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By Emanuele Ottolenghi Chileans recently elected Gabriel Boric, a young, former social justice student activist, as president. He is the most left-wing politician to run the country since Salvador Allende. Much like his progressive millennial peers across the globe, Boric is committed to fighting climate change and advancing social justice. But don’t expect the green...
Ecuador on Tuesday warned would-be wild animal eaters of possible prison time and Colombia launched an investigation after a competitive cooking TV show featured shark, alligator and capybara as ingredients. In the offending episode, contestants of MasterChef Ecuador cooked up tollo, a small shark, as well as a type of wild deer and a capybara,...
The United States Embassy has resumed its visa process for both immigrant and non-immigrant applications in Ecuador. Both the embassy in Quito and the consulate in Guayaquil announced Tuesday that interviews and file reviews have restarted after an 18-month suspension of services due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The embassy said that it has also fully...
Martes, 4/1/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Teletrabajo; siguen clases presenciales (Teleworking; face-to-face classes continue) – Ayer, the Comité de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) Nacional issued various resolutions in front of the increase of Covid-19 cases in the country. From hoy to el 23/1, government at all levels need to maintain a maximum...
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought a pardon for Julian Assange from former U.S. President Donald Trump before he left office last year and repeated his offer of asylum for the Wikileaks founder on Monday. Last month, the Australian-born Assange moved closer to facing criminal charges in the United States for...
President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday there will be no more pandemic lockdowns for Ecuador. “Future confinements are out of the question,” he told reporters during a Tuesday morning interview at the Presidential Palace in Quito. The president said Ecuador can “afford this luxury” because of the country’s high vaccination rate and the low number of...
As the trade agreement between Ecuador and the European Union (EU) enters its sixth year, consumers will see the elimination or reduction of tariffs on 1,300 products. Among products that will be cheaper in 2022 are food items, health and pharmaceutical products, industrial machinery, cars, trucks, farm equipment and clothing, according to Xavier Rosero, executive...
Lunes, 3/1/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Nuevos rostros del patrimonio (New faces of heritage) – 2021 was a year of recuperation for the private construction sector dedicated to patrimonial residences in Cuenca. According to data from the Dirección Municipal de Áreas Históricas, 144 projects were approved, fewer than before the pandemic when...
By Bob Carlson Retirement outside the U.S. is more appealing and less adventurous than it used to be. That might be why the number of Americans retiring outside the U.S. increased substantially over the last 10 years. The Social Security Administration says it sends benefits to more than half a million U.S. retirees living overseas....
The Workers Popular Front of Ecuador announced Friday that it plans a national strike on January 19 to protest the government’s failure to reduce gasoline and diesel prices to January 2021 levels. On December 28, President Guillermo Lasso agreed to freeze fuel prices at current levels of $2.55 a gallon for gasoline and $1.90 for...
By Kathleen Peddicord Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing idea with enormous potential upside. As a result, it’s easier than ever to find help making a plan to retire overseas. However, one challenge you will face as you launch your new...
Because of pandemic restrictions, the traditional burning of New Year’s monigotes, or dummies, is banned tonight but many expect the order to be ignored. “There will be fire in the streets no matter what the government says,” an unnamed seller of monigotes near the Feria Libre market predicted. “People see that the vaccine rules at...
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