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Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has given Cuenca the green light to hold a public referendum that could ban large and medium-scale mining activity near water sources. The Monday decision was denounced by the country's Chamber of Mining, which claims a local ban would...
As small amounts of ash from the eruption of the Sangay volcano continued to fall, municipal workers in Guamote, Alausí, Chunchi, Guayaquil and Portoviejo were busy Monday afternoon sweeping streets and cleaning parks. In rural areas of four provinces, farmers were...
By Duncan Tucker Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, authorities in Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay have held tens of thousands of people in inadequate state-run quarantine centres without sufficient safeguards against human rights violations, in...
By Sylvan Hardy Construction has resumed on the Casa del Huerto residential project in Cuenca’s historic district and Juan Heredia wants to spread the word. “With all the disruption and uncertainty with the coronavirus, we need to let people know that we are back at...
Angry activists destroyed a statue of 16th-century Spanish conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar in Colombia. The incident follows a wave of similar attacks on historical monuments in the U.S. Videos from the scene show activists pulling down the large equestrian...
Delayed for three months by the Covid-19 pandemic, the renovated Supermaxi in Cuenca's El Vergel shopping mall reopened Saturday morning to large crowds of shoppers. "This is the biggest and best supermarket in the country and it will be the model for future...
A powerful eruption of the Sangay volcano has covered large areas of Chimborazo, Bolívar, Guayas and Los Ríos Provinces in ash. At noon Sunday, officials suspended flights at the Guayaquil International Airport and Ecuador’s national transit authority said several...
The moon is momentarily posing, perfectly framed, in the lattice of windows over my desk. It is a perfect time to memorialize my thoughts; to collect fragments of the day, just as mice store bits and pieces known only to them. I read that flocks of sheep are returning...
--Sponsored post-- “What would make you move out of the US?” That’s a question of lot of people who are considering retiring in another country ask themselves. Often times it’s simply about being able to live a better life in a country with a lower cost of living. Or,...
By Julia Leite, Murilo Fagundes and Caroline Aragaki Rush hour is back with a vengeance in Mexico City, diners have returned to restaurants in Bogota and joggers have flocked to Buenos Aires's parks. In Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, crowds have packed bars, beaches...
By Dana Smith At the beginning of the pandemic in March, Jeffrey VanWingen, MD, a Michigan family physician, scared the bejeezus out of people and infuriated food scientists. During his 13-minute video, which went viral on YouTube and has been viewed over 26 million...
In extended session Friday night, the Cuenca municipal council approved a series of rules and restrictions to control the Covid-19 virus. There were no major changes to proposals made in the council's Tuesday’s first debate. The new measures, which go into effect...
By Jan Dynes Ah, to swim in inky black water rippling gently, surrounding you like the comfort of loving arms, knowing sunrise is still hours away. I don't care that I should be sleeping, I am floating, floating in my own special infinite world under a sky of...
By Tessa Koumoundouros For many of us, weight loss -- with a goal to be healthier overall -- has proven notoriously hard. Factors outside our control, from genetics and reliance on certain medications, to time and money restraints, can make it even tougher. But...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) confirms the position of Ecuador’s Health Ministry that Covid-19 infections and deaths has reached a plateau in the country and that the situation is improving in most areas. According to PAHO, deaths have held steady since...
Jueves, 17/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Urge la transición (The transition is urgent) - Vice-prefect Cecilia Méndez asked Prefect Yaku Pérez to start the transition period before his imminent renunciation so he can participate in...
The District Court of The Hague ruled in favor of Chevron in its dispute with Ecuador, upholding a 2018 arbitral award rendered by an international tribunal administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The international arbitral tribunal found that a $9.5...
Ecuador's health ministry says residents should not let down their guard against the coronavirus pandemic. "Because the official state of emergency has ended does not mean the health crisis is over," says Xavier Solórzano, vice health minister. "It is true that the...
Police said Wednesday's anti-government protests were mostly peaceful in Cuenca although small fires were set in several locations and tram service was interrupted on two occasions when demonstrators blocked the tracks. At least three protesting groups -- University...
Miércoles, 16/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Mercados buscan recuperar clients (Markets seek to recover clients) - The Municipio has started a campaign called "Tu mercado, baratito y con yapa" to reactivate the mercados. Sales fell...
