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By Stacey Colino Doctors don’t usually prescribe spending time in nature to their patients but perhaps they should. A robust body of research shows that being in green spaces — such as parks, woods, forests, mountains, and the like — is beneficial for people’s...
An estimated 2,000 LGBTI supporters crowded into San Francisco Plaza Saturday afternoon following a Gay Pride parade through Cuenca’s historic district. Organizers said the parade from Parque San Blas to San Francisco Plaza was the largest in the event’s 10-year...
By Scott Adamson Parks in Latin America serve a number of purposes. They provide a green respite in an otherwise concrete jungle. They’re a space where anyone from the wealthy to the homeless can rest their legs. And, for young couples, they’re the most popular place...
Residents of Molleturo blockaded the Cuenca-Molleturo- El Empalme highway late Thursday night and are holding four Ministry of Transportation technicians captive. Protesters are demanding the government fulfill commitments made to repair and maintain the highway...
Latin Americans don't think much of the public service they receive from the government and even most private businesses. That's the conclusion of studies conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which look into ways to cut bureaucratic red tape. The...
By Kathryn Armstrong Devices including mobile phones are set to be banned from classrooms to stop them from disrupting learning, the Dutch government has announced. The initiative is being introduced in collaboration with schools and is to take effect at the start of...
For the first time, President Guillermo Lasso is warning that a victory for the referendum ending oil production in the Yasuní National Park will have dire economic consequences for Ecuador. "A ‘yes’ vote will force the government to consider how the oil revenues will...
A special commission appointed by President Guillermo Lasso to study Ecuador's Social Security system (IESS) has proposed increasing from 30 to 35 the number of years workers would need to qualify for a retirement pension. Following more than five months of work, the...
Global oil demand will rise to 110 million barrels a day in about 20 years, pushing the world’s energy demand up by 23%, said OPEC on Monday. ″Oil is irreplaceable for the foreseeable future,” Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais of the Organisation of the Petroleum...
Despite social media reports that Ecuadorians will soon be without cell phone connections, the Telecommunications Regulation and Control Agency (Arcotel) said there will be no interruption in service. “While we continue negotiations with cell and internet providers,...
Dozens of scientists and academics began meeting Monday on Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands to chart a path to a “zero carbon” energy transition on that Pacific archipelago. During the two-day “Summit for the Sustainable and Inclusive Decarbonization of the Galapagos...
In 1994 Dr. Sherwin Nuland's book, "How We Die", was published. It is a fascinating read on the exact nature of death. This essay is not informed by Dr. Nuland's work. It is more in line with the recently published book by Buddhist nun and Dharma teacher Pema Chodron,...
Lunes, 3/7/2023 Hola, Todos - I will be taking a 1 or 2 week vacation starting after I post this issue. I'll be trying to cure a severe case of exhaustion. Today's issue lists the tax debtors from Manuel Burhuan to María Corral. <If you owe the city any money,...
By Garry Vatcher Valeria is four years old and our team found her sitting on the ground, playing with a doll and humming John Lennon's song, Imagine. She just heard it playing on an old radio that she saved from the flood. She has no TV or cell phone, and this old...
By Robert Plummer Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court has voted 5-2 to bar ex-president Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years. Bolsonaro was found guilty of abusing his power ahead of last year's presidential poll. He had also been accused of undermining...
The managers of Ecuador’s major hydroelectric plants met Friday in Guayaquil to plan a response for what they believe could be an electricity crisis later in the year. With the dry season just beginning, they worry that the coming El Niño could extend drought...
Venezuela's Comptroller General Friday announced opposition leader María Corina Machado had been disenfranchised for 15 years, thus rendering her ineligible to run in next year's presidential elections. Many foreign analysts have dubbed such a measure as tantamount to...
Ecuador's culinary talent has once again reached the global stage as Cuenca-born pastry chef Pia Salazar has been honored with the prestigious title of Best Pastry Chef by the World's 50 Best organization. The award recognizes Salazar's exceptional talent and...
By the mid-1960s, Poland was waist-deep in the tar pit of economic and political collapse. The near monthly increase in the price of basic foodstuffs resulted in a nationwide plague of malaise and malnutrition that was decimating the working class. As a result, Peter...
By Fernando Ayala Corruption has taken over the political agenda of several countries, large and small, in Latin America. From the Rio Grande down to the south of the continent, the last decades have been marked more by money than by principles. Presidents prosecuted,...
