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Miércoles, 8/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Sorry, but I had to take yesterday off to take care of medical stuff. It still amazes me that from seeing a primary care doctor once every few years, old age is making me see a bunch of doctors every few months. Actividades -...
Europe's plan to double down on renewable fuels in response to rising fuel costs could have the unintended short-term effect of increasing prices and slow down the energy transition, Chevron Corp Chief Executive Michael Wirth said on Tuesday. "That can erode the...
President Guillermo Lasso flew to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles Tuesday, saying his primary interests are crime and migration. The summit, hosted by the United States, is notable for who is not attending following the decision by President Joe Biden not to...
By Louisa Rogers The other day, opening a bottle of wine with a corkscrew, I wished for the umpteenth time that more U.S wine bottles came with screw tops. So simple! In the U.S., wine bottles with screw tops still have a stigma and are often viewed as cheap and...
By Belen Fernandez Back in 2012, in the southern Peruvian city of Ayacucho — birthplace of the Maoist guerrilla outfit Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) — I found myself carrying a small white coffin containing the remains of a man named Alejandro Aguilar. As I...
The international friendly football match between Mexico and Ecuador was halted temporarily in the second half Sunday due to Mexico fans directing an anti-gay chant at Ecuador's goalkeeper. Mexico’s national team was warned on several occasions during World Cup...
By Oscar Lopez In a rebuke to President Biden, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said Monday that he would not attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles after news emerged that the United States would not invite Cuban, Venezuelan and...
Lunes, 6/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From el viernes, 3/6/2022 La Fiesta de la Música regresa a Cuenca (The Music Festival returns to Cuenca) - The Alianza Francesa announced that the 31st Edition of the Fiesta de la Música will be el 16, 17, & 18/6 with...
By Stephen Vargha There are millions of Americans living abroad, but the exact number is unknown. The United States does not formally count the number of Americans who move to other countries, and it does not require its citizens to register an official place of...
As more than 300 mayors, prefects and governors gathered in Quito Monday to discuss ways to fight crime, an angry Guayaquil Mayor Cynthia Viteri attacked the government of President Guillermo Lasso for not paying its bills. Waving a hand-written sign claiming...
The National Alliance for Health is demanding that President Guillermo Lasso declare a national emergency for the country’s public health sector. The Alliance, made up of patient rights groups and medical professionals, claims public hospitals and clinics and the...
Ecuador’s National Electoral Council has received a formal request for a recall election of President Guillermo Lasso. Under recall rules, Lasso has until June 9 to respond to the 48-page document submitted last week to the CNE. The recall is supported by Andrés...
By Daniela Mohor On May 1, Francisca Sandoval, a young Chilean reporter, traveled to a commercial district of the capital, Santiago, to cover a union rally commemorating International Workers' Day. It would be her final report. During the demonstration, violent...
A court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest for five days, it said on Saturday, citing the Andean country's leader failure to comply with a previous ruling that demanded he provide environmental protection for a...
Air traffic between the countries of the Andean Community (CAN), including Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru, increased 146.7% from February 2021 to February 2022. In Cuenca, air traffic is also up dramatically although it still lags pre-pandemic levels. According...
National Assembly consideration of legislation to allow the National Police and prison staff to use more force to subdue suspected criminals and inmates has sparked an “unprecedented” level of public interest. On Friday, Assembly President Virgilio Saquicela postponed...
By Kara Godfrey In February 2020, Tori Ann Lyla Hunter was carrying medicines which, despite being prescribed by her doctor in Australia, were illegal in Indonesia. When they were discovered in her luggage at an Indonesian airport she was taken immediately to jail...
Jueves, 2/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Destitución no para crisis (Impeachment doesn't stop crisis) - The fight in the Asamblea Nacional which unleashed the impeachment of Guadalupe Llori from the presidency of that body isn't finished. Her defense has started legal...
Expecting a rocky start to 2022, Ecuadorian exporters say they are "more than pleased" with shipments in the first quarter of the year. “We didn’t know what to expect given the continuing pandemic and the war in Ukraine,” says Xavier Rosero, vice president of the...
Miércoles, 1/6/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Los niños y el cuidado del medio ambiente (Children and environmental care) - Wednesday's issue of El Mercurio is in celebration of the Día del Niño. The front page is artwork done by students at the Escuela Fiscomisional...
