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By Jay Allison Over the past 20 years, my wife and I have lived in four locations with large immigrant populations — Northern New Jersey, the coast of Costa Rica, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and Cuenca — and have become intimately familiar with complaints natives make about foreigners. By far the strongest of those […]
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By Tyler Colman Italy’s Agriculture Ministry announced recently that some wines that receive the government’s quality assurance label may now be sold in boxes. That’s right, Italian wine is going green, and for some connoisseurs, the sky might as well be falling. But the sky isn’t falling. Wine in a box makes sense environmentally and […]
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By Florence Hazrat Punctuation is dead – or is it? If you’ve ever texted ‘im here’ or “its in the car”, you’re in good company. Most of us have, at some point since the dawn of texting, transgressed the boundaries of good grammar, and swallowed one apostrophe or another in the name of speed or […]
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By Joshua J. Mark The Inca civilization (c. 1400-1533 CE) is among the most vital of South America in terms of its cultural influence and legacy. The Inca began as a small tribe who steadily grew in power to conquer other peoples all down the coast from Colombia to Argentina. They are remembered for their […]
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By Jessica Stillman Older people have been railing about the supposed deficiencies of the younger generation at least since ancient Greek philosopher Plato complained that the written word was destroying kids’ memories. It’s easy enough to dismiss these worries as grumpy old man grouchiness, but every once in a while, science offers alarming evidence that […]
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By Sylvan Hardy Roughly 675 million people speak Spanish as their first or second language. Along with Mandarin (a billion speakers) and English (900 million), Spanish is one of the three most widely spoken languages in the world. It’s also one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the native tongue […]
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A security expert calls it “unbelievable” that the presidential candidates in the August cross death election don’t have better ideas about fighting crime. “Crime and violence are the number one issue on voters’ minds and none of the candidates have strong positions about confronting the crisis,” says Fernando Carrión, a former police investigator and security […]
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President Guillermo Lasso and the Ministry of Defense have labelled as false claims by two criminal gangs that a ‘truce’ agreement has been reached with the government to reduce violence. In a video posted Wednesday night, the Los Choneros gang said that Ecuador’s National Police and military have agreed to a “truce” following the assassination […]
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By Gabriel Diaz Campenella Suicide is a significant concern in Uruguay, with experts and statistics confirming a gradual increase over the past two decades. In 2022, 823 Uruguayans, approximately two people per day, tragically took their own lives, resulting in a rate of 23 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, more than double the regional average of […]
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Miércoles, 26/7/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Historia y cine en la Casa de las Posadas (History and cinema at the Casa de las Posadas) – The Dirección de Cultura de Cuenca has prepared a series of events for those who enjoy history, film and the arts. The exhibit, ‘La agonía de Bolívar’ by painter […]
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Under mounting pressure from scientific researchers, the Galapagos Governing Council is considering increasing the entry fee to the islands with the intent of limiting tourism. The Council, however, is receiving strong push-back from the islands’ tourist businesses. Galapagos National Park and Charles Darwin Research Station biologists say increasing numbers of tourists are putting a strain […]
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Although she believes the Citizens Revolution will “return in force” after the cross death elections, Rafael Correa’s sister, Pierina Correa, acknowledges it will face “serious challenges” implementing its programs. “Because of the short period the new Assembly and government will serve, we need to win the 2025 election as well to regain the homeland and […]
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