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Neighborhoods in Quito and Guayaquil suffered electric blackouts of two to four hours over the Easter weekend. The National Electricity Corporation (Cnel) posted messages on X shortly before most outages […]
By Elias Aboujaoude Birthrates are collapsing across the developed world, and the numbers are stark enough to unsettle most demographers. Nearly three‑quarters of humanity already live in countries with fertility […]
Charlie woke up late on Good Friday, which would not normally require explanation except that in Cuenca, Good Friday means Semana Santa is in full swing, the construction crew on […]
Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI) is backing down on plans to charge a 15% value added tax on most dairy and bakery products. SRI said it was “correcting the interpretation” […]
Bored? (De El Mercurio del viernes, 3/4) Escuela presenta proyecto “Constelaciones estelares” (School Presents “Star Constellations” Project) – The Unidad Educativa Eugenio Espejo will present its multidisciplinary stage project “Constelaciones […]
By Stephen Marche I recently heard an exchange at a playground that should worry the executives at AI companies more than any analyst’s prediction of a bubble. A boy and […]
By Luisa Torres As we age, the risk of falling increases and becomes increasingly perilous. A fall can be a real health setback for a frail, elderly person. And, more […]
The water levels at the Mazar reservoir and Rio Coca, the sources that power the country’s two largest electric generation plants, is dropping rapidly. On Thursday, Ecuador’s Electric Corporation (Celec) […]
Ecuador is claiming it has achieved “concrete results” in its fight against organized crime, as the country joins forces with the United States to conduct an anti-cartel military offensive. On […]
Ever since John Milton wrote his famous poem ‘Paradise Lost’, something about the word “paradise” that should make a normal person hesitate, because it nearly always comes attached to a […]
In the Achuar territory, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, scientists and indigenous communities are driving a key change. The replacement of combustion engines with solar boats is beginning to transform the […]
The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) has ordered retail outlets to begin charging the 15% value added tax on dozens of previously untaxed food items, including bread and most dairy products. […]
The Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil and Cuenca-Girón-Machala highways will soon become toll roads, President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. Plagued for years by landslides and sinkholes, both highways have suffered frequent closures, especially during […]
You don’t notice these rules at first. Most people don’t even realize they exist. Life feels easy enough. The cafés are welcoming. The routines settle in. The city seems open. […]
By Manuela Castro and Alessandra Freitas Along Vespucio Sur Avenue, one of the main strips of Santiago, Chile, a massive real estate billboard advertises a new housing complex: “Green areas, […]
Drug traffickers are perfecting their methods of evading controls at Ecuador’s ports, according to the International Narcotics Control Board, a United Nations agency. “Traffickers of cocaine and other illegal drugs […]
Bored? (De El Mercurio del martes, 31/3) En muestra pictórica se resalta rostros y paisajes (Art exhibition highlights faces and landscapes) – The exhibit, “Rostros, Naturaleza, Rincones: Ecuador en acuarela” […]
There is something almost touching about a judge asking a simple question and getting no answer. Not a philosophical answer, not a constitutional answer, just a practical one. How, exactly, […]
By Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. As we draw nearer to the end of National Nutrition Month consider some of the following ways to help improve our nutritional intake as […]
As gasoline and diesel prices soar in most of the world, Ecuadorians are only seeing small increases at the pump. In a recent survey of Latin American countries, Ecuadorians were […]
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