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Talks are underway between the president’s office and the interior and tourism ministries about creating a new visa category for so-called digital nomads, those who work by internet and can live anywhere in the world. According to Tourism Minister Niels Olsen, Ecuador...
Cuenca bus companies are again demanding that the city allow fare increases, claiming that dozens of meetings between owners and officials have accomplished nothing. “We need a fare of 40 or 45 cents to maintain our service and pay our debts,” says Oswaldo Flores,...
By Mark A. Mahoney I recently returned from a wonderful backpacking trip to California and will be writing soon on the benefits of physical activity relative to my sense of well-being and mental health. The serenity produced by hiking and camping within the Ansel...
Lunes, 23/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Alta desnutrición infantil en Azuay (High child malnutrition in Azuay) - The cantons of Nabón, Oña, Pucará, and Sígsig have a problem with malnutrition, mostly in children between 0 and 5 years old. A 2018...
More than 500 soldiers and 150 police evicted a small group of protesters from a hill near Montecristi Saturday as workers moved in to begin the installation of a radar station to detect drug trafficking aircraft. According to the government, most of the protesters...
Less than two weeks after Avianca Airlines announced it was adding flights between Cuenca and Quito, Galapagos Airways said it will do the same, beginning sometime in October or early November. Galapagos Air also has an application pending for the Cuenca-Guayaquil...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health reports that nationwide the number of hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 are at the lowest levels since March 2020, when the pandemic was declared. Health officials in Cuenca and Azuay Province say their numbers reflect those at the...
I’d like to share it with you a little test suggested by W.S. Merwin… Blindfold yourself with some suitable object. If time permits remain still for a moment. You may feel one or more of your senses begin to swim back toward you in the darkness. Meanwhile, have...
By Mongabay staff In 2017, the name “La Merced de Buenos Aires,” or simply “Buenos Aires,” became famous throughout Ecuador. This small parish located high in the Andean province of Imbabura was invaded by illegal miners who quickly took control of the mountains....
By Kristen V. Brown and Rebecca Torrence Anecdotes tell us what the data can't: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. But exactly how often isn't clear, nor is it certain how likely they are to spread the virus to others....
In its most recent population estimates, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reports that Cuenca’s population has grown by 187,000, or about 28 percent, since the 2010 census. The city’s metropolitan population at the end of June stands at...
Jueves, 19/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - l autocine llega a la parroquia San Joaquín (New project - The drive-in movie comes to San Joaquín parish) - A drive in movie will open in San Joaquín el viernes, 20/8. The first show will be mañana a las 19:00 with two...
President Guillermo Lasso has designated a section of Manabí Province a “military reserve,” giving the Armed Forces additional authority to combat drug trafficking. The presidential order focuses on an area near Montecristi known as the San Isidro Hills that is said...
Ecuador Interior Minister Alexandra Vela said Wednesday that the government is ready to begin a dialog with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie). It is not clear, however, when talks will begin since Vela proposed a Friday start date while...
Miércoles, 18/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Peatones priman sobre vehículos (Pedestrians prevail over vehicles) - The Día Mundial del Peatón (World Pedestrian Day) was celebrated el 17/8. The Plan de Movilidad y Espacios Públicos de Cuenca, in...
By Hilary Brueck and Mia de Graaf The U.S. government has recommended COVID-19 booster shots for all. In a statement on Wednesday, U.S. health officials said all Americans who received an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna may get a boost eight months after their...
For the third time, the International Criminal Police Agency, better known as Interpol, has refused to issue a red alert for the arrest and extradition of former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. As it did in the previous cases, the agency said that that the...
Most of the migrants enter Ecuador at the Peruvian border, at Huaquillas, and almost none of them plan to stay. According to the Foreign Ministry, the estimated 200 Haitians, Asians and Africans entering the country each day are met by so-called travel coordinators...
Martes, 3/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Cruce de acusaciones (Crossing of accusations) - As expected, the impeachment of ex-Comptroller General Pablo Celi in the National Assembly is a crossing of accusations, attacks, and grievances, especially...
As vaccinations in the U.S. have slowed significantly from their peak, they have risen sharply in Latin America, with a host of countries now inoculating against Covid-19 at a far higher rate than their richer neighbor to the north. The progress in Latin America is...
