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By Melissa Kirsch When the present moment is stressful or uncomfortable, when the future seems especially fuzzy or uncertain, nostalgia offers a balm. It’s why many of us turned to “Friends” reunions, “Sopranos” re-binges and childhood video games earlier in the...
It is unclear exactly how many Ecuadorians are living in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the government gave an estimate of 700 but increased it to 1,500 Thursday. “Our citizens are there for many reasons, including being married to Ukrainian nationals, and it is impossible to...
An estimated 600,000 Ecuadorians will take to the roads for the four-day Carnaval weekend, from Saturday to Tuesday. Along with Cuenca’s independence holiday which combines with the Day of Dead in October, it is the longest holiday of the year. The holiday is also...
By Chantal Flores The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. It’s the same one that, years later, she would teach to her seven children. At 42, Méndez has mastered advanced stitches like the closed buttonhole and...
Cuenca city officials hoped to confine Thursday’s Noche de los Compadres and Comadres, the official opening of the Carnaval holidays, to San Francisco Plaza but the plaza couldn’t contain the massive turnout. Surrounding streets and Parque Calderon, the traditional...
Jueves, 24/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - See article below in "Region" for carnaval activities in Cañar Titular - "No hay...llame otro día" ("There aren't any...call another day.") - As typical for the past years, affiliates of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de...
By Egle Gerulaityte Bracing against the cold air at an altitude of 2,650 meters, I made my way down a foggy, narrow mountain road in the heart of the Ecuadorian Andes. Its switchbacks were slick with moisture from the mist, vegetation slowly creeping up the cracks in...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating what Ecuador Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín, Foreign Minister calls a “number of complicated scenarios.” The country will profit from soaring oil prices that moved above $100 a barrel Thursday, he said, but exporters...
President Guillermo Lasso has signed an order that could allow an estimated 5,200 inmates early release from the country's over-crowded prisons. During a Tuesday interview, he said that judges will have the final say in all cases. A series of 2021 riots in the...
Miércoles, 23 /2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Monda & Lironda junta la crítica cultural y escritura (Monda & Lironda brings together cultural criticism and writing) - Monda & Lironda, the on-line magazine of the Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Azua, was...
By Thomas Fazi and Toby Green Over the past two years, as the pandemic claimed the lives of millions of people and upturned the lives of everyone else, a silent revolution was taking place. Western capitalism suddenly found itself usurped; replaced by an even more...
By Gabrielle Bienasz The U.S. government's mask mandate for airplanes and other methods of travel will likely be extended, the country's largest union of flight attendants told Bloomberg on Tuesday.The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA represents flight attendants...
Police and military personnel have taken control of illegal gold mines on the rivers of Napo Province and the government says it plans similar operations at other mining locations. According to the Government Ministry, more than 500 police and 900 army troops have...
Martes, 22/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Presencialidad obligada desde el 14 de marzo (Attendance required after March 14) - Ayer, the Government announced that mandatory in person classes will resume el 14/3. The decision was made since health...
By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Megan Janetsky Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation's feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure...
A team of doctors in Guayaquil say that the Covid-19 subvariant known as BA.2 may already by circulating in Ecuador. In a Monday afternoon statement, the Ministry of Health agreed but said BA.2 is not yet a “cause for alarm.” Carlos Sandoval, Guayaquil Public Health...
National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori says members of her own Pachakutik party are plotting with the Correistas and conservative Social Christians to remove her from office and dissolve the Assembly Administrative Council (CAL). "What I see looks very much like...
Lunes, 21/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Ofertas turísticas (Touristic offers) - The traditional Jueves de Compadres y Comadres will be held in San Francisco Plaza Thursday, starting at 18:00. The event was originally announced for Alejandro Serrano Aguilar...
By Sandee LaMotte Eating a plant-based diet has been shown to be good for your heart and your overall health, as well as that of the planet. In fact, a recent study found a young person could live an additional 13 years by eating more vegetables and legumes, as well...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios defended his decision to change the city logo over the weekend, claiming that the graphic artist who designed the artwork “did not charge a penny for his efforts.” He also said that the signage erected in several locations in the historic...
