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By Liam Higgins Almost unnoticed in the aftermath of the February 7 national election was the death of the movement that dominated Ecuador’s political landscape for 14 years. Founded by former president Rafael Correa among others, Alianza Pais, failed to place a...
Jueves, 4/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina educación y cultura - Semana de la artesanía y diseño alista el CIDAP (CIDAP readies craft and design week) - So that the traditional spaces in which artisans work don't disappear, CIDAP is organizing a series...
By Jeff Salz Marvin and Bruno are brothers who started living on the football field next to our home about a month ago. After a week of watching their antics in amazement -- enjoying their almost magical prowess with a soccer ball, their relentless hard training...
By Lauren Mascarenhas The risk of death from Covid-19 is an astonishing 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Obesity Forum. The new findings may explain why there are so many...
According to transit police, all major highways leading into and out of Cuenca were impassable early Wednesday night. After a massive landslide closed the Cuenca-Guayaquil highway through the Cajas Mountains, transportation officials suggested drivers use alternative...
Miércoles, 3/3/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Hay riesgos de desbordamientos (There are risks of overflows) - The Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI) is predicting heavy rains for the rest of the week in Cuenca, the...
A demographic study of global migration patterns by the University of Barcelona and InterNations predicts that Cuenca and Quito will continue to rank one and two as the most popular landing spots in Ecuador and South America for international expats as the impact of...
Martes, 2/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Daños por lluvias (Rain damage) - The rains have caused damage in Pucará, Santa Isabel, Girón and Cuenca in Azuay and in Azogues in Cañar. <Following is basically a list of damage so...
By Stephen Vargha Worldwide, there is no shortage of delicious and highly rated vegan restaurants. The website Happy Cow, that works like Yelp, but only for vegan and vegetarian food, lists at least 5,523 plant-based restaurants in South America. Not surprising,...
--Sponsored post-- By Gwen Hyatt I am drawn to public places, enticing spaces to soak up the vibe and the culture of the local area. The world is full of lugares publico, or public places. I am drawn to public places, enticing spaces to soak up the vibe and the...
Ecuador has named a new health minister after the previous minister stepped down over alleged irregularities in the country's Covid-19 vaccination program. President Lenin Moreno on Monday announced that Rodolfo Farfán, a 63-year-old surgeon from Guayaquil, who served...
Despite periodic highway blockages on E35 on Monday, traffic continued to move, albeit slowly, on the country’s main north-south route. “We are working with the protesters to allow the passage of vehicles but we are advising the public that movement is slow and...
Aviation officials are asking Latam-Ecuador airlines for clarification of a weekend announcement that it plans to “outsource” its passenger service operations to other companies. The airline, which has suffered heavy losses throughout South America as a result of the...
Lunes, 1/3/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Un año conviviendo con el virus (A year living with the virus) - Although it is hard to know the exact date of the first coronavirus patient in Cuenca, data from the Ministerio de Salud Pública...
By Jan Dynes Despite all the ugly alternative news and craziness that were a megaphone for how loud the obnoxious can be there are many who have simply perservered through the pandemic. We need to realize that those who were quiet and not screaming from the rooftops...
By Rishi Iyengar Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could impose temporary bans on US tech companies that violate its laws. The United States was on the verge of banning TikTok and WeChat,...
Road blocks were erected early Monday morning in Cañar and Azuay Provinces, stopping traffic on highway E35, Ecuador’s major north-south thoroughfare. The Provincial Union of the Cañaris defied the national indigenous organization, Conaie, with which it is affiliated,...
The La Niña weather phenomenon typically brings dryer weather to Ecuador but not always. “What we usually expect from La Niña are cooler temperatures and reduced rainfall,” says Gabriel Contreras of the National Institute of Meteorology. “The cooler temperatures are...
One of the many advantages of being a journalist is that you can take your workplace anywhere. You do not need a forge or kiln, a frame stretched with canvas, or cans of spray paint and a vacant wall. All you need is a laptop to capture what you are writing and a...
Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters Friday night in Quito as the National Elections Council rejected most of the challenges presented by Yaku Pérez and his Pachakutik party to the February 7 election result. Of Pérez’s 27,000 voting station...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
