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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...
The state of emergency declared by President Lenín Moreno begins Friday, April 23 at 8 p.m. with full weekend lockdowns and a 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew Monday through Friday until May 20. Which activities are allowed and which are not under the new rules? Check out the...
Miércoles, 21/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Muestra fotográfica de mujeres rurales se inaugura hoy (Photographic exhibition of rural women opens today) - A project by the Red de Turismo Comunitario del Austro "Pakariñan" to strengthen the...
She was always there. Every Sunday morning she came at the same time. It was during my early days in Ecuador, when I walked in the area, that we met. I studied her and familiarized myself with her mannerisms. She was a disabled person. Her handicap was the inability...
By Sean Illing America’s commitment to free speech is uniquely radical. The US Constitution treats freedom of expression as the master freedom that makes every other possible. And our legal system reflects this view, which is why it has always been incredibly...
The Ecuador Society of Intensive Care has joined other national and local medical organizations in asking the government to impose a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus. “We urgently need a state of total confinement of the population to...
The government announced Tuesday afternoon that interprovincial and intraprovincial bus fares will increase 15% on May 1. The agreement with bus operators ended a two-day bus strike that had disrupted traffic throughout much of the country. Bus companies had demanded...
Martes, 20/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Moreno: la mesa no queda servida (Moreno: the table is not served) - President-elect Lasso and outgoing President Moreno met with their respective Vice Presidents and transition teams. Moreno...
By Olga Rodriguez and Marcos Martinez They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the U.S., in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives...
As the national Emergency Operations Committee deliberated Monday on new pandemic restrictions, the group’s president warned against panic. “I am seeing wild speculation, especially on social media, about what we are planning and I caution people not to believe...
Lunes, 19/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - From el sábado, 17/4/2021 - Facultad de Artes organiza cuatro talleres para adultos (Faculty of Arts organizes four workshops for adults) - The Arts Department of the U. of Cuenca is organizing 4...
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...
