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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating what Ecuador Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín, Foreign Minister calls a “number of complicated scenarios.” The country will profit from soaring oil prices that moved above $100 a barrel Thursday, he said, but exporters could face huge losses if Russian markets collapse. More important, says Holguín, is the safety...
President Guillermo Lasso has signed an order that could allow an estimated 5,200 inmates early release from the country’s over-crowded prisons. During a Tuesday interview, he said that judges will have the final say in all cases. A series of 2021 riots in the nation’s prisons left more than 300 inmates dead and 200 more...
Miércoles, 23 /2/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Monda & Lironda junta la crítica cultural y escritura (Monda & Lironda brings together cultural criticism and writing) – Monda & Lironda, the on-line magazine of the Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Azua, was launched today. It includes poetry and narrative writing by Ecuadorian authors, articles...
By Thomas Fazi and Toby Green Over the past two years, as the pandemic claimed the lives of millions of people and upturned the lives of everyone else, a silent revolution was taking place. Western capitalism suddenly found itself usurped; replaced by an even more oligarchic and authoritarian capitalist mode of power — what we...
By Gabrielle Bienasz The U.S. government’s mask mandate for airplanes and other methods of travel will likely be extended, the country’s largest union of flight attendants told Bloomberg on Tuesday.The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA represents flight attendants from companies including United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. “We have every expectation that the mask mandate will...
Police and military personnel have taken control of illegal gold mines on the rivers of Napo Province and the government says it plans similar operations at other mining locations. According to the Government Ministry, more than 500 police and 900 army troops have been assigned to mining sites on the Napo, Yutsupino, Los Ceibos and...
By Lee Harrison Expat hot spots around the world go through a fairly predictable cycle, morphing through a number of stages between their initial discovery and their maturity as a mainstream destination. The specifics of this evolution vary, but the general principles remain the same. As the Covid-19 pandemic winds down, we can expect the...
Martes, 22/2/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Presencialidad obligada desde el 14 de marzo (Attendance required after March 14) – Ayer, the Government announced that mandatory in person classes will resume el 14/3. The decision was made since health authorities announced a reduction in Covid cases and the high levels of vaccination in...
By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Megan Janetsky Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation’s feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure across the region. The country’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of legalizing abortion up...
A team of doctors in Guayaquil say that the Covid-19 subvariant known as BA.2 may already by circulating in Ecuador. In a Monday afternoon statement, the Ministry of Health agreed but said BA.2 is not yet a “cause for alarm.” Carlos Sandoval, Guayaquil Public Health Director, said that that BA.2 is “almost certainly” in Ecuador....
National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori says members of her own Pachakutik party are plotting with the Correistas and conservative Social Christians to remove her from office and dissolve the Assembly Administrative Council (CAL). “What I see looks very much like a potential coup,” she said in her Twitter account. “I am saddened to see my...
Lunes, 21/2/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Ofertas turísticas (Touristic offers) – The traditional Jueves de Compadres y Comadres will be held in San Francisco Plaza Thursday, starting at 18:00. The event was originally announced for Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium but was changed because of concerns about damage to the football playing field and because...
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