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Political consultant and former advisor to president Rafael Correa Carolina Jaramillo, says Daniel Noboa remains the man to beat in the February presidential election. “Despite the energy crisis and his questionable handling of gang and cartel violence, he remains in...
By Brett Wilkins More than 30 Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday called on outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden to pardon environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who endured nearly 1,000 days in prison and house arrest after successfully...
Ex-employees of a Japanese textile company in Ecuador told Tuesday of their dire living and working conditions, after the country's Constitutional Court ruled the firm kept its staff in a "slave-like" setting. Some women gave birth to children in unsanitary and...
Martes, 10/12/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del lunes, 9/12 (1 article): Catedral Nueva acoge "gran nacimiento" (New Cathedral hosts “giant nativity scene") - Shepherds, camels, a fountain and even a bonfire are part of the big nativity scene in the...
President Daniel Noboa announced Tuesday that electrical blackouts will end December 20. He credited improving weather conditions and the addition of new power sources for the decision. Energy experts, including former Energy Ministry officials, expressed skepticism...
By Frances A. Hogg Do you remember that thrilling scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when the phoenix, Fawkes, comes flying through the tunnel to the lair of the Basilisk to save Harry’s life? With his long, flowing feathers trailing behind, he was a...
Although Internal Revenue Service Director Damián Larco claims the economy is improving, economists say the opposite is true. In a Monday television interview, the SRI director said the economy was "on an uptrend," with October and November sales showing "strong...
By Stephen Vargha English author and philosopher G.K. Chesterton said, “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” The author of the fictional priest-detective Father Brown could have easily been...
By Deke Castleman As Calvin Trillin wrote in a Condé Nast Traveler article a few years ago, colonial Cuenca “doesn't look like a 16th-century city that has been preserved; it looks like a city that has been in use since the 16th century.” Trillin describes himself as...
By Linda Mason "Why is El Centro so crowded on weekends?" a caller to a Cuenca radio station asked last week. "Parque Calderon is full of people. The sidewalks are overflowing. There is standing room only in the tranvia,” she said. What's going on?" The answer is...
Domingo, 8/12/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Something about sports. Cuenca - The next two items are your civics class about the elections. Votos nulos (Null and void votes) - The law known as the Código de la Democracia determined what will be considered...
By Richard E. Cytowic We often comment and joke that our attention spans have dropped significantly in recent years with the rise of digital technologies and screen-centric entertainment, but there is sound science to back up this observation. In fact, a shorter...
President Daniel Noboa has decreed that Thursday and Friday, January 2 and 3, will be national holidays. The order creates a five-day New Year’s holiday from January 1 to 5. Noboa also ordered the 15% value added tax reduced to 8% for tourism-related purchases during...
By Sandee LaMotte In an international survey of dieticians conducted by U.S. News & World Report, the Mediterranean once again took top honors Tied for second was the DASH diet, which stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension, and the Flexitarian diet,...
By Kate Marin Wohlfeld A Christmas Carol continues ACT’s popular holiday tradition of portraying the excitement and atmosphere of liver radio theatre with a holiday classic. Adapted by Anthony Palermo, the show is faithful to the spirit and language of the original...
Jueves, 5/12/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - An ad for The Nutcracker on Ice. The Moscow Ballet on Ice will perform the Cascanueces (Nutcracker) on Ice el 6/12 in the Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Tickets are available from Golden Star, meet2go, and El Surtido. The...
By Gonzalo Solano Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador's central highlands, began in the mid-20th century, born from the ingenuity of Franciscan nuns. Locals say the sisters would drink fruit shakes made with milk from the region’s dairy farms...
By Virginia Furness, Julia Symmes Cobb and Alexandra Valencia Ecuador has started work on a deal to swap more of its existing debt and free up money for conservation efforts in the Amazon rainforest, a stock exchange filing on Tuesday showed. In it, Amazon...
By Liam Higgins In 2023, about 650,000 barrels of diesel were consumed for private electricity generation, mostly by large manufacturing firms. So far in 2024, the consumption has passed three million barrels and could reach four million by the end of the year....
Citing improving hydrological conditions near the country’s hydroelectric facilities, the Energy Ministry announced Wednesday that it will reduce daily blackouts to five hours Friday through Sunday and to three hours from December 9 to 15. The ministry also cited...
