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A collection of relics of one of the oldest settled cultures in the Americas has been repatriated to Ecuador nearly 40 years after the items were taken to Canada for study. While the return of historical artifacts and art treasures to their places of origin has become...
By Matt Taibbi Sometimes it seems life can’t get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a pandemic, Americans have lately been bombarded with images of grotesque state-sponsored violence, from the murder of George Floyd to countless scenes of police clubbing...
On Monday, Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will welcome its first flights to and from Quito since March but airport management advises passengers there will be major changes due to the coronavirus health emergency. One change is a reduction in number of flights:...
Concerns that ash from the erupting Sangay volcano would reach Cuenca on Friday did not materialize but Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute warns that a wind shift from a westerly to a southwesterly direction is still possible and that the city should remain on alert. The...
Latin American countries should quicken steps for airlines to renew domestic flights no later than July before more companies are forced to declare bankruptcy or close, a high-ranking official of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The...
By Erin S. Bromage, Ph.D. It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from the outbreaks in China...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Production reports that business loses from March 16 to May 24 totaled more than $14 billion as more than 70 percent of the of the country’s economic activity was shut down by the coronavirus. “With very few exceptions, the loses affected all...
Jueves, 11/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Happy belated unApril Fools Day. Ecuador is keeping its beef. <Was that fake news too plausible?> Actividades Del cuerpo del periodico - Inti Raymi - The provincial government presented "Hatun Runa Raymikuna" (La Fiesta Mayor de...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on vegan dining options around the world. To read the first part and second parts, click here and here. By John Keeble It is tempting to think of the new vegan travellers being in the 16- to 35-year-old age group...
By Mitch Anderson Ten days after showing his first symptoms, Dannes Piaguaje struggled to breathe as he leaned over a traditional steam remedy in his leaf-thatch jungle home in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The jungle concoction, known as Pi’ko Mëoñe, looks like black tea...
As always, before starting to work with a new client, I ask them to first send back a fairly comprehensive medical and lifestyle (diet and activity) survey. Alice (not her real name) wrote that her goals were to lose weight and eat better — she wanted to feel better...
From March through May, 200,000 members of Ecuador’s Social Security system (IESS) have stopped making payments. According to IESS officials, the number reflects extensive job losses due to the Covid-19 health emergency lockdown. “The loss of revenue will be...
Miércoles, 10/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - "Tele Rutas" - The Colectivo Artistico Barojo will present "Tel Rutas de Leyendas" on Facebook Live. This group used to enact the legends of Cuenca in the locations from where the legends...
Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series on vegan dining options around the world. To read the first part, click here. By John Keeble How we travel after Covid-19 reorganises transport, accommodation and restaurants is far from settled – but one thing...
By Associated Press staff As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more...
In addition to Covid-19, health officials on Ecuador’s coast have another worry: dengue fever. In recent weeks, they are seeing more hospital admissions for dengue than for the coronavirus as dengue cases are up 500 percent over 2019. Since the beginning of year,...
Martes, 9/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Sinfónica digital - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca created a Sala Digital on YouTube with 13 concerts which have received 12,000 visits. You can still see and hear them on YouTube at...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on vegan dining options around the world. By John Keeble An interesting challenge came my way earlier this year and I grabbed it. Can a vegan survive in The Land of Meat? I flew to Buenos Aires and took an...
By Eoin Higgins More than seven months after claims of fraudulent elections sparked an undemocratic coup that led to the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales, the New York Times late Sunday reported on new research showing the U.S.-led Organization of American...
Unusually strong upper level winds have blanketed a large swath of southern Ecuador with volcanic ash from the Sangay volcano. According to the National Geophysical Institute, a collapse inside the volcano sent a large amount of ash several kilometers into the...
