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By Rob Bell The streets are almost deserted today in many parts of Cuenca, Ecuador’s third largest city with six hundred thousand inhabitants. Schools are closed. Most stores are closed. Roads in and out of the city are blocked by protestors. Supermarket shelves are...
Almost four years ago, I caught a bus for line #19 and rode it to its termination point west of Cuenca. It was a year before our truck, El Fantasma, would make his berth wherever Edie and I went. I entered the Yanuncay Valley on foot that day by way of Via Soldados,...
Wednesday’s national strike has brought out the largest protest crowds yet in the week-long reaction to the government’s labor reforms. The strike coincides with the Guayaquil independence national holiday. An estimated 40,000 marched in several locations in Quito,...
Police say that new tactics and light rain helped to reduce the number of protesters in the streets of Cuenca’s historic district on Tuesday. They also credit a new strategy of moving crowds farther away from Parque Calderon for fewer and more peaceful demonstrations....
Martes, 8/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Fan Toy Fest - This national convention will be in Cuenca in noviembre and feature action figures, dolls and other toys on exhibit or for sale or for exchange. Otras cosas - Titular - Cunde el caos;...
By Robin Emmott Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa denied on Tuesday he was orchestrating a coup against the government from his self-imposed exile in Belgium, after being accused of stoking the worst unrest in years in the Andean oil producer. Protests over an...
Former Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot is rejecting the economic reforms announced last week by President Lenin Moreno, including the elimination of gasoline and diesel subsidies. It is the first time that Nebot, considered one of the favorites in the 2021 presidential...
President Lenin Moreno flew to Guayaquil Monday afternoon, saying he needed to be closer to Ecuador's military command to best manage the country's political crisis. In a television address, the president again offered to talk with protesters although he insisted...
Ecuador’s interior ministry says it is mobilizing tens-of-thousands of national police and army troops to clear roadblocks that have paralyzed travel in much of the country. Manned by campesino and indigenous groups protesting economic measures announced last week by...
By Mark Weisbrot When people think of the damage that wealthy countries – typically led by the US and its allies – cause to people in the rest of the world, they probably think of warfare. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died from the 2003 invasion, and then many more...
By Gina Kolata Public health officials for years have urged Americans to limit consumption of red meat and processed meats because of concerns that these foods are linked to heart disease, cancer and other ills. But on Monday, in a remarkable turnabout, an...
By Chunka Mui I want to scream “You’re not helping!” every time I read a story like this one, which recently ran in USA Today: “End of civilization: climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don't act, report warns.” I certainly worry about what might befall...
Ecuador’s transportation unions announced Friday night that they are ending their two-day work stoppage and that the country’s taxis and buses will return to service effective immediately. The president of the National Federation of Transport Cooperatives, Abel Gómez,...
Although protests in Cuenca’s historic district resumed late Friday morning as expected, the number of participants was down sharply from Thursday. A national police estimate put the number of active protesters at 500 as of late Friday afternoon, a drop from more than...
President Lenin Moreno declared a national state of emergency Thursday afternoon after talks with national taxi and bus unions failed to reach an agreement. The declaration allows army troops to reinforce police and clear the country’s roadways. The president also...
Protesters of the government’s decision to end fuel subsidies left the central area of Cuenca’s historic district early Thursday evening but student leaders from the University of Cuenca said they planned to return Friday. For much of Thursday, police chased groups of...
By Robert Bradley Danger is a common companion of artists. They understand that a fresh perspective requires calculated risk and that this offers hidden surprises good and bad, making astute planning an absolute necessity. This challenging environment is clearly on...
By Samy Adghirni As Venezuela’s economy and politics fall apart, its architectural heritage is crumbling right along with them. The ravaged country, once Latin America’s richest, is a riot of structures: parking garages used as shelter, colonial edifices, half-built...
Jueves,3/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Musical - "Julio El Musical" will be at the teatro of the CCE on Luis Cordero Friday at las 20:00. It's a fictitious interpretation of the life of Julio Jaramillo. The 24 actors, singers, and...
After they dispersed a morning rally in Parque Calderon with tear gas, police spent the rest of Thursday in a cat-and-mouse game with bands of protesters roaming the streets of Cuenca's historic district. Police used armored trucks with tear gas cannons and...
