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Despite being tear-gassed near the presidential palace on Tuesday, Ecuador’s mayors insist they will not leave Quito until the government explains how and when it will pay its debt to the municipalities. The mayors claim that cities are owed more than a billion...
--Sponsored post-- By Gwen Hyatt Staying safe when you travel is a priority for everyone, but especially for women traveling solo. There are certain steps you can take to help toward that end. I mostly travel solo versus with a partner or group, which has both...
Jueves, 8/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Mujeres, sin empleo y víctimas de violencia (Women, unemployed and victims of violence) - <Happy International Women's Day> Confinement because of Covid has aggravated violence against...
By Daniela Desantis and Carlos Valdez Sandra Contreras, camped outside Lima’s Villa el Salvador hospital, is running out of funds to pay for her mother’s COVID-19 treatment, a sign of thin welfare systems around Latin America that are dragging many into debt and...
By Stephen Vargha One of Cuenca’s newest restaurants’ fare is based on the 1989 American romantic comedy, "When Harry Met Sally," directed by Rob Reiner. More specifically, Pig & Cow’s sandwiches are inspired by the productions of Meg Ryan, aka Sally Albright. “We...
Women’s rights supporters gathered Sunday afternoon at the Broken Bridge to decry Friday's vandalism of a Rio Tomebamba bridge dedicated to the victims of femicide. The vandals removed a plaque honoring the victims and painted graffiti identifying themselves as the...
By Maria Cheg and Lori Hinnant In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. It is operating at just a quarter...
Ecuador and Paraguay have both received some 20,000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from Chile, the governments of the recipient countries said on Saturday. The donation of a total 40,000 doses provided a stark example of the disparities in South American...
I posted a column a couple of years back regarding the responsibility of expats to contribute their fair share to the well-being of our community. The message bears revisiting. Jeanne’s Periodico recently reported the following. "The federal government owes $1.054...
Mexico City has launched the first of what it hopes will be several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of nine million. Thursday’s inauguration of the first leg of the "Cablebus" line marks the latest chapter in Latin America’s love affair with...
Ecuador Interior Minister Patricio Pazmiño has resigned following deadly prison riots that left 80 dead on February 23, citing “personal reasons” but also complaining about “unfair accusations” made about police and prison officials. In his resignation letter to...
By Luke O’Neill The COVID vaccines are working. Data from Israel and Scotland shows that they are protecting people and may also be decreasing the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. If it all holds up, people will be protected from severe disease, the amount of virus...
By Liam Higgins Almost unnoticed in the aftermath of the February 7 national election was the death of the movement that dominated Ecuador’s political landscape for 14 years. Founded by former president Rafael Correa among others, Alianza Pais, failed to place a...
Jueves, 4/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina educación y cultura - Semana de la artesanía y diseño alista el CIDAP (CIDAP readies craft and design week) - So that the traditional spaces in which artisans work don't disappear, CIDAP is organizing a series...
By Jeff Salz Marvin and Bruno are brothers who started living on the football field next to our home about a month ago. After a week of watching their antics in amazement -- enjoying their almost magical prowess with a soccer ball, their relentless hard training...
By Lauren Mascarenhas The risk of death from Covid-19 is an astonishing 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Obesity Forum. The new findings may explain why there are so many...
According to transit police, all major highways leading into and out of Cuenca were impassable early Wednesday night. After a massive landslide closed the Cuenca-Guayaquil highway through the Cajas Mountains, transportation officials suggested drivers use alternative...
Miércoles, 3/3/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Hay riesgos de desbordamientos (There are risks of overflows) - The Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI) is predicting heavy rains for the rest of the week in Cuenca, the...
A demographic study of global migration patterns by the University of Barcelona and InterNations predicts that Cuenca and Quito will continue to rank one and two as the most popular landing spots in Ecuador and South America for international expats as the impact of...
Martes, 2/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Daños por lluvias (Rain damage) - The rains have caused damage in Pucará, Santa Isabel, Girón and Cuenca in Azuay and in Azogues in Cañar. <Following is basically a list of damage so...
