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By Sam Meredith Voters in Chile face an era-defining choice. The presidential run-off on Dec. 19 will see citizens of Latin America’s small but wealthy Andean nation cast their ballots in favor of one of two outsider candidates promising to chart wildly different paths. Polls suggest that leftist lawmaker and former student activist, Gabriel Boric,...
New measures intended to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus go into effect today. Announced Monday by the Emergency Operations Committee (COE), they prohibit public events that have not been permitted, limit the capacity for restaurants, churches, shopping centers and other indoor businesses and activities, and prohibit consumption of alcohol in public areas. The...
By Sandee LaMotte Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in hundreds of consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys, may contribute to some 91,000 to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the United States, a new study found. Millions more are sickened by phthalates...
Cuenca’s Pase del Niño Christmas parade has been cancelled for second consecutive year due to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. District Police Chief Andrés Vicuña made the announcement Thursday following a meeting with the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) officials in Quito. Vicuña said that the Catholic church had not filed the parade application and therefore had...
Stunned by chargers that top officers of the National Police and Army are involved in drug trafficking, Interior Minister Alexandra Vela, announced an investigation Wednesday of 19 police commanders. She asked the Superintendency of Banks to review the bank accounts and financial transactions of the officers. The claim that Ecuadorian commanders and generals are being...
By Jeremiah Reardon Fishbon del Sur, a collaborative theater community established in El Centro, closed its doors due to the Covid pandemic. The source of many satisfying moments of entertainment and friendship for my wife Belinda and me, how our lives have changed since co-founders Laura and Clay Bodine moved to an ancient Cañari settlement,...
Miércoles, 15/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – En un festival venderán los dulces de conventos (Convent sweets to be sold at a festival) – To reactivate the economic situation of the convents in Cuenca, several have organized the Christmas festival, Dulce Jesús Mío (My Sweet Jesus) <Sounds like the title of either a gospel or...
By Antonio Maria Delgado , Brian Fitzpatrick, Kevin G. Hall, Lilia Saúl Rodriguez, Jay Weaver, and Verdad Abierta Nearly 13 years and 1,300 miles removed from the violent streets of Medellín, Carlos Mario Aguilar has rebuilt his life in South Florida. The alleged Colombian crime boss known by the alias “Rogelio” has escaped his blood-soaked...
Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Tuesday night that the first case of the omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus has been confirmed in Ecuador. A 48-year-old Ecuadorian man returning from South Africa, via Panama, is being quarantined at a hotel near the Quito airport after testing positive for the variant. According to Garzón, the man...
Martes, 14/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Oficios rurales en una miiserie documental (Rural trades in a documentary miniseries) – Christian Rojas and Paula Llerena have produced Ayllu, a 10 chapter miniseries documentary on Instagram about traditional work that still endures in rural zones of Cuenca. The videos show the art of making chocolate and...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) updated the pandemic health restrictions Tuesday, banning many holiday events and mandating vaccine cards for entrance to restaurants, bars, supermarkets, shopping malls and church services. The new restrictions take effect Friday, December 17 and continue to Monday, January 3, subject to change. According to Juan Zapata, COE president, the...
Ecuador has declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of the country’s two pipelines that transport crude across the Andes. The pipelines run parallel to the Quito-Lago Agrio highway, east of Quito, which collapsed into the Coca River gorge Friday. The government...
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