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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...
By Emma O'Brien and Claire Che With the resumption of global travel on the horizon, some people are discovering that their choice of vaccine could determine where they’re allowed to go. Already, the European Union is planning to allow Americans vaccinated with shots...
The government has reversed an earlier decision to include Friday’s Labor Day holiday in a three-day weekend lockdown. On Saturday night, President’s Lenin Moreno’s communication office announced that Friday will be subject to the same 8 p.m. curfew that applies from...
I received my first inoculation last week and imagined the worst was now behind us, but this is not to be. Once again the streets are drained, forcing restauranteurs and others to wonder how they can afford to feed their families. Street vendors are locked down. Fruit...
Israel and Bahrain on Thursday reached what Israel calls the world's first bilateral agreement for mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccine passports for quarantine-free travel between two countries, an Israeli diplomat who helped forge the deal tells NPR. "This is the...
The weekend lockdown begins a day early next week due to the Labor Day holiday, which will be observed Friday, April 30. Confinement will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday and continue until Monday, May 3 at 5 a.m. “There will be no Labor Day events this year due to the health...
Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a law late on Thursday granting autonomy to its central bank, a move celebrated by President Lenin Moreno’s government on Friday as a step toward economic stability. Moreno’s market-friendly administration had pushed the reform as...
By Sylvan Hardy The weekend's lockdown that begins tonight didn’t have to happen. Neither did the Monday through Friday nighttime curfews. According to several medical and public health administration experts, the new state of emergency to control the Covid-19 virus...
Jueves, 22/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Restricciones por la vida (Restrictions for life) - See Thursday's articles (jueves, 22/4) in CHL for the story. <I think I'm going to be baking this weekend -- use up some of that yeast I...
Supermarkets have adjusted their operating hours to accommodate the curfews imposed by the new state of emergency. Most will be closed during the weekend lockdowns but some will take orders for home delivery. Coral Hipermercados announced it will open Monday to Friday...
By Jeff Van Pelt Mark Twain said, “Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.” Some people must not have gotten that breeding. Trolling on Facebook, and in the comments section of various online...
