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Sweden, which attracted international notoriety for being one of the only countries to refuse a nationwide lockdown, has seen its death rate overtaken by other nations in Europe as the number of cases and deaths decline in the country, though its death rate still...
By Michael Braga Operation Quack Hack, the U.S. government’s initiative to clamp down on fake coronavirus medications and cures, has exposed a health underground in America brimming with distrust not only of mainstream medicine but the government itself. It’s a Tea...
Although Cuenca’s new tram may not run with quite the precision of the Swiss rail system, its service record is impressive none-the-less. According to one international transportation monitoring service, trains in Switzerland show up within 60 seconds of schedule 99...
Jueves, 3/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Dos créditos para obras (Two credits for projects) - The city of Cuenca has modified the approved 2020 budget from $239,177,636 to $242,637,052. It will include money from 2 loans from...
By Leah Asmelash and Homero De la Fuente Up to 35 percent of Big Ten athletes who had Covid-19 now show signs of inflammation of the heart muscle, a top Penn State doctor says, reigniting the debate over the safety of playing sports during the pandemic. Wayne...
By Malcolm Kendrick The release of previously repressed studies shows that if you substitute saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats, this increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. My fellow doctors need to accept the evidence. Whilst we are in the middle of the...
With teachers, military personnel, medical interns and contractors protesting in the streets, the government said Wednesday it is prioritizing its finances to pay salaries and bills, some of which date back to May. “We recognize our obligations and are organizing our...
Miércoles, 2/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Protestas y carencias al comenzar clases (Protests and absences when starting classes) - The school year in the Sierra and Oriente started yesterday with 288,438 students and about...
By H.L. Mencken A dog is standing proof that most so-called human rights, at bottom, are worth nothing. A dog is proverbially devoid of any such rights and yet it lives well and happy. For one dog that is starved and mistreated, there are 10,000 that are coddled and...
The economy will not return to pre-coronavirus levels for a “very long time,” the chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank warned Wednesday. Business activity in the Euro zone dropped sharply in the wake of the strict lockdown measures imposed in March, but have...
A football player in Ecuador was fined $1,200 Monday for kissing the ball in breach of hygiene rules brought in to combat the coronavirus. Argentine midfielder Sergio Lopez, who plays for Quito-based Aucas in the country’s top-tier Liga Pro, became the first player to...
Attending an international conference in Germany on combating the Covid-19 virus, Ecuador Minister of Public Health Juan Carlos Zevallos warned Tuesday that no country will be able to overcome the pandemic on its own. He also voiced concerns about the availability and...
Martes, 1/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Bicentenario article on "Los "Guanderos" - Without the indigenous guanderos, Cuenca would not have grown in the early 20th Century since there were no roads. These porters brought Viennese furniture,...
Long concerned about Colombian guerillas in the border area of Esmeraldas Province, the Defense Ministry says it is now combating another incursion in the Amazonian Sucumbíos Province. In operations carried out since August 27, the army has captured weapons, firearms...
Scientists say that a Guayaquil man is the first person in South America to be infected twice with the Covid-19 virus. Researchers confirmed the reinfection following analysis of the man's blood at the Institute of Microbiology at San Francisco de Quito University....
Fast action by four people, three of them expats, saved the life of an elderly woman Monday afternoon following a gas explosion in her Edificio Otorongo apartment. Witnesses say William Wilson and another man who lived in the building rushed to the woman’s apartment...
Creating what they call an “unbeatable coalition,” Ecuador’s Social Christian alliance decided Monday to support the presidential candidacy of Guillermo Lasso. Lasso, of the CREO movement, lost narrowly to President Lenin Moreno in the 2017 election and shares many of...
Lunes, 31/8/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Clases vuelven en medio de crisis (Classes return in middle of crisis) - 1,822,615 students in the Sierra-Amazonía will return to classes el martes in the midst of difficulties due to...
By Gonzalo Solano Flower growers in Ecuador are trimming back their fields, cutting plants at the root and in some cases tossing out piles of colorful blooms entirely as the pandemic delivers a devastating blow to one of the nation’s biggest export industries. Demand...
Despite faring better that the country’s other major cities in its fight against the Covid-19 virus, Cuenca’s economy is operating at less than 50 percent capacity. “We are moving forward but the growth is extremely slow,” the city’s Chamber of Industries reported...
