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By Nicolas Caram Like many travelers, the first time I visited Ecuador, my itinerary included Quito and the Galapagos. Fifteen years later, in November 2022, I returned to the country – this time as an Adventure Travel Trade Association representative joining a...
Lunes, 9/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Accidentada jornada en cierre automovilístico (Accident-prone day at car showdown) - See today's (lunes) article in CHL for story. Cuenca - De El Mercurio del domingo, 8/1 (two articles): Tecnológico Sudamericano...
By Trevor Nace Let's clear up any confusion right upfront. The world's highest mountain is: Mount Everest at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level The world's tallest mountain is: Mauna Kea at 33,000 feet (10,058 meters) above the bottom of the Pacific Ocean The...
Organizers suspended the Cuenca Grand Prix early Sunday afternoon following a series of accidents they blamed on light rain. Several spectators sustained minor in injuries when a car failed to make a turn on Av. Solano while two drivers were treated at the scene when...
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to punish supporters of the country's ex-leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed Congress. Supporters of the ousted far-right leader also stormed the Supreme Court and surrounded the presidential palace. But...
By Michelle Klampe Scientists have identified off the coast of Ecuador a distinct population of oceanic manta rays that is more than 10 times larger than any other known subpopulation of the species. The findings, just reported in the journal Marine Ecology Progress...
By Terry Spencer More than 500 Cuban immigrants have come ashore in the Florida Keys last weekend, the latest in a large and increasing number who are fleeing the communist island and stretching thin U.S. border agencies both on land and at sea. It is a dangerous...
The Ecuador Anti-Corruption Parliamentary Committee presented a list of 20 candidates in the February election it claims have ties to organized crime and says it will provide more names next week. Most of those listed are mayoral and prefect candidates. National...
Viernes, 6/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Pase del Niño Rey aviva fe cuencana (Parade of Niño Rey revives faith in Cuencans) - The parade carrying the image of the Niño Rey from the Parque San Blas to the iglesia del Cenáculo returned this year after a 2 year...
At least 30 people have died in gun battles in the state of Sinaloa following the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo". Ovidio Guzmán-López -- himself alleged to be a leader of his father's former cartel -- was captured in Culiacán and...
Nothing will be sacred Friday night when a crowd of 20,000 is expected on Av. Huayna Capac for Cuenca’s annual masquerade --or Day of the Innocents-- parade. Dozens of entries will direct satirical barbs at Cuencano. Ecuadorian and international politicians,...
By Francisco Vázquez After four rounds of negotiations and dozens of technical meetings, the Chinese and Ecuadorian teams successfully closed negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. The FTA was negotiated over the course of 10 months,...
By Mike Wendling and Rachel Schraer Online activists used the on-field collapse of American football star Damar Hamlin to spread anti-vaccination messages starting just minutes after Monday night's incident. In what has become a familiar pattern since Covid vaccines...
Miércoles, 4/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Germán Cáceres, a cárcel de Guayaquil (Germán Cáceres, to Guayaquil prison) - See Wednesday's article (miércoles) in CHL for story. Cuenca - 331.959 dólares por predios en 2 días de pago (331,959 dollars for properties in 2...
The Covid-19 pandemic is over, according to Christian Drosten, Germany's top virologist, . "The disease is now past the pandemic stage and we are experiencing the first endemic wave with Sars-CoV-2 this winter," Drosten told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. "After this...
The chief suspect in one of Ecuador’s most notorious murder cases is back in the country and behind bars in a Guayaquil prison. Germán Cáceres arrived in Ecuador Tuesday morning aboard a Colombian military aircraft following his extradition on charges for the...
By Priyanka Runwal A sedentary lifestyle eventually takes a toll on health but snapping out of prolonged inactivity can be daunting. Now, however, there may be a simple way to ease into more activity. A recent study suggests that short bursts of vigorous activity...
Venezuela and Colombia reopened the last stretch of their shared border Sunday after settling a diplomatic dispute that had kept it closed for years. Cars honked and passengers waved flags as vehicles with license plates from the two South American countries traversed...
Lunes, 2/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - El año se abre con devoción (Year opens with devotion) - The fiesta of the Virgen de la Nube, patron saint of Azogues, was attended by thousands of faithful yesterday. The celebration included a mass and a 3...
By Ananta Agarwal As Ecuador and China move closer towards sealing a free-trade agreement, concern is mounting in Washington that the United States is losing influence in Latin America. Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso said early in December that negotiations with...
