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The trouble with using a word as a catchall insult is that it loses its force. If everyone is a racist, then no one is. If U.S. Sens. John McCain and Mitt Romney were extremists, what was former President Donald Trump? It works both ways. Just as “fascist” and “Nazi”...
By Ellie Shechet Trees and forests play a huge role in the carbon cycle, or the movement of carbon dioxide through the atmosphere. Thanks to activities like deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels, there is now 2.5 times the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere than...
Following up on a suggestion from the Constitutional Court, President Lenín Moreno has sent a draft of the Health Emergency Management Law to the National Assembly. The legislation would allow the government to impose restrictions on personal liberties in the case of...
Jueves, 29/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Despenalizan aborto por violación (Abortion for rape decriminalized) - See today's (jueves) CHL article for story. Restringen uso de canchas y parques "por prevención" (Use of courts and parks...
It was interesting that last year, a few weeks before the lockdown would begin in mid-March, I had decided to leave my paradise in Jadan as little as possible. Luckily for me I am married to a Cuencana who cherishes her time with her tribal clan so she was happy to be...
By Alistair Bell & Mitra Taj Losing the fight against same-sex marriage at home, leading U.S. evangelical Christians are joining in the culture wars in Latin America as cheerleaders for opponents of gay legal partnerships, abortion and pornography. One of the...
By a seven to two vote, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court voted Wednesday to decriminalize abortion in all cases of rape. The decision sparked a sharp reaction from Catholic Church leadership which says it will try to overturn the ruling in a national referendum. In its...
Miércoles, 28/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Préstamo de libros en la CCE (Book loan at the CCE) - The CCE has set up a virtual library to borrow books from the biblioteca Manuel Muñoz Cueva. If you are interested, go to...
By Jeremiah Reardon Texas and the Southwest always held a special place among my childhood fantasies. It’s where the buffalo roamed and the skies were not cloudy all day. Scenes of desert and cactus stirred empathy for my cowboy-heroes. At school, Texas stood out as...
By Nicholas Goldberg To hear some people tell it, vaccine passports are just another effort by Democrats, progressives and Satan to take away your freedom, just like when they told you to wear a mask and made you shut down your business. In a hyperventilating Wall...
Ecuador National Police arrested Peter Robert Dettmer Tuesday for a series of alleged rapes in the U.S. state of Colorado. Dettmer, subject of an outstanding Interpol "red alert," was picked up at his apartment on Av. Ordóñez Lasso in Cuenca. According to police,...
In discussions with the Guillermo Lasso's presidential transition team, the government revealed Monday that it expects to receive shipments of the Johnson & Johnson and Sputnik vaccines. Currently, the health ministry is administering only the Pfizer and Sinovac...
By Roger Cohen Three French lockdowns, and counting, over the past 13 months have been many things, among them a rare opportunity for the formidable national bureaucracy of about 5.6 million public servants to display their gift for the complication of lives. With the...
An increasing number of countries are announcing they’re opening up to vaccinated travelers as rollouts continue in the United States and abroad. Israel, Nepal, Greece, and several Caribbean destinations are among the latest to make the move. The biggest news this...
Surprise!! Perhaps it is a stretch to say, after a five month hiatus, that I am still writing my Cuenca Notes but here I am and that is what it feels like to me. For those who are interested, here are some notes about my life in the interim. In December my doctor...
Ecuatoriana Airlines, the new startup carrier in Ecuador, plans to launch operations using a fleet of Boeing 717-200 and Dash 8-Q400 aircraft, according to a statement released by the company. While the actual debut for Ecuatoriana remains to be determined, everything...
President-elect Guillermo Lasso introduced eight members of his new cabinet on Monday and said he intends to maintain a “laser focus” on ending the Covid-19 epidemic and restoring the economy. Of the new ministers, five are women. “I have chosen my ministers...
Lunes, 26/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Sinfónica de Cuenca estrena nueva concierto (Cuenca Symphony releases a new concert) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca put a new concert onto its digital Sala de Conciertos on YouTube. The program...
By Dan Gelernter If you’re in a high-risk group and you’d like to get the vaccine, go right ahead. I’m not a doctor and I have no wish to advise anyone in the matter — but, equally, I resent people throwing unsolicited advice at me. I am not in a high-risk group. I’m...
The Pan American Health Organization is describing South America as the "epicenter" of the Covid-19 virus as new cases and deaths soar in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and lowland areas of Bolivia. Other countries, including Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina...
