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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...
Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will receive certification for international flights in February or March, according to airport management. The airport has passed the most critical tests for certification and the last stages of the review should be completed within...
Editor's note: This is the fourth article in a four-part series "Saving the World – One Ecosystem at a Time." By John Keeble Rene Rivas is an expert in repairing the damage that waves of human agriculture have done to wildlife habitats and ecosystems. Under his...
Former police officer Germán Cáceres was arrested Friday night in Colombia and charged with the September murder of his wife at a police training facility in Quito. Acknowledging the arrest, President Guillermo Lasso said “the most wanted man in Ecuador will soon face...
By Marcos Aleman Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody. And Bukele’s popularity ratings have...
Editor's note: This is the third of a four-part series "Saving the World – One Ecosystem at a Time." Next, Article 4: "The human dimension of successful conservation." By John Keeble The beauty of nature affects people deeply – especially Ecuador’s rare and stunning...
Military and police commanders from Ecuador and Colombia signed an agreement Wednesday to implement a plan to contain drug trafficking and organized crime on their shared border. Colombia and Ecuador share a porous border that stretches some 586 kilometers, where...
By David Robert Grimes For purveyors of snake oil, January is an especially lucrative month. Fresh from our festive excesses, our bodily insecurities are readily exploited by those looking to make a quick buck from a worthless ware. Recent months has already seen the...
By Brad Haynes Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region's second "pink tide" in two decades. However, their struggles amid stubborn economic headwinds suggest the...
Almost 12,000 Ecuadorians were detained at the U.S. border in November for entering the country illegally, the highest number in almost 15 years. Although poverty and lack of employment continue to be the primary motivation for migration, experts say that violence in...
Following the arrest in Brasilia of a supporter of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to set off a bomb to create chaos ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Brazil's new president, the BBC's South America correspondent Katy...
Editor's note: This is the second of a four-part series "Saving the World – One Ecosystem at a Time." Article 3: "A trip among ecosystems and species brought back from the edge of extinction." By John Keeble A tangle of forest near Ecuador’s border with Peru closed in...
President Guillermo Lasso has vetoed reforms by the National Assembly to his economic development law he says will stall economic growth and social recovery. The changes approved by the Assembly would eliminate taxes adopted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic he...
By Stephen Vargha Cuenca appeared to have rebounded from the Covid pandemic with its Christmas celebrations and decorations. And Christmas was a huge and welcomed source of revenue for Cuenca businesses. The city announced that visitors to Cuenca for the Christmas...
By Daniel Cross Amphibians in tropical rainforests have been up against increasingly grave challenges, but now and then comes good news that gives us cause for optimism. In one such development ecologists at Michigan State University in the United States and their...
