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President Guillermo Lasso met Thursday with representatives of urban and long-distance bus owners, taxi owners and trucking companies to find a solution to rising fuel costs. The president insisted that he supports the end of general subsidies for gasoline and diesel fuel but says he also supports targeted subsidies for businesses that provide public transportation...
Jueves, 12/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Primera marcha contra el régimen (First march against the regime) – See Thursday’s article in CHL. Cuenca – “Se empieza a sentir el efecto de las vacunas” (The effect of vaccines is beginning to be felt) – Hospitals are starting to see the effect of...
By William A. Haseltine We have watched SARS-CoV-2 develop for 18 months and have some idea of its trajectory. The Delta variant is the prime example of strains succeeding each other, becoming progressively worse in waves of infection. According to a recent report from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) in the United Kingdom,...
Avianca Airlines confirmed earlier reports that it will add Cuenca to its national service beginning in October. The Bogota-based airlines also announced that it will begin non-stop flights from Quito and Guayaquil to New York and Miami as well as to Medellín and Cali, Colombia. Except for the Cuneca flight, the airline did not provide...
A crowd estimated at 10,000 marched through the streets of Quito’s historic district Wednesday afternoon protesting the government’s refusal to restore fuel subsidies. The leadership of the United Workers Front, the National Union of Educators, the General Union of Workers and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities led the march that concluded with a series of...
Miércoles, 11/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Lasso rechaza las amenazas (Lasso rejects threats) – See story in 6/8 issue of CHL. Cuenca – Segundas dosis, prioridad hasta el 31 de agosto (Second doses, priority until August 31) – From ayer, the second vaccine dose has been prioritized in the different sites...
By Oscar Holland Homesteads dotting a pastoral landscape, families living by lamplight and men in straw hats riding horse-drawn carriages — the scenes in Jake Michaels’ photographs could easily depict bygone times in the American Midwest. But not only do his pictures hail from the digital age, they were taken hundreds of miles away in...
The leaders of the United Workers Front (FUT) welcomed three indigenous organizations and heavy transport and bus companies to the labor protest that begins this afternoon. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Ecuarunari and the Pachakutik political party announced that they would join in the mobilization. Although the groups have different lists of...
Martes, 10/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Inician matrículas en régimen fiscal (Enrollment for public schools begin) – Parents and representatives of children who are attending a public school for the first time can enroll the kids until 22/8. This applies to students in the Siera-Amazonía regimen whose school year starts 1/9. There...
By Jeffery Tucker If you test positive or refuse to be tested at all in New Zealand, prepare to be shipped out to a quarantine camp recently established by the government. Shocking, yes, but we have an analogous system in the U.S. If you test positive (which is not the same as actually being sick),...
By Adam Barnes Renowned epidemiologist Larry Brilliant warned Sunday that until a majority of the global population is vaccinated against Covid-19, the virus will continue to mutate and spread. “I think we’re closer to the beginning than we are to the end [of the pandemic], and that’s not because the variant that we’re looking at...
As he approaches the 100-day mark of his administration, President Guillermo Lasso enjoys broad popular support, according to a survey by the Cedatos polling company. His overall approval rating stood at 73.5 percent on August 5 while his governing style and strategy received a 78.4 percent positive rating. The president’s highest rating came from his...
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