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By Alice Callahan Fifty years ago this summer, Melanie Dreher, a registered nurse and young graduate student in anthropology, landed in rural Jamaica to study how people there were using cannabis. It was the same summer of the moon landing and Woodstock, where...
Saying it reminded them of last month’s political protests, Cuenca residents and guests complained Sunday about the closure of Parque Calderon to pedestrian and vehicular traffic. “This is Cuenca’s independence holiday and Calderon is our most famous place,” said...
A young indigenous land defender has been shot dead and another wounded by illegal loggers in Brazil's Amazon. Paulo Guajajara was reportedly attacked and shot in the head while hunting on Friday inside the Arariboia reservation in Maranhao state. He was a member of...
Ecuador’s foreign minister on Friday met China’s vice-president in Beijing, marking the formal entry of the country into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Diplomatic sources told EFE that Jose Valencia and Wang Qishan discussed structural and historical issues...
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) announced a national strike for November 21 in Colombia claiming the government is not doing enough to protect indigenous communities. “A campaign of genocide has been carried out against native people for...
As winter approaches in North America, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has instructed migrating Canadian geese to keep flying. Citing the threat of terror and terrine, the large fowl generally referred to as “honkers” have been declared “undesirable...
As it has been for years, Cuenca’s independence holiday is the biggest celebration of the year. This year, however, the event carries extra significance as the city tries to put the protests of October, some of them violent, behind. Festivities get underway today...
According to the leadership of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), the solution to Ecuador’s economic troubles is simple. “Our proposal is to raise taxes on the companies and individuals who can afford to pay more,” says Conaie President...
By Sam Adams In the next several months, you’ll be able to access more content on your TV and TV-shaped devices than ever before. Apple TV+ launches this week with a glitzy, high-profile lineup of new shows — Jen! Reese! — and many more to come. In a matter of days,...
Body Temperature. Have you ever wondered how 98.6° Fahrenheit or 37° Centigrade became “normal” body temperature? In the 1850s, a German physician named Carl Wunderlich collected data on 25,000 patients, taking their temperature multiple times. Wunderlich was the...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) claims it has repeatedly faced “official obstruction” in its investigation of government abuse against protesters in the October protests. On Wednesday, members of the IACHR team were prevented from taking video...
By Jim Wyss Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has had a month to remember. Over the course of a few weeks, he’s seen his foes in the region rattled by violent protests, his allies bolstered at the polls, and attempts to ostracize him diplomatically fail miserably. In a...
Five members of an indigenous guard in Colombia were killed Tuesday in what authorities are describing as a massacre by a dissident guerrilla front. The attack occurred in the southwest department of Cauca, near the city of Tacueyo, and also left five guard members...
Despite the fact that President Lenin Moreno has withdrawn his controversial order eliminating subsidies for gasoline and diesel fuel, the issue of subsidies has not gone away. “The fiscal health of the country depends on making changes to the system currently in...
Turmoil. On the phone today that’s about the best way I could describe South America to my friend who lives in Thailand. He’s seeing it there too; the King is tossing out and making moves that to many people there, look like he is taking a stronger autocratic position...
The flow of Venezuelans crossing the Colombian border into Ecuador has gone from a veritable deluge to a trickle since the government began requiring visas in August. “We were required to limit the number entering the country for the welfare of both Ecuadorians and...
By Steve Hanke The real problem that plagues most Latin American countries -- and a contributing cause of the current political unrest -- is the fact that they have central banks that issue half-baked local currencies. Although widespread today, central banks are...
By Valerie Volcovici Latin American countries have set a collective target of 70% renewable energy use by 2030, more than double what the European Union is planning. Colombia, representing the pledges from eight Latin American countries, presented the target at the...
By Julia Buckley Picture the scene. You're on vacation. You've had a slow morning wandering round, a long lunch and a stroll around the city. You realize you're near that gallery you've been meaning to visit -- so you walk over. Even five years ago, you could probably...
Proposals to turn the economy around are headed for failure, according to an organization representing Ecuador’s largest businesses. “We were hoping for measures that would encourage investment and lead to higher employment,” says Patricio Alarcón, president of the...
