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Center-left Andres Arauz will face conservative former banker Guillermo Lasso in the second round of Ecuador’s presidential election on April 11, according to the country’s National Electoral Council. Arauz, the 36-year-old protege of former socialist President Rafael...
By Aria Bendix The U.S.'s daily coronavirus cases have declined 65% in the last month — a record drop in the course of the nation's outbreak. New cases reached an all-time high of 312,000 on January 8. Since then, they've fallen to a weekly average of around 73,000...
The National Electoral Council met Saturday morning to compile the official results of the February 7 election. Once the votes from the provincial CNE offices are accepted and approved, official results will be announced, according to council member Luis Verdesoto....
Argentina’s Minister of Health Gines Gonzalez Garcia has resigned after media reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to Covid-19 vaccines. President Alberto Fernández had requested the resignation shortly after the news broke. The scandal,...
By Peter West “There is an urgent need today for the citizens of a democracy to think well.” These words, which could have been written yesterday, come from Thinking to Some Purpose, a popular book by the British philosopher Susan Stebbing, first published in 1939 in...
By David Leonhardt If you've been following the Covid-19 news, you’re probably familiar with the idea of vaccine alarmism. It goes something like this: The coronavirus vaccines aren’t 100 percent effective. Vaccinated people may still be contagious. And the virus...
By Liam Higgins The political effort to mount a unified campaign against the return of Correismo, personified by Andrés Arauz, suffered a serious blow this week as Yaku Pérez intensified his attacks on presidential rival Guillermo Lasso. “Do not even dream that we...
Jueves, 18/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Hospitales están en máxima alerta (Hospitals are on high alert) - The crowds in Cuenca during Carnaval included parties, family gatherings, and trips to the beach which were followed by...
By Stephan Kueffner and Sydney Maki The socialist candidate who won the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election had lunch with investors in New York this week to try to persuade them not to panic if he wins. Andres Arauz pledged to provide investors with legal...
Kuwait’s vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 at six times the rate of expatriates who make up two-thirds of the population, spurring claims of racism and concerns the discrepancy will delay a return to normal life. Around 119,000 Kuwaitis and 18,000 expats have...
Leading presidential candidate Andrés Arauz met Tuesday and Wednesday with representatives of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. “I had the opportunity to explain my economic plan for Ecuador and why I disagree with some of the austerity measures they...
With the U.S. Trump administration out of power, Colombia is turning to Russia and China for supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for its 35 million citizens. According to sources in President Iván Duque's office, the government had been warned by former U.S. Secretary of...
Miércoles, 17/2/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Exigen celeridad al CNE ante conflicto electoral (Speed demanded from the CNE in the face of electoral conflict) - This article is already outdated - see Wednesday's CHL article for story....
--Sponsored post-- By Erin Colton-Enberg Wherever you are in the world, creating a nonprofit organization (let alone in your first language) can be a big undertaking. Colombia, like many countries in Latin America, draws the attention of those looking to work in the...
After preparations had been made to recount presidential election votes in 17 provinces, the National Electoral Council (CNE) voted Tuesday night not to proceed with the recount and to stand by the official results of the February 7 balloting. The recount plan, agreed...
Martes, 16/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Improvisada "terminal" en la Remigio Crespo (Improvised "terminal" at Remigio Crespo) - According to municipal property records, there were 16 businesses on av. Av. Remigio Crespo in 2019...
By Chris Hedges The Rev. Will Campbell was forced out of his position as director of religious life at the University of Mississippi in 1956 because of his calls for integration. He escorted Black children through a hostile mob in 1957 to integrate Little Rock’s...
Hundreds of young partygoers gathered Sunday night in the streets and on the beaches of Montañita, repeating a scene that had also played out Friday and Saturday nights. With drinks in hand, Carnaval celebrants threw cups of water and sprayed foam on each other....
By Megan Janetsky While images of people lined up for long-awaited Covid-19 vaccinations spurred hope in millions across the globe, they stirred up something else in Dr. Juan Jose Velez: frustration. Velez runs the coronavirus ward in one of the biggest public...
Lunes, 15/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - ¡Deliciosos carnavales! (Delicious carnivals!) - Cuenca is celebrating Carnaval with restrictions. The COE reminded people that massive events and concentrations of large groups of people are...
