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President Lenin Moreno’s plan to tax worker’s income to help small businesses and the poor has run into opposition from labor and business groups as well as some members of the National Assembly. Announced Friday night as part of the fight against the Covid-19 virus,...
By John P. Ioannidis The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people...
Jeanne is taking a short break while her laptop is being repaired. Periodico will return once the repairs are made.
Cuenca marked the 463rd anniversary of its Spanish founding on Sunday but there were no concerts, crafts fairs or parades. The celebrations and public gatherings associated with the holiday have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus health emergency. “It is a...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly fathered two children with one of his lawyers while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and fighting extradition to the U.S., according to a report. Stella Morris, a South African-born lawyer, began a...
A deluge of new test results has pushed Ecuador’s confirmed Covid-19 case count to more than 7,000. The Ministry of Health said that a 300 to 400 percent increase in tests pushed the one-day increase of cases to 2,196, the largest to date. Reporting the new numbers,...
Instead of delivering his traditional Good Friday blessing from the pulpit, Cuenca Monsignor Marcos Pérez flew over the city in a helicopter as he read from scripture and offered his commentary. During the 90-minute overflight, the monsignor circled the city’s two...
Taelor Leavins, a popular waitress at Cuenca's Sunrise Café for three years, passed away suddenly after a brief illness on March 4, 2020. She arrived in Cuenca with her family from Texas at the age of 15 and finished her high school education here. Her daughter...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Now that the coronavirus is no longer just a smudge of misery hidden by the curve of the earth’s surface, writing about food all the time seems a little trivial, so this week I’m going to consider the way we live now and try to place that in a...
By Tim Lister and Sebastian Shukla Much of Europe is still on coronavirus lockdown, with severe restrictions on movement and penalties for those who transgress. But not Sweden. Restaurants and bars are open in the Nordic country, playgrounds and schools too, and the...
By Ted Kyle Health disparities are an ever-present feature of American healthcare. Money, race, and ethnicity have long been deciding factors in who lives and who dies. Chronic diseases have their greatest impact on black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged...
Interior Minister Minister María Paula Romo announced Friday that the face-to-face workday ban is being extended as the government prepares to introduce its “traffic light” system for health emergency restrictions. The face-to-face ban was due to expire April 11. Romo...
Viernes, 3/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Writing contest - El Mercurio and the Centro de Estudios Sociales de América Latina digital publishing house is calling for authors to participate in the "Testimonios, vivencias o reflexiones sociales ante la pandemia del...
By José María León Cabrera and Anatoly Kurmanaev Bodies left out on sidewalks. The authorities struggling to keep track of deaths. Funeral parlors out of coffins, using cardboard boxes made by companies that usually package bananas and shrimp. The calamity unfolding...
By Marco Aquino and Elida Moreno Peru and Panama are limiting the times men and women can leave their homes in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and Colombia is beginning its own gender segregation program on Monday. Other Latin American...
What if someone told you that with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick they could detect a range of illnesses, from diabetes to cancer? Would you be inclined to opt for this diagnostic tool rather than having to submit to having a phlebotomist extract blood...
Interior Minister María Paula Romo said Wednesday that the government’s official count of Covid-19 cases is expanding to include those with symptoms of the virus. Until Wednesday, the count only included cases confirmed by testing. The change is the result of the...
Martes, 7/4/2020 Hola, Todos - About those fake news articles - remember I said de vez en cuando, no cada día. The acrylic box is real - like a plastic laboratory glove box only not totally enclosed. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - 100 years of indigenous...
By Kristen Fischer Experts continue to encourage people to eat well and exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, reports claiming that supplements can prevent or treat Covid-19 have emerged. Health experts warn that relying on supplements — and taking too...
He was headed past the cloisters of the Governor’s Building next to Parque Calderon when I encountered the tiny boy. Or, was he “headed” at all, I began to wonder, as those red shoe soles tapped hurriedly up and down on the dirty, rust-colored tiles. There certainly...
