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Public opinion polls are in agreement. Only two weeks before Ecuadorian voters go to the polls, President Lenin appears headed for a big victory on all seven of his referendum questions. On Thursday, the polling group Cedatos released its latest results showing that...
By Esteban Cordero Balarezo Odebrecht. It is a corporate name well-known in many parts of the world in connection with large-scale construction projects. In Latin America and the Caribbean, it is a name associated with some of the largest public infrastructure...
By Robert Bradley We are in the cloud factory, where storms are fermented and barreled down the valleys, knocking thunder and spilling water. We are afloat on a bay of cloud exposing island domes growing tussock grasses and páramo. We are enveloped in a cool alpine...
Tempers are flaring up in Chile after Pope Francis accused the victims of a pedophile priest of ‘slander’ on Thursday. The pontiff said there was “no proof” for their claims that abuse by Father Fernando Karadima had been covered up by another man, Bishop Juan Barros....
National Court Judge Édgar Flores has ordered former president Rafael Correa and former attorney general Galo Chiriboga to testify in a trial against Alecksey Mosquera, Correa´s minister of electricity. Mosquera is accused of laundering bribe money paid to him by...
Viernes, 19/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Workshops - The municipal libraries in El Valle and Gullanzhapa had workshops today on reading animation and making porcelain key chains. Upcoming agenda events - Book launch - A book of...
The international human rights monitoring group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), says significant improvements have been made in Ecuador’s human rights record but that serious problems remain. In its 2017 annual report, HRW says that Ecuador has lifted many restrictions on...
By Kate Linthicum President Trump falsely claimed in a tweet Thursday morning that Mexico is “now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world.” A border wall between the United States and Mexico is needed, Trump said, “for the safety and security of our...
By Liam Higgins President Lenin Moreno got an earful Wednesday about how he should run the national economy, with conservative and liberal economists offering vastly different strategies. Meanwhile, a former vice president attacked the government’s economic policy for...
Jueves, 18/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event Concierto - The OSC will play two concerts this week. The first will be hoy a las 20:00 in the main church in Cañar. The second will be mañana a las 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Free. <Can't...
As a member of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, I’m privileged to have as colleagues some of the most accomplished Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) in the world! Our guest columnist this week is Mark A. Mahoney, PhD, RDN. Mark has spent his entire...
A wave of looting by hungry mobs across Venezuela has left streets of shuttered shops in provincial towns and pushed some store owners to arm themselves with guns and machetes. Worsening food shortages and runaway inflation have unleashed the spate of pillaging since...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi Ignacio ‘Nachito’ Aguilar, a native of Quilanga canton in Loja Province, celebrated his birthday last week in Catamayo. The event would not be notable except for the fact that Nachinto just turned 117 and is the oldest person in...
Miércoles, 17/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Alianza Francesa - The Alianza presented its schedule for the year and officially launched the Fiesta de la Música 2018. The year's activities include over 20 events with both local and...
By Esteban Cordero Balarezo The hydroelectric plant Minas-San Francisco, under construction since 2013, will be operational in May, according to government officials. Located at kilometer 92 on the Cuenca – Pasaje highway, just south of the Yunguilla Valley, the plant...
A Florida man who defrauded investors of an estimated $175 million, including municipalities and school districts, was arrested by federal authorities on Jan. 6, attempting to flee the country to avoid incarceration. According to authorities, Nikesh Patel of Orlando...
By David H. Freedman At the heart of America's vaunted health care system is a frustrating puzzle. The United States pays three times as much per citizen as the average of other wealthy nations — far more than even the second-highest spender, Switzerland, adding up to...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi Carlos Alvarez Mantilla, director of the Chief Office of Civil Aviation (DGAC), has rejected a request from city authorities to declare an air service emergency in Cuenca. The municipality requested the emergency status due to a...
Martes, 16/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Concierto - The first U. of Cuenca Symphony performance will be Wednesday a las 20:00 in the Catedral Vieja. Colloquium - "La Universidad de Cuenca y su relación con las provincias...
Former president Rafael Correa was one of the first members to officially resign from Alianza País (AP) following yesterday’s ruling by the Electoral Contentious Court (TCE) that confirmed an earlier decision to recognize supporters of President Lenin Moreno as the...
