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As part of preparations for the beginning of commercial service, Cuenca's tram system is offering free rides to the public beginning Monday morning. Passengers can board the train at any of the system's 27 stations from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. According to tramway...
As we gradually reopen businesses and the curfew is relaxed, it is not a time to relax our vigilance and safety measures that have allowed us to reduce the infection and death rate from Covid-19 — in Cuenca — and in those parts of the world that have taken measures to...
By Ricki Lewis Dividing groups of people into “us” and “them” isn’t usually a good idea, but in the scary new world of COVID-19, it makes a certain sense. Issuing “immunity licenses” – aka passports or certificates – to people whose blood contains neutralizing...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee voted Friday night to change from "red" to "yellow light" the city's health emergency status beginning Monday, May 25. "We made the determination that conditions are favorable to begin easing the emergency restrictions," Mayor...
By Patrick Oppmann Few world leaders have generated as much criticism and praise, often at the same time, for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic as El Salvador's Nayib Bukele. Even though Bukele had been president for less than a year, in March he took the...
Once Latin America’s coronavirus hotspot, Ecuador now appears to be leading the region out of the first wave of outbreaks. With the contagion trendline spiking higher in Brazil, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, Ecuador is beginning to relax some of the lockdown...
By Giovanni Cambizaca After last week’s article about natural wines, I heard from a reader who had sampled an orange wine while on a trip to Argentina. She thought the wine had a lovely bouquet, but no one in her group actually liked the taste of it. So this week,...
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) is preparing for mass protests in Quito and says it will provide more details today. On Thursday, Leonidas Iza, president of the Cotopaxi Indigenous and Peasant Movement (MICC), member of the Conaie...
Jueves, 21/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Búnker Escénico - This organization formed by local artists and residents of Azuay has scheduled various activities on Facebook. Every lunes a las 20:30, it broadcasts "Lunes de tretro leído" in...
By Robert Bradley The GoFundMe campaign to raise money for my medical needs reached its goal in a mere three days and I am overwhelmed with gratitude to all those who came to my assistance, dear friends as well as dear strangers. I am truly astonished at the kindness...
Colombia on Wednesday followed in Argentina's footsteps and imposed one of the toughest travel bans in the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying no international passenger flights will be allowed until after August 31. Argentina took a similar drastic step...
Author’s note: This is the third in a multi-part series on fats — In Part I, I wrote about trans fats, or hydrogenated fats — they transformed the processed foods industry and are linked to the rise in the incidence of coronary artery disease. Part II showed how...
The reaction to President Lenin Moreno's budget cuts, announced Tuesday morning, ranges from outrage and threats of civil unrest to warnings that they do not go nearly far enough. Alianza Pais National Assemblywoman Ximena Peña says she is most concerned about the...
Miércoles, 20/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Starting next week, I'm going to take a week's vacation. No, I don't have any secret knowledge or contacts, so I'm not going anywhere. I just need a break. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Maratón de Cuento - The...
I have always been a reader, taught to read by my mother before I started school in 1935, and have continued to read, although not as ardently as some. So, in these times of quarantine at home, I offer some of the books I have read over the past couple of years, that...
I stood in a fairy-like glen, its grasses partially shrouded by the low hanging branches of paper trees. A mountain brook halved the narrow valley, the source of its gurgling waters a ridge on the Continental Divide less than a half-mile away from whence I had come. A...
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it is considering an air travel ban for all South American countries with a decision coming within a matter of days. The statement followed remarks by Vice President Mike Pence who said the U.S. is especially concerned about...
Reaction to President Lenin Moreno's deep budget cuts range from high praise from business interests to threats of national strikes from labor and indigenous groups. The cuts, the deepest since the 2000 financial crisis, make dramatic reductions to the public payroll,...
Martes, 19/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Comercio, en amarillo; autoridades discrepan (Commerce, in yellow; authorities disagree) - The economy and unemployment are in the red numbers. Merchants have taken on the yellow light, and...
By Gonzalo Solano and Michael Weissentein Beyond the hot spots of Brazil and Mexico, the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm Latin American cities large and small in an alarming sign that the pandemic may be only at the start of its destructive march through the...
