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By Enrique Ramos Ecuador stands at a crossroads ahead of the February 7 national election. It can continue a path of orthodox economic policies and balance its accounts by electing a conservative centrist or adopt the dangerous policies of a young leftist who...
Although he's running for president, leftist economist Andres Arauz will not be able to vote in his own country because his residence is registered in Mexico, electoral authorities said Friday. "He can only vote in Mexico at the Ecuadoran consulate," says Enrique...
By Javier Tolcachier In the midst of the anxiety caused by the dramatic health and socio-economic situation, Ecuadorians will have a new date with the ballot box on Sunday. The more than 13 million registered voters will have to choose a new president and his or her...
The Cuenca Chamber of Mining says it will not accept a referendum vote banning large scale gold and silver mining in the Cuenca Canton. Chamber President Patricio Vargas says he will go to court to overturn the ban if necessary. Polls show that voters will...
Jueves, 4/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - More nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Votación en el exterior, en riesgo (Voting abroad, at risk) - Covid restrictions on movement are changing world wide, and it will only be known on voting day how many of the 410,000...
By J.D. Tuccille In the panicked aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the powers-that-be dusted off wish lists of surveillance-state powers and began monitoring and tracking us in ways that affect our lives two decades later. The political turbulence of recent...
By Ciara Nugent and Charlie Campell When Alex Almeida surveys his family farm in a rural corner of landlocked Paraguay, he sees mainly fields, punctuated by small houses with sheet-metal roofs and, in the distance, native lapacho trees blooming with bright yellow...
Ecuador’s campaign for president and National Assembly seats ends tonight but supporters of women’s, gay and environmental rights say the candidates mostly ignored their issues. “The fact that the candidates dodge major questions is no surprise and we’ve become...
Miércoles, 3/2/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Hay más laboratorios y farmacias por Covid-19 (There are more laboratories and pharmacies due to Covid-19) - Covid-19 has generated an increase in the number of pharmacies and laboratories...
By Molly Hodgdon To live in Vermont is to be smothered by nature’s beauty on a daily basis. Everywhere you look is another peaceful pond, another shimmering lake or emerald hill or misty field graced by a family of grazing deer. It’s almost obnoxious, like that one...
--Sponsored post-- By Marjorie Jean Vera Five days earlier, I arrived back to NY from Barcelona. On my way back, I had made a vow in my travel journal and messily scribbled, "If I lose my job..." It’s June 13, 2014 and the World Cup games are about to resume. I had...
Martes, 2/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. <Have yourselves another boring day with nothing to do.> Otras cosas - Titular - Transportistas vuelven a protestar (Carriers protest again) - Yesterday, for the 2nd time in 2 months, the organizations of...
You run into them at the entrances to restaurants, office buildings, grocery stores, airports, gyms and beauty salons and most of us submit to them without a second thought. They are the infrared temperature-taking devices, or guns, designed to keep those infected...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus — including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in...
Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was 91.6 percent effective in an interim analysis of a phase 3 clinical trial published Tuesday. For severe cases, researchers say the vaccine was 100 percent effective. The strong results from a clinical trial in Russia,...
As Ecuador's National Assembly moves forward in its effort to fire Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos, some experts warn that his removal could delay the country's vaccine program by several months and result in more loss of life. The Assembly is demanding that...
Lunes, 1/2/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Abren convocatoria a la Fiesta de Música (Open call for the Fiesta de Música) - The Alianza Francesa which has produced the Fiesta de Música for 25 years is asking for musicians, designers, photographers, and audiovisual...
By Peter S. Goodman In monopolizing the supply of vaccines against Covid-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe: The resulting economic devastation will hit affluent countries nearly as hard as those in the developing world. This is...
As Ecuador enters the final week of the presidential campaign, most election watchers say the race is headed to a runoff between the conservative Guillermo Lasso and leftist Andrés Arauz. Most believe that Arauz will lead in Sunday’s vote but will fall short of the 50...
Owners of Cuenca’s municipal buses resumed service of the Baños-to-Ricaurte 100 route Friday, claiming that the city had failed to complete a transportation integration plan that it promised four months ago. The chamber also says that the city owes bus owners hundreds...
