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Beginning in 2022, Ecuador will offer a new visa option for foreigners who work online. Called the “internet nomad visa” or simply the “nomad visa,” it will allow those who qualify and their families to live and work in Ecuador for up to two years. Tourism Minister...
Miércoles, 29/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Obras estudiantiles en primer Festival de Cine de Naranjal (Student works in first Naranjal Film Festival) - The first International Student Film Festival started yesterday and will continue until 30/12 with short...
His Spanish is pretty good except for those pesky irregular verbs. He's clever enough to mumble them hoping the tense remains clear through context. He carries a well-thumbed mini-English/Espanol dictionary, so we know he's sincere about broadening his vocabulary. He...
The highway that connects Cuenca to Guayaquil and the coast reopened Tuesday on a limited basis following a two-month closure due to rockslides. The highway will be open from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with Transportation Ministry monitoring the stability of the adjacent...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Tuesday that the government will maintain the price of diesel fuel and regular gasoline at current levels. “We are not going to raise the price of basic fuels so everybody can calm down,” he said in Guayaquil. The Confederation of...
Many countries in Latin America were hit with soaring Covid-19 death rates early in the pandemic, as coronavirus raged throughout the region. The tide is turning in many Latin American nations today, where vaccination rates are outpacing countries in Europe and North...
The Ministry of Health said Monday that demand for Covid-19 vaccines in the last seven days has been the highest since the emergence of the Delta variant in early 2020. “The large numbers are a result of fear of the new Omicron variant and the entry restrictions...
Lunes, 27/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Migración: posible paso por Nicaragua (Migration: possible passage through Nicaragua) - The Ministerio de Gobierno warned that since septiembre there has been an unusual increase in Eucadorians traveling to...
By Stephen Kinsella We have come a long way from the optimism that surrounded the internet in the early 1990s. As Tim Berners-Lee has remarked several times, there was a "utopian" view of its potential to democratise news and reinforce social cohesion. Indeed, only 10...
By Kristen Warfield With the increased popularity of ordering food from online platforms such as Glovo and UberEats throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, you might not think that the order in which the food is presented on the menu may make any difference. But one new...
Cuenca is on track to maintain its reputation for having the lowest crime rate among Ecuador's largest cities in 2021. Through the first 11 months of 2021, crime dropped in most categories, according to the Azuay Judicial Police. “Overall, the news is good in regards...
Members of the Armed Forces discovered a large network of active illegal gold mining tunnels below the city of Zaruma during a weekend search. The operation, carried out by a Cuenca-based infantry brigade, followed the collapse of three houses in Zaruma last week due...
News from Paute Summer visited Paute last week. The days were clear and warm, the nights clear and cool. A full moon added to the joy; it was as luminescent as ice. It is festival season in Paute and we got just what we were longing for: the Pase del Niño Parade … and...
Although the government says it has legal standing to impose a vaccine mandate and to require vaccine cards for entry to businesses and public events, some lawyers are challenging the claim. In the case of the mandate, several experts wonder if it is even a mandate at...
By Sylvan Hardy If Friday’s Pase del Niño didn’t measure up to previous parades in size, it made up for it in piety and fun. Instead of a seven- or eight-hour procession, it lasted a little over an hour. Instead of 100 floats, there were 23. Instead of 24,000...
By Robert Bradley The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree is far older than Christianity itself. A thousand years older. Pagans in Europe used branches of fir trees to decorate their homes during the winter solstice and early Romans used evergreens to decorate...
Jueves, 23/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Happy Holidays. I hope you will be enjoying them with friends and family, either in person or virtually. Actividades - Nada. Titular - Buñuelo, el postre navideño (Buñuelo, the Christmas dessert) - Buñuelos are a typical dessert at the...
By Yascha Mounk It feels like everyone I know has COVID. During earlier stages of the pandemic, most of my friends were spared a direct brush with the virus. Perhaps they used to be much more careful. Or perhaps they were just lucky.Whatever the reason, their good...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday morning that it is making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all residents. “This decision is the result of the current epidemiological situation that shows an increase in infections as well as the circulation of the...
The Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) reminded older Ecuadorians that the law allows them to sue their children if they lack food and other basic necessities. The Organic Act of Older Adults, passed in 2019, guarantees elders living in extreme poverty a...
