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By Moni Basu Kathmandu, Nepal Sadly, the earth’s rumbling seems so fresh here. Debris lies stacked like grim monuments to shattered lives. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit almost a year ago, […]
People witnessing traumatic events from a distance, Cuenca, in the case of the recent earthquake, are susceptible to varying forms of post traumatic stress disorder and may need the help […]
Powerful aftershocks have prompted police to put up “No trespassing” signs in some neighborhoods in Manabi Province. “With each earthquake, more houses are falling down,” said National Police captain Rafael […]
By Jonathan Blitzer When the shaking, faint but jarring, began, Daniel Orellana, a geographer at the University of Cuenca, in southern Ecuador, was at home with his wife and daughter. […]
The Prefecture of Azuay Province needs your help to prepare donated clothing for shipments to the coastal earthquake zone. In El Centro, volunteers can report to the Casa de la […]
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Ongoing or finished events – Festival de cine colombiano – The Colombian film festival closed Fri. with “Del amor y otros demonios” (About love […]
You know the advice about putting on your oxygen mask or your life jacket first before you help others. It is true because you are better able to help others […]
By Nicholas Casey and Maggy Ayala The narrow, six-mile road that connected El Matal, a fishing village, to the main highway disintegrated from the earth’s violent heaves, severing it from […]
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming events – Teatro – An Ecuadorian adaptation of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” (Un enemigo del pueblo) will be presented Sat at […]
El embajador estadounidense en Ecuador, Todd Chapman, comentó este miércoles, que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ha enviado equipos de rescate para ayudar a la zona costa norte devastada por […]
President Rafael Correa announced on Wednesday that the national VAT on goods and services will increase from 12% to 14% for a period of one year to help cover the […]
U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Todd Chapman said on Wednesday that the U.S. government has sent teams of aid workers to Ecuador’s earthquake-ravaged north coast. He also asked expats to assist […]
Hola, Todos – Thank you all for your feedback. The jokes will be back, but not in the earthquake news which is too tragic to joke about. Pagina cultural – […]
Durante su recorrido el martes por la zona del desastre, el Presidente Rafael Correa, mencionó dos veces la generosidad de la ciudad de Cuenca por su apoyo a las víctimas […]
UPDATE: Click here to see the report of the donations. As shown in the report, 100% of the donations went to the cause and all bank fees and taxes were […]
As powerful aftershocks from Saturday’s deadly 7.8 earthquake continue to rock Ecuador’s coast, President Rafael Correa said Tuesday that early estimates put reconstruction costs at more than $3 billion. “Recovering […]
Hola, Todos – I’m glad that there readers out there who enjoy the “straight” news, but it’s absolutely no fun for me and therefore not much reason for me to […]
Los médicos que están de voluntarios en Cuenca temen una epidemia y dicen que el olor de la muerte se respira en el aire. Decenas de enfermeras y de médicos […]
Dozens of Cuenca nurses and doctors are working under a tarpaulin in the parking lot of the Rodriguez Zambrano Hospital in Manta. The hospital, which is part of Ecuador’s Social […]
Steven Giddings has been a volunteer relief worker at dozens of natural disasters during his life. He was on the scene following major earthquakes in Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, and Chile. […]
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