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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, said Thursday that COVID-19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available. "Many people want the vaccine to be applied in a coercive way, but...
Cuenca’s independence holidays will have a different look this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gone are the craft and food fairs that have highlighted past holidays. Also gone are the parades and concerts. In their place, the city is promoting a variety of local...
Lunes, 19/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Contadores de historias sacan patrimonio fílmico de bóvedas (Storytellers extract film heritage from vaults) - The VII edition of the Festival Latinoamericano de Cine de Quito (FLACQ) will be from...
Demonstrations in Chile against inequality have turned violent as vandals burned two churches, virtually destroying one of them. A police headquarters was also firebombed and shops were looted in the protests, which started peacefully. The protests were marking a year...
By Ann Marie Miller You might not know it, but U.S. citizens are ditching their status as Americans in droves. “Citizide” is a dramatic term for what’s really just renouncing one’s citizenship, a step that a rapidly increasing number of U.S. citizens living abroad are...
By Liam Higgins Cuenca should expect a new rush of expats in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s the prediction of Jim Taschereau, an international immigration specialist. “Cuenca had its first wave of English-speaking immigrants, mostly from the U.S. and...
By Susanne Rust Six hundred miles west of Ecuador’s coast, the Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands — some still active — home to some of the world’s richest biodiversity and endemism. Nearly 80% of the species found on the islands aren’t found anywhere...
Early exit polls suggest Luis Arce, an ally of former president Evo Morales,might have secured enough support to avoid a runoff vote. Bolivians were voting in a repeat of the 2019 election after which Morales fled. An exit poll in Bolivia's high stakes presidential...
National Police announced the arrests Friday of four men they say have participated in armed robberies using motorcycles. The men were stopped in dragnets targeting all motorcyclists at several high-traffic intersections in Cuenca. The men were described as two...
By Salvador Estes The use of the U.S. dollar in three Latin American counties, including Ecuador, has produced a mixed bag of results, analysts say. “On balance, you have to say it has been mostly beneficial but there are times, such as now, with the pandemic, where...
Bolivia's leftist presidential candidate Luis Arce has led opinion polls since he was nominated by his Movement for Socialism party in January, but owes his popularity to his mentor, exiled former president Evo Morales. Arce has campaigned on his record as Morales's...
Cuenca, Montevideo, Uruguay, Bogotá, Colombia and Niterói, Brazil were honored Wednesday night at the Latin America Smart Cities Expo in Mérida, Mexico for their efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The forum highlighted the four cities for their “smart...
By Andrea Kane Many countries are not doing enough to decrease the common risk factors associated with chronic diseases, leaving populations vulnerable to health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic -- that's one of the main messages emerging from the 2019 Global...
Jueves, 15/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Casas patrimoniales abren sus puertas a obras de cuencanos (Heritage houses open their doors to works by cuencanos) - There are currently 5 exhibits by Cuencano artists in historic houses. "Gritos...
An International Monetary Fund official has repeated the “strong suggestion” that Ecuador take immediate steps to increase tax revenues. The comments by Julien Reynaud, IMF representative in Ecuador, followed interviews by new Finance Minister Mauricio Poza in which...
Miércoles, 14/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Taller sobre arte musical vía Zoom (Musical art workshop via Zoom) - The Music Department of the U. of Cuenca has organized a free workshop on psychology and musical art which will focus on...
By Eliza Mackintosh In their fight against the coronavirus, some governments are introducing digital surveillance and data collection tools that could pose a lasting threat to citizens' rights, according to a new report by research institute Freedom House. The Freedom...
By Gus Wilcox Writing about the human toll of the coronavirus pandemic, a columnist for a Madrid newspaper recently asked: “Where is the concern about the poor and disadvantaged? Where are the defenders of human rights during the pandemic?” His comments followed the...
Martes, 13/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural de viernes - 9/10/2020 - Teatro regresa al tablado de Escenarios del Mundo (Theater returns to the stage with Stages of the World) - The Escenarios del Mundo theater festival will open el 28/10 with...
By David Leonhardt The White House event to celebrate Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination — a gathering that appears to have spread the coronavirus — would have violated the law in Sweden. It was too large. More than 200 people attended the Barrett...
