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The National Assembly has granted amnesty to 268 people arrested during anti-government protests, including 60 involved in the sometimes violent October 2019 protests against former president Lenin Moreno. The measure was approved by 99 of the Assembly's 137 members....
By a single vote, National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori survived an attempt by opposition Assembly members on Wednesday to investigate and remove her from leadership. Llori had earlier allowed the vote to proceed, saying she would not "stand in the way of the...
The visas of former president Abdalá Bucaram and his family have been revoked by the United States for what the U.S. Embassy called “significant acts of corruption.” In a statement, the Embassy said the corruption occurred both during Bucaram’s presidency and after....
Miércoles, 9/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - 8 días de saberes ancestrales (8 days of ancestral wisdom) - Since 2015, Bryan Jara has organized dance and music anniversaries of his dance school, "Kaypimikanchik." In 2021 he decided to add ancestral knowledge to the...
Guatemalan lawmakers have increased prison sentences for women who have abortions, bucking a recent trend in Latin America toward expanding access to the procedures. As some of Latin America’s largest countries — Mexico, Argentina, Colombia — have expanded abortion...
National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori claims that those attempting to remove her from office and take control of the Assembly don’t understand parliamentary law. She insists she will stand her ground. The Assembly meets today for the first time since the...
Martes, 8/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Sorry for the messed up date for the projected reopening of the Turi lookout - it will be 21/7. Actividades - Abren audiciones para Coro Polifónico (Auditions for the Polyphonic Choir are open) - The U. of Cuenca opened the call for...
By Jim Gala Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around. —Miles Davis Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking. —Nina Simone. Art has a great mission. Through great art lower feelings, cruelty, and...
By Suzan Haskins Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is finally on the decline, it’s time to start planning that trip to Latin America. Whether you’re looking to check out the region’s many retirement hot-spots or just enjoy a laidback, low-cost vacation, there’s no better...
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs César Montaño said Monday that Ecuadorians living in Russia are not in "imminent danger" and the Ministry is not advising them to leave. “At this time, we believe our citizens in Russia are safe and we are suggesting they remain in...
Lunes, 7/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Urge el bacheado (Urgent pothole patching) - Polvo y lodo en calles de Cuenca (Dust and mud in Cuenca's streets) You don't need to go far to see problems with roads in Cuenca. People are complaining about...
By Saralee Squires Fundacion Hogar de Esperanza is a locally based, locally run, accredited charitable organization right here in Cuenca. Our team supports people and families going through rough times and determined to get back on their feet. Our help lifts them...
By Jake Johnson If a single word can encapsulate why — two years into the global Covid-19 pandemic — the virus continues to spread widely and kill thousands of people each day despite the availability of lifesaving vaccines, the humanitarian group Oxfam International...
With international oil prices breaching the $120 per barrel mark over the weekend, Ecuador is expected to raise the price of high-octane gasoline to at least $4 a gallon next week. The price of regular gasoline and diesel will remain at $2.55 and $1.90, rates fixed in...
More than half of Ecuadorians in the Amazon region live on less than $2.85 a day and below the national poverty line. In Morona Santiago Province, bordering Peru in the southeast, 70 percent live in poverty, according the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses...
By Jonathan Josephs The war in Ukraine is "a catastrophe" for the world which will cut global economic growth, the president of the World Bank has told the BBC. "The war in Ukraine comes at a bad time for the world because inflation was already rising," said David...
A second government-chartered flight of Ecuadorians fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine is scheduled to arrive in Quito Saturday morning. The flight, carrying 209 Ecuadorians, left Warsaw Friday night. The first humanitarian flight, with 246 aboard, landed Friday...
By Isaac Chotiner The political scientist John Mearsheimer has been one of the most famous critics of American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Perhaps best known for the book he wrote with Stephen Walt, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,”...
By Aaron Kheriaty, MD The theologian Doug Farrow has written, in the form of a Medieval disputatio, a cogent and persuasive defense of civil disobedience in response to vaccine mandates and other unjustifiable Covid measures. It is entitled Whether There is a Moral...
By Joshua Goodman Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling with pandemic-induced supply chain...
