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Lunes, 9/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – París toma la posta (Paris takes the post) – Closing of the 2020 Summer Olympics – sports, so you’re on your own. Cuenca – Alerta por ráfagas de viento (Wind gust alert) – Emergency services in Azuay are issuing warnings about strong winds which can reach...
By Bruce Cook In January, 2020 I made a proposal to the Historical and Heritage Areas of the Canton of supplying Memorial Benches to the city. The proposal was well received and we proceeded to locate 72 appropriate sites for placement. The director then forwarded a letter of recommendation for approval of the project to...
By Paula Span One day in March of 2020, Rosemary Bily suddenly grew so tired she could barely get out of bed. “She slept a lot,” said her son-in-law Rich Lamanno. “She was wiped out for most of a month.” Ms. Bily, now 86, also developed nausea and diarrhea, along with a slight cough, and...
Although the number of delta variant cases continues to rise, overall Covid-19 cases and deaths are dropping. Minister of Health Ximena Garzón said Saturday that delta cases now exceed 100 nationwide with new cases being reported in El Oro (4), Guayas (5) and Azuay (3) Provinces. “We continue to be concerned about delta but are...
By Matt McGrath Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The report “is a code red for humanity”, says the...
Although large protest marches are scheduled for Wednesday, Ecuador’s labor movement will not present the unified front its organizers had hoped for. Indigenous groups are also grappling with internal conflicts which could blunt the strategy of some leaders to challenge President Guillermo Lasso. The Popular Labor Front and the Unified Workers Front will draw thousands...
By Stephen Vargha “I need a place for expats and Cuencanos to meet,” said Rosana Malo. The owner of a rather unique place was trying to explain why she opened Flora Caffe, on the northwest corner Plaza del Otorongo. “This is a place for all of us to get together. My vision is to provide...
By Juan Bustamante The Andes Mountain range, which draws skiers to South America, is facing historically low snowfall this year during a decade-long drought that scientists link to global warming. Scant rain and snowfall are leaving many of the majestic mountains between Ecuador and Argentina with patchy snow cover or no snow at all as...
Jueves, 5/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – OLÍMPICOS honores (OLYMPIC honors) – Sports, so you’re on your own. Cuenca – Dado de alta tras 100 días de hospitlizado (Discharged after 100 days of hospitalization) – <And here’s a feel good story – we all need these de vez en cuando (once in...
Claiming he “won’t be pinned to the wall” by threats of labor and indigenous protests, President Guillermo Lasso said Thursday he is working on social and economic solutions that benefit the entire population. “My job is to do what is in the interest of the Ecuadorian people, particularly the most vulnerable. It is not to...
Jueves, 5/8/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – OLÍMPICOS honores (OLYMPIC honors) – Sports, so you’re on your own. Cuenca – Dado de alta tras 100 días de hospitlizado (Discharged after 100 days of hospitalization) – <And here’s a feel good story – we all need these de vez en cuando (once in...
By Adam Gebb The raging rate of human population growth and the demand for ever-higher standards of living are destroying what remains of the natural world. Rainforests seen by some as empty places to get resources actually hold millions of species that are enormously valuable to all of humanity. They are being blindly thrown away...
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