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By Maria Elena Vizcaino and Stephan Kueffner Across the world, government bondholders have seen losses pile up this year as a pickup in inflation and economic growth puts central banks under pressure to raise interest rates. That makes even more remarkable the windfalls seen in Ecuador, a junk-rated South American nation that was mired in...
It took 25 years for Ecuador to win its second Olympic Gold medal. It only took a week for it to win its third. To sweeten the deal, Ecuador also won a silver medal on Monday. Weightlifter Neisi Dajomes made history Sunday not only for winning a gold medal in the 76 kilogram category, but...
By Jeremy Parfitt I wrote this at the request of a friend who is receiving enormous pressure to take the jab. She asked me to write something to help her explain why she won’t take it. An enormous amount of pressure is being placed on people, from politicians, public health officials, the media, celebrities and...
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services in most countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic conditions. “We urge countries to ensure their Covid-19 responses do not leave other essential health services, like routine immunizations, behind,” Carissa F. Etienne,...
As countries prepare for the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council meeting tomorrow, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging the European Union (EU), Norway, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to stop stalling the landmark proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) — known as the “TRIPS waiver” — on...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Friday that the currency exit tax (ISD) will be eliminated for airline ticket income. He said the move would provide a boost to the airline industry and help revitalize Ecuador’s tourism industry that has been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. “By allowing airlines to transfer their earning out of the country...
Unless scientists are able to save it through gene-editing mechanisms, chocolate could go the way of the horse and buggy by 2050. The persnickety cacao plant contains seeds that are the vital ingredient in chocolate. But the plant only grows in narrow bands of land in the rainforest near the equator, where the weather stays...
By Gavin Haynes You’d think Covid-19 would’ve put clear white water between medicine and the wellness movement. But in many ways, the gurus of “alternative health” are having a good pandemic, informational chaos and legitimacy crises bolstering their positions. YouTube brims with them: thin, tanned, toothy juicers who mix boring, sensible advice like “get enough sleep”,...
By Alexandra Valencia At one of Ecuador’s oldest flower farms, workers are planting hemp on land that traditionally used for roses, making a bet that selling cannabinoid products will help offset the decline in flower sales caused by the pandemic. Declining sales spurred by the coronavirus outbreak dealt a heavy blow to Ecuador’s flower sector,...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) voted Thursday to allow travel to and from El Oro Province for those who are fully vaccinated. Previously, the state of emergency in the province prohibited all inter-provincial bus and car travel to stop the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant. The COE decision is the first time the...
Jueves, 29/7/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Musicalizarán cortometrajes ecuatorianos (Ecuadorian short films will be musicalized) – The 2021 edition of Expocine will show 9 films and hold talks and round tables. The organizers of the event are working with the city, the Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos and Unsión TV to bring Ecuadorian films back...
Author’s note: Time is running out for Ecuador to save its Amazon rainforests — areas which have 10,000 times the biodiversity of the Galapagos islands. Ethno-ecologist Adam Gebb looks at the problems and possibilities in a seven-part series. This article explores Ecuador’s big opportunity in the international adventure tourism market By Adam Gebb The natural...
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