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More than 58,000 suspected gang members have been arrested in El Salvador since President Nayib Bukele declared “war” on criminal groups seven months ago and that number is about to increase. On Tuesday, the national legislature authorized more money and “all force...
The National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous and Black Organizations (Fenocin) said Tuesday that it will begin “local, sporadic highway stoppages” because the government has delayed a decision to forgive debts of up to $10,000 to certain economic sectors. “We...
By Maddy Biddulph Want to know how to boost your immune system? First, it’s helpful to understand how it works and why it’s important. The immune system is the body’s first line of defense against infection and disease. It works to fight everything from cold and flu...
By Lucien Chauvin, photos by Alessandro Cinque Rufino Quico remembers when his pastures turned green each November as spring rains arrived on the high Andean plain where his herd of 380 alpacas grazes. Quico was born in Lagunillas and lives in the same adobe house as...
Are you interested in learning more about healthy farming practices in the Cuenca area? The Azuay provincial government is offering a free half-day tour for expats to a small farm west of Cuenca. The tour also includes a visit to Tienda Campesino in El Centro that...
By Ben Church For the past year, a giant clock in Doha has been counting down to the opening match of the World Cup. Qatar and the world need wait no more, after this controversial tournament got underway Sunday with the host losing 2-0 to Ecuador. After a spectacular...
By Stephen Vargha A native of Cuenca turned what was once a vacant lot on the south end of Av. Fray Vicente Solano into a thriving weekend market for secondhand goods. “There were 65 families working in the streets before I bought the property,” said 72-year-old Jorge...
By Lauren Jackson The World Cup begins today in Qatar. The games, which normally start in late spring or summer, were pushed to accommodate the desert country’s climate — one of many reasons this is a weird World Cup. The best national soccer teams will compete for...
Hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians will pack into bars and restaurants Sunday morning as Ecuador takes on Qatar in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup. Millions more will be watching at home. Beyond its importance to fans, the match has significance for other...
Viernes, 18/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Una muestra fotográfica para divulgar la ciencia (A photographic exhibition to promote science) - The photo exhibit, "Oasis en la cumbre de los Andes" by French photographer and researcher Olivier Dangles opened in the...
By Erin Griffith How could a $32 billion company vaporize overnight? That’s what anyone watching the sudden collapse of FTX, a hot cryptocurrency start-up that plunged into bankruptcy last week, might be puzzling over. It will take time — and multiple federal...
Through social network videos and text posts, criminal gangs operating in Ecuador prisons claim they have reached a “peace agreement” to avoid violence both in and out of prisons. The gangs involved in the agreement, the posts say, are Los Lobos, Los Tiguerones, Los...
As if it has not already received enough bad press, there are reports that a rich Qatari citizen has bribed Ecuadorian football players to lose the World Cup opening game to Qatar on Sunday. According to the regional head of the British Center for Middle East Studies,...
By Heather Kelly Too much screen time is something we usually associate with children and young people. We think of little kids watching hours of CoComelon on iPads, or teens who would rather be absorbed in video games or YouTube than talk about their day. But there...
Miércoles, 16/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del martes, 15/11: Titiricuenca trae historias de 4 países (Titiricuenca brings stories from 4 countries) - The 12th edition of the Festival Internacional de Teatro y Títeres "Titiricuenca"...
By Stephen Vargha Almost everyone knows that Cuenca celebrated the 202nd anniversary of its independence from Spain two weeks ago. November 3rd is also notable for another anniversary: the establishment of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was small in its...
By Liam Higgins November 15 marks an anniversary of the bloodiest chapter in modern Ecuadorian history. By the end of the day in 1922, hundreds of protesting workers had died in a hail of gunfire. Three weeks earlier, on October 25, members of a railroad workers'...
Lunes, 14/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Frankenstein, obra multimedia, abrirá festival Artes Vivas de Loja (Frankenstein, multimedia work, will open Artes Vivas de Loja festival) - The VII Live Arts Festival of Loja (Fiavl) will be from 17-27/11 with over 100...
President Guillermo Lasso signed a revised communication law Friday, claiming it protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press from government interference. “This legislation guarantees the free circulation of ideas on the internet and in the media without...
Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series, the Five Faces of Freedom. Mastery requires that we enter the realm of paradox. We step beyond the limits of the rational mind. Duality dissolves into a singularity. Remember that my philosophy of Conscious Living...
