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By David Leonhardt Guido Calabresi, a federal judge and Yale law professor, invented a little fable that he has been telling law students for more than three decades. He tells the students to imagine a god coming forth to offer society a wondrous invention that would...
By Mark Mahoney An updated review on some of the reasons we may be overeating as well as some recent research was discussed in the latest newsletter from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Some of that research is covered in this column. The latest...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee has tightened Covid-19 health protocols, including the reduction of hours private vehicles are allowed on city streets. Beginning Monday, April 19, cars can circulate only from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Previously, the restriction...
Following a Sunday night meeting, the national Emergency Operations Committee announced that it has ruled out a Covid-19 lockdown similar to the one applied in March and April of 2020. The COE said, however, that “serious measures” must be taken to combat the recent...
Cases of Covid-19 are extremely rare among people who are fully vaccinated, according to a new data analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among more than 75 million fully vaccinated people in the U.S., just around 5,800 people reported a...
By Oscar Medina and Ezra Fieser Colombia is trying to ramp up taxes on its richest citizens to tackle the ballooning deficits and mass poverty caused by lockdowns and the pandemic. The country is also grappling with a flood of Venezuelan refugees that totals an...
When I was young I spent a year with a team of artists and anthropologists documenting the Inuit culture of western Alaska. One of our autumn trips was to a remote inlet to record a seal hunt. It was late September. When the weather unexpectedly turned snotty we...
Everyone over the age of 18 in the Galapagos islands will be fully vaccinated by May 31. The plan, announced Friday by Vice President Maria Alejandra, is intended intended to revive tourism, which the islands’ economy depends on. According to the governing council of...
By Medea Benjamin Ecuador's April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be. On the surface, it was a surprisingly clean and professional election, as our...
By David Knowles Scientific American magazine announced Monday that it would stop using the term "climate change" in articles about man-made global warming and substitute "climate emergency" instead. "Journalism should reflect what science says: the climate emergency...
By Julie Turkewitz and Isayen Herrera She wore a ponytail and a red T-shirt, the words “Glitter Girl” sketched across the front. Gripping her mother’s hand, she spoke softly, describing how she had been forced out of school by Venezuela’s economic crisis, and then was...
Jueves, 15/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Vacunas para las áreas rurales, piden (Asking for vaccines for rural areas) - Mayors of Azuayan cities outside of Cuenca are worried because of the low presence of vaccination teams in rural...
Ongoing volcanic eruptions have displaced about 20% of people in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as a U.N. official on Wednesday warned of a growing humanitarian crisis. Between 16,000 to 20,000 people were evacuated under government orders before La...
By Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is poised to fracture societies worldwide, increase instability across the globe and reshape political and economic realities for years to come, the US intelligence community warned in a...
By Lief Simon Living or doing business in another country, how should you handle requests for a little something on the side to help grease the wheels? A friend, a businessman in Ecuador, told me about a survey carried out in that country a few years ago. That survey...
The Cuenca Soup Kitchen reminds expats that many Ecuadorians are suffering the hidden consequences of poverty. More than 40 percent of children in Ecuador live in extreme poverty, much of it the result of the Covid pandemic. One of those hidden consequences is the...
Claiming that a lack of employment is Ecuador’s biggest problem, President-elect Guillermo Lasso presented what he called a “liberal vision agenda" to reactivate the economy. “We believe in a free entrepreneurial economy that provides opportunities for all,” he said....
Miércoles, 14/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Detenidos por corrupción en Petroecuador (Arrested for corruption in Petroecuador) - Ayer, Attorney General Diana Salazar, led 25 raids and the arrest of 9 people including the Comptroller...
Former president Rafael Correa said Tuesday that he plans to keep up his political fight from exile despite his protege's election defeat. He was a key presence in Sunday's presidential election despite the fact that he wasn't on the ballot and lives in Belgium. He...
By Stefano Pozzebon More than a year into the pandemic and as cases resurge in Latin America, two recent elections suggest that popular political views on how to escape the crisis remain deeply polarized -- at a time when cohesion is most needed. South American...
