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By Karl Sweetman The term “vaccine hesitancy” has been used in the medical field since the early 2010s but has come into mainstream use recently because of widespread resistance to vaccination for Covid-19. Depending on your point of view, justification for such...
By Steven Erlanger Alain Walravens, 63, is waiting to be invited for a first coronavirus vaccination. So are Marion Pochet, 71, a retired translator, and her husband, Jean-Marc. At least, Ms. Pochet said, they both have had Covid-19, “so we have some immunity, at...
By Priscilla Alvarez The Biden administration has placed around 28,000 radio ads in Latin America as part of a stepped-up campaign to discourage people from journeying to the US. But amid a dramatic spike in migrants to the southern border, many of whom have been...
By Stefano Pozzebon More than 100 days since the first Covid-19 vaccinations in Latin America, the pandemic is still dangerously resurging in some areas. The region's recent battle with the coronavirus remains marked by disparities, with some countries boasting of...
Lunes, 5/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Daños obligan a manejar con tino (Damages force you to drive skillfully) - Various stretches of the vía Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje need immediate attention since they're dangerous - especially for...
By Reginald Williams When someone picks your pocket and pilfers your cell phone, at first you panic. Then you are exposed to feelings of discouragement and vulnerability. You feel disheartened and helpless. Then finally, you accept that there’s nothing to do except...
Paracetamol medications are no more effective than a placebo for the most common illnesses or injuries, a medical review of the drug has revealed. The most ineffective use of paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen and sold under such brand names as Tylenol, Mapap...
By Blane Bachelor Eric Barry has been riding a seemingly never-ending wave of uncertainty in his life over the past year. The 35-year-old writer and podcast host, who is originally from California's Bay Area, was researching a novel in Ecuador when the global pandemic...
A week before Ecuador’s presidential runoff election between Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso, the leadership of the country's indigenous movement remains bitterly divided on strategy. With most polls showing a tightening race, many analysts say the vote of the...
A photo obtained by Fox News shows two little Ecuadorian girls -- who were dropped from a barrier at the U.S.-Mexican border by smugglers, and whose plight drew worldwide concern and outrage -- receiving care at a Border Patrol facility after their rescue. The girls...
Cuenca street artists who enjoy painting large-scale pieces are familiar with El Vado. Bajada del Vado is famed for the often dramatic street art climbing the steep draw, some crumbling even more rapidly than the wall they use as a canvas. The plazoleta itself, a...
Following discussions with the national Emergency Operations Committee on Friday, it was agreed that Cuenca residents will not be subject to driving restrictions on city maintained roadways that are being applied in other areas of the country. According to national...
The Ministry of Health says that it expects two shipments of the Sinovac vaccine next week, with 300,000 doses arriving April 4 and 700,000 more arriving April 8. Ecuador’s ambassador in Beijing, Carlos Larrea, who toured Sinovac facilities last week, reported that...
By Rachel Treisman The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its domestic travel guidance for fully vaccinated people, lifting certain testing and self-quarantine requirements and recommending precautions like wearing a mask and avoiding crowds. But...
Chile closed its borders and tightened an already strict lockdown further on Thursday to slow the spread of the coronavirus and stop the influx of contagious new variants as cases climbed past 1 million despite one of the world’s fastest vaccination rates. The...
President Lenín Moreno declared a 30-day state of emergency Friday night for Azuay, Guayas, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Manabí, Pichincha, Loja and Santo Domingo Provinces due to an increase in Covid-19 cases. The declaration includes an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, elimination...
Jueves, 1/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - El ministro recrimina; en Cuenca muera 2 al día (The minister recriminates; 2 die a day in Cuenca) - Restrictions in Cuenca will not include vehicular circulation based on license plate...
By Henry Fountain Tropical forests around the world were destroyed at an increasing rate in 2020 compared with the year before, despite the global economic downturn caused by the pandemic, which reduced demand for some commodities that have spurred deforestation in...
Miércoles, 31/3/2020 Hello everyone - Activities - De la pagina cultural - Clases de batería gratuitas (Free drum lessons) - Yamaha Drums Ecuador is organizing free drum classes with Frank Guerrero on 3/4 a las 16:00 on the Facebook page of Yamaha Drums Ecuador where...
The Loja Emergency Operations Committee has asked President Lenin Moreno to declare a state of emergency for the canton. The action would require approval from the Constitutional Court under a provision that local communities hard-hit by the Covid pandemic can request...
