Posts:
Miércoles, 26/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - "Noche de las Ideas" en la Alianza ("Night of Ideas" at the Alliance) - The Alianza de Francesa has organized "La Noche de las Ideas" and the environment is this year's theme. Between hoy y viernes, there will be talks...
Face coverings and Covid passes are no longer legally required in England, after the relaxation of Plan B rules came into effect on Thursday. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the measures could be lifted due to the vaccine rollout's success and a better understanding...
People who were originally fully vaccinated with the Chinese-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine were shown to develop a high degree of immunity after receiving booster doses of either AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccines. In the Brazilian government-funded...
Medical groups and doctors are calling President Guillermo Lasso’s decision to reduce the value added tax for the Carnival holiday “irresponsible” and “an act of public endangerment.” According to several doctors, the tax break will encourage the gathering of larger...
Martes, 25/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Nivelación, prioritaria (Leveling, a priority) - Since the declaration of the health emergency in Ecuador, primary and secondary students have been in a state of vaivén (back and forth - our word for the day - va-y-ven - go...
By Vinay Prasad Last week, a group of scientists, doctors, and academics published an open letter calling on Spotify “to take action against the mass-misinformation events which continue to occur on its platform”. Specifically, they were objecting to two recent...
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso said on Tuesday he will seek to disconnect the handover of crude from outstanding debt to China during a visit to the Asian country next month, part of his plan to renegotiate some $4.1 billion in debt. In the last decade China has...
Medical organizations and some physicians are claiming the national Emergency Operations Committee acted too quickly on Saturday in relaxing Covid-19 health restrictions in most of the country. They claim that the number of cases of the highly infections Omicron...
By Gordon G. Chang If you are in the habit of celebrating Halloween in the middle of January, you're in luck this year. American ports, plagued by logistical problems, are now unloading Halloween gear from container ships. Supply chains, which once delivered goods to...
Lunes, 24/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada, unless you want to count taking a trip to get grain milled traditionally. Titular - Relevo en mando policial (Change in police command) - Pres. Lasso replaced Tannya Varela as the comandante general of the Policía...
Ecuador has ordered troops to the port city of Guayaquil to combat a wave of drug-related violence that has claimed dozens of lives. President Guillermo Lasso said Sunday the military has been deployed to "strengthen control" and "prevent the entry of drugs from the...
A weekend that witnessed at least 12 murders in Guayaquil, most of them committed by hitmen believed to be connected with drug gangs, is sparking public outrage and calls for an overhaul of law enforcement strategy. In addition to the dead, 16 more were injured, 11 of...
The national Emergency Operations Committee has removed most of the country from its ‘red alert’ pandemic list, including Cuenca, Quito and Guayaquil. The COE announced the move during a Saturday meeting following a report by Health Minister Ximena Garzón that...
By Andrew Harding South African scientists -- praised internationally for first detecting the Omicron variant -- have accused Western nations of ignoring early evidence that the new Covid variant was "dramatically" milder than those which drove previous waves of the...
The United Nations Children's Fund is asking Ecuador to reconsider its decision to close schools in reaction to the recent increase of Covid-19 cases. “One thing we know for sure is that another wave of widespread school closures will be disastrous for the country’s...
By Tony Tran Months after El Salvador announced that it would accept bitcoin as legal tender, the country has found itself on the verge of economic collapse yet again. The country’s president Nayib Bukele made waves last year when he announced that the nation would...
By Steven Grattan Human rights groups and politicians in Colombia have welcomed a decision by the country’s Constitutional Court which ruled this week that the government failed to consult local communities over its plan to restart aerial fumigation of coca crops. In...
Jueves, 20/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. <Unless you want to count the article about Santa Isabel below.> Titular - Contagios no dan tregua (Contagions don't let up) - With cases and deaths rising in children, parents are looking for ways to shield...
By Christopher Lux Nicolás Vergara, a Chilean living in Guayaquil, has put together an amusing and instructional list for expats in Ecuador: "15 signs you've been in Ecuador too long." When I read it, I only understood half of the "signs" he discusses. My first...
By Molly Taft Humans have produced so many chemicals and environmental pollutants that we’re currently exceeding the limits of a “safe operating space for humanity,” a new study finds. That could mean that the planet, as well as our health and wellbeing, is in serious...
