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Miércoles, 13/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Looks like 2021 is going to be just as crappy as 2020. I lost internet service on Monday <and no, it wasn't an unpaid bill>, called the provider, and the technicians came today. Now I have a new router to go with the new hard...
Authors note: I wrote this piece about five years ago after having arrived in Ecuador only a few weeks earlier. I’ve learned a lot about the folks here since then and a quite a bit more Spanish also! The shop is still there and the same artisan is still tapping that...
Five people were killed and another four were injured Tuesday night in an accident near Latacunga involving a Cuenca-based van. Police report that the passenger van collided head-on with a dump truck and that the truck driver had been drinking. Following the initial...
By Julia Buckley As pandemic quarantines go, this might be the best: sprawling on a hotel balcony overlooking azure Caribbean waters as you bake gently in the sun. But it isn't enough for some. The past month has seen a slew of high-profile cases of tourists getting...
The U.S. will soon require airline passengers to prove they recently tested negative for Covid-19 before flying to the country, according to people briefed on the plan. The measure, which aims to curb the spread of the disease, comes as new cases hit records. The...
By LP Wirth Getting a Panama driver's license as an Expat differs from that of a Panamanian citizen. Anyone who has driven in NYC, Paris, Berlin, or Madrid will manage to drive in Panama. Bring patience, alertness, though, and a valid driver's license. If you are in...
The central government is asking local Emergency Operations Committees to intensify efforts to control a predicted surge of new Covid-19 cases. “The reason for our new call is to avoid excess demand on hospital capacity,” says Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos....
By Stephen Vargha The "farm to fork" concept is getting more and more popular among restaurateurs. Count Javier Patiño is among the believers in maintaing strong relationships with nearby farms to buy fresh in-season food to serve to customers. The chef and owner of...
Following a meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque on Sunday, President Lenín Moreno warned that armed groups are forming near Ecuador’s northern border with Colombia. He claimed the groups are associated with the FARC dissidents called the Óliver Sinisterra...
Domingo, 10/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Otras cosas - Titular - Impulsan turismo rural (Promotion of rural tourism) - The tourism sector has not recovered due to the pandemic, and one alternative is to develop rural tourism which avoids crowding. One...
Sábado, 9/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - The Teatro Infinito-Salamandra will present a dramatic work, "Chinaku, el viaje hacia la liberación," el próximo 14/1 a las 19:00 in the República Sur and el 16/1 a las 19:00 in el Prohibido...
I’ve spun so many yarns about Cuenca to friends over the years that the tales are now woven together like an old sweater fitted by repetition and patches of lint like woolly lichen. Considering all of the changes we have been through of late, it seemed like a good...
By Luke Andrews Almost half of patients suffering from Long Covid may be left unable to fully return to work six months after their infection, a study suggests. Victims were most likely to still be plagued with fatigue, 'brain fog' or feeling unwell after attempting...
Viernes, 8/1/2020 Hola, Todos - My apologies for the long break from these Periodicos. 2020 ended badly with problems in getting emails, a kidney stone that was finally surgically removed 9 days after the first symptoms appeared, and then the computer not connecting...
By Dennis Prager As my listeners and readers can hopefully attest, I have been on a lifelong quest to understand human nature and human behavior. I am sad to report that I have learned more in the last few years, particularly in 2020, than in any equivalent period of...
The Ministry of Health believes it has identified in Ecuador the first case of the more contagious variant of Covid-19 first identified in Great Britain. Researchers are sequencing a virus sample from a 50-year-old man who recently returned from the UK who was first...
Editor's note: This is the second on a series of articles on craft beer micro and nanobreweries of Cuenca. To read the first one about the Hop Factory, click here. By Stephen Vargha It was not that long ago that Cuenca was a desert for lovers of craft beer. That has...
John Keeble I was reading the story of Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski during the morning after the Trump "coup attempt" had been put down and I realised: “Yes, the Western world's future is not going to be easy, but there is the light of hope again.” At that moment, as...
By Ben Guarino People with no symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of the novel coronavirus, according to a new model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their findings reinforce the importance of following the agency’s...
Ecuador’s overall crime rate dropped 31 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, despite increases in Guayaquil and Quito. In its annual report on crime, the National Police noted that curfews and other restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic were largely...
