana Madera What once was a rugged mountain, covered with weeds and bushes, now has been transformed into a “living laboratory” with some 30,000 plants of assorted species and varieties planted on some 40 hectares (100 acres) in the Pablo Arenas parish in...
By Matt Turner The American Dream might look a little different for everyone. But at its heart, it promises upward mobility, the opportunity to attain success no matter what situation you might be born into. In a recent paper titled The Intergenerational Persistence...
Although the official start of the cross death election campaign for president and National Assembly doesn’t begin until August 8, most candidates are already in the streets and on social media. In Cuenca this week, noisy processions for presidential candidates Yaku...
Miércoles, 21/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Inti Raymi, fiesta del sol y del maíz (Inti Raymi, festival of the sun and corn) - Inti Raymi or the Festival of the Sun is on el 21/6 and relates directly to the harvesting of typical products in the Andes. Cojitambo is a...
