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By Stephen Vargha The late U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.” Taxes are nothing new for civilizations. The first known taxation took place in Ancient Egypt around 3000-2800 BCE. The Pharaoh collected a tax of 20 percent of all grain harvests....
Although Ecuador’s cross death elections are two months away, several candidates and their supporters are already talking about throwing their support to one of the top finishers in a runoff election. “Based on both public and private polling, everyone knows there will be a runoff,” says Ramiro Diaz, a supporter of former vice president Otto...
The U.S. State Department is advising travelers to exercise “extreme caution” if they visit Ecuador’s El Oro, Manabí, Santo Domingo, Los Ríos, Santa Elena, Cañar and Carchi provinces. In a statement issued last week, the State Department said that “robberies, kidnappings and violent deaths are common” in the seven provinces, recommending against all travel in...
By Kat Lister The late May sun is streaming through Wendy Mitchell’s conservatory windows as she sits in her armchair and gazes out on to her garden in bloom. Spring is finally yielding to summer and in this small corner of east Yorkshire and the fading forget-me-nots and primroses are giving way to the vivid...
Viernes, 23/6/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – E El Mercurio del jueves, 22/6 (1 article): Agenda Cultural – 24/6, 11:00 – Celebración of Inti Raymi – Museo Pumapungo. 26/6, 9:00 – Exposición, “Fuego y color” – Galería Vitrina. 29/6, 19:00 – Muestra (show), Bargueños – Casa del Alfarero. 30/6, 18:00 – Música, Batalla de Maestros...
By Nora Gamez Torres Over the past two years a new kind of revolution has been quietly taking place in Cuba: Private businesses, banished from the island by Fidel Castro more than 60 years ago, are making a strong comeback, employing more people than state enterprises, gaining trust from foreign creditors and helping put food...
By Fernando Gimeno Ecuador is facing a crucial moment for the future of its oil industry, a key pillar of the Andean nation’s economy. In a referendum scheduled to coincide with an early general election on Aug. 20, voters will decide whether or not to ban crude production at an Amazon block located within the...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Wednesday he is preparing a decree law to provide funding for damages caused by the developing El Niño weather system. “The experts tell us that this could be a devastating event, especially for the country’s coastal provinces, and possibly as bad as the 1998 event. We must anticipate its effects and...
By Susana Madera What once was a rugged mountain, covered with weeds and bushes, now has been transformed into a “living laboratory” with some 30,000 plants of assorted species and varieties planted on some 40 hectares (100 acres) in the Pablo Arenas parish in Ecuador’s Imbabura province. Formerly known as San Juan Hill, the site...
By Matt Turner The American Dream might look a little different for everyone. But at its heart, it promises upward mobility, the opportunity to attain success no matter what situation you might be born into. In a recent paper titled The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in High-Income Countries, academics at Bocconi University and Rockwool Foundation...
Although the official start of the cross death election campaign for president and National Assembly doesn’t begin until August 8, most candidates are already in the streets and on social media. In Cuenca this week, noisy processions for presidential candidates Yaku Pérez, Luisa González and Fernando Villavicencio on Calle Simon Bolivar culminated at Parque Calderon....
Miércoles, 21/6/2023 Hola, Todos – Titular – Inti Raymi, fiesta del sol y del maíz (Inti Raymi, festival of the sun and corn) – Inti Raymi or the Festival of the Sun is on el 21/6 and relates directly to the harvesting of typical products in the Andes. Cojitambo is a rural parish of Azogues...
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