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New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing at least one episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic transoceanic journey. The question of such contact -- long...
A consortium of business and professional groups gathered Tuesday in the San Luis convent courtyard to announce a campaign to revitalize Cuenca. Called "In Cuenca there are good people", the campaign aims to show the city's resolve to overcome the Covid-19 health...
Martes, 7/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Archives - Documents dating from 1563 are in the archives of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Núcleo del Azuay. This archive contains the oldest book in Ecuador and are the records for the Notaría...
By Richard Quest The cough has come back, without warning and seemingly for no reason; so has the fatigue. True, neither are as debilitating as when I had the actual virus, but they are back. Like many others, I am now coming to realize that I am living and suffering...
Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner resigned Tuesday morning and although he said he has not made a final decision it is widely believed he will announce his candidacy for president within a matter of days. "Ecuador faces one of the most important elections in its...
The association representing local restaurant and bar owners say many of its members have either closed their businesses permanently or are planning to. “The coronavirus has been a killer to our establishments and the government is making things worse with its curfew...
Lunes, 6/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - 300 becarios están dejados a su suerte (300 scholars are left to their own devices) - At least 300 scholarship winners are stranded in various universities around the world. The government has...
By Jessica Craig I've been stranded in Kenya since March, trying to get a "repatriation" flight to return home to the United States. I was finally able to book a flight but I'm still not sure I'll be able to board at the scheduled departure time – a week from...
Finance Minister Richard Martinez reported Monday that a deal has been reached with bondholders to renegotiate Ecuador’s debt and cut outstanding capital payments and extend maturities on the country’s bonds. In a presentation shown to reporters, the cash-strapped...
By Jaime Moreno Do you know what is the difference between politics and science? Our understanding is that science requires evidence, coping with uncertainty, weighting efficacy and safety. Whereas politics aspires for certainty, resulting in a true fight between the...
Pan American Health Organization advisor and Quito epidemiologist Catalina Yépez says that the Covid-19 virus is probably here to stay. “When an approved vaccine is widely available, there will be a drop in cases but this could be a year or two,” she says. “Even then,...
The Amazonian Shuar Kumay community released six people they had kidnapped to demand the release of the body of a leader killed by the coronavirus, the government of Ecuador said on Sunday. Two police officers, two soldiers and two civilians were taken captive by the...
By Miriam Drake It is challenging, anywhere in the world to care for a husband whose health has deteriorated to the point that he cannot speak, one side of the body is completely paralyzed, and he has no sensations in his core. In Cuenca, Ecuador it is beyond...
By Mark Terry Researchers have been analyzing and tracking the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, since it first appeared in China in January and a team at the Scripps Research Institute have found that the strains spreading so quickly in Europe and the U.S. have a...
An indigenous group in the Ecuadorian Amazon has taken two police officers and a state official hostage to demand authorities return the body of a community leader who according to the government died of CovidD-19. Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said the man died...
United States Ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick announced Thursday that the U.S. has withdrawn more than 300 visas of Ecuadorian citizens who may have been involved in illegal activities. The move follows last month’s arrests in a Guayaquil public hospital...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee (COE) voted Friday night to maintain yellow light health emergency restrictions but is asking the national COE for permission to begin the nightly curfew at 7 p.m. instead of the current 11 p.m. It is also asking the national...
By Jacqueline Howard Scientists around the world are racing to develop Covid-19 vaccines and there's news almost daily about steps forward -- this week, there was "encouraging" preliminary data for some vaccine candidates and word from top health officials that the...
By John Keeble This is an age of hate and fear and anger. And, for many, it will be getting worse over the coming months. Of course, for others it will be a way to cash in on political support and profits. And, for some, it will be yet more incentive to vent their...
Ecuador should pass a Data Protection Law to ensure that the use of personal data to contain Covid-19 does not lead to violations of the right to privacy, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The Ecuadorian government is collecting and processing the personal data of...
