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Many people move to other countries for work because of the financial benefits it can offer them. Companies overseas may pay more than local companies for certain jobs, especially if the job pool for that position is tiny. But not all countries can guarantee high pay,...
By Pallavi Gogoi Stay out. It's what people are being asked to tell each other. Less than 10 days ago, London banned people who live in different households from meeting each other indoors, to stop the spread of the coronavirus. "Nobody wants to see more restrictions,...
Carolina Ormaza, director of Cuenca’s tranvía, is breathing easier these days. “When the system began commercial operation September 22, we were only carrying 6,000 passengers a day and I was getting calls and emails asking if it was a failure, even suggesting it...
With nearly 90% of the vote counted, 78% of Chileans have voted "yes" in a referendum to write a new constitution. President Sebastian Piñera acknowledged the result and praised the peaceful vote. He said it was "the beginning of a path that we must all walk...
By Michaeleen Doucleff Early in the coronavirus pandemic, air travel looked like a risky endeavor. Some scientists even worried that airplanes could be sites of superspreading events. For example, in March a Vietnamese businesswoman with a sore throat and a cough...
Perhaps I did not understand the remark correctly. He said, “I am moving away from Cuenca because the weather here is ‘getting old’.” I wondered what he meant but readily agreed that the mysteries of weather is as old as when unseen clouds drifted over an unpeopled...
For the first time in almost 60 years, there will be no Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade in Cuenca this year. The city’s biggest celebration of the year, the parade attracts between 150,000 and 200,000 participants and spectators. Cuenca’s Emergency Operations...
Viernes, 23/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda - October 24 (Note: all in-person events have limited capacity) 8:00 - Rutas de la sabiduría: Caminata al cerro Monjas (Paths of Wisdom: Hike to Cerro Monjas - register at dascaribay@cuenca.gob.ec. 10-16:00 -...
James "The Amazing" Randi loved magic. He was a celebrated escape artist who broke records set by Houdini and performed everywhere from the White House to Niagara Falls (dangling upside down over the falls in a straightjacket, naturally). And with his long white...
The International Monetary Fund is concerned that social unrest will make a comeback in “lots of countries” across Latin America once the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, a top IMF official said on Thursday. Economies across Latin America and the Caribbean are forecast to...
Concerns about that violence would erupt during Thursday’s anti-government protests proved unwarranted as the number of protesters fell far short of organizers’ predictions. National Police reported “minor incidents” in Quito but said the marches in Cuenca, Gauyaquil,...
Jueves, 22/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - 128 actos en agenda del Bicentenario (128 events on the Bicentennial agenda) - Mayor Palacios presented the agenda for the 200th anniversary of independence yesterday. There are 128 events, over 50...
Ecuador Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos reports that the number of new Covid-19 cases has declined significantly since early September. “We are very encouraged by the numbers and expect continued improvement in the pandemic situation,” he said Thursday. “In...
By Geoff Brumfiel Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The drop is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting that physicians are getting better at...
Interior Minister María Paula Romo says that police will “take whatever measures necessary” to keep today’s national protests peaceful. “We have received reports that outside actors intent on creating violence will infiltrate today’s marches,” she said. “We are on...
Miércoles, 21/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Otras cosas - Titular - Aglomeraciones aumentan riesgo (Crowds increase risk) - ECU-911 alerted Cuencanos that the city is returning to having a high number of large gatherings which increases the risk of a new...
Without invitation, the wind crawled inside my Ark’teryx jacket and wrapped its cold, invisible tentacles around me. I was snug in between two lichen-studded boulders in a little nest of paramo grass and sticks I had pulled up around myself. My camera rested on my...
Bolivia’s president-elect Luis Arce said there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country. Arce swept to power in a Sunday ballot, with the...
By Holly Ellyatt Covid-19 is likely to become as “endemic” as the annual flu virus, according to the U.K.’s chief scientific advisor. Some potential vaccines are in late-stage clinical trials, but Patrick Vallance said none is likely to eradicate the virus. “The...
Martes, 20/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - EMAC lanza concurso de balcones floridos (EMAC launches flowered balcony contest) - The Empresa Municipal de Aseo de Cuenca (EMAC) is launching the 'Balcones Floridos' contest which will start...
