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The National Emergency Operations Committee has updated its entry requirements for international travelers for the first time since February. The new rules tighten restrictions for those arriving from Brazil, one of the world’s Covid-19 hotspots, and make it easier for the vaccinated to travel to the Galapagos Islands. The COE said its new requirements are...
Jueves, 1/7/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – “Big Money” bajo suspecha e indagación (“Big Money” under suspicion and investigation) – The Fiscalía (Prosecutor) and Policía Nacional raided 3 properties associated with the “Big Money” pyramid scheme without arresting anyone. Hundreds of people in Quevedo took to the streets to support Miguel Nazareno...
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 the opportunity for indigenous nations to drive their own conservation planning. By Adam Gebb...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking that all countries recognize any Covid-19 vaccine it has approved for emergency use, including the ones made by China, as borders reopen to vaccinated travelers. The WHO called for Western countries to accept the vaccines produced by China, saying that refusal to accept them was “undermining confidence in...
Although the country’s economy showed modest growth in the first quarter of 2021 over the last quarter of 2020, the overall outlook is uncertain. “We remain in a deep recession as a result of the pandemic and other factors,” says Ecuador Central Bank President Guillermo Avellán. “The GDP grew 0.7 percent from January through March...
Miércoles, 30/6/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Adelantan plan (Plan advances) – The ministra de Salud, Ximena Garzón, announced that from el 5 al 11/7, people from 55 to 49 years old will be vaccinated. It will start with 55 year olds el lunes, 5/7; 54 year olds el martes, 6/7; and...
The European Commission is working toward new laws to phase out caged animal farming among all EU nations. The move comes after a petition demanding an end to the controversial system collected more than 1.4 million names. Rabbits, young hens, quails, ducks and geese would be affected by the changes. “Animals are sentient beings and...
By Lisa Schlein Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the Rio Grande and nearly collapsing onto someone’s backyard lawn, where, seconds before, she stepped on American soil for the first time. “I won’t say it again,” interrupts a U.S. Border Patrol agent,...
President Guillermo Lasso confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. government will donate two million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Ecuador. The U.S. embassy in Quito said the donation was part of a program to donate millions of doses to more than 80 developing countries. “I want to thank President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris...
Martes, 29/6/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Del cuerpo del periodico – Una MasterClass con Supermaxi y Megamaxi (A Master Class with Supermaxi and Megamaxi) – Supermaxi and Megamaxi customers have an opportunity to enter a lottery to participate in a MasterClass with Roberto Ayala who won the 2nd season...
The government acknowledged Tuesday that Chinese-flagged fishing vessels have arrived in the Pacific Ocean waters near the Galapagos Islands preserve. A spokeswoman said that about 30 ships are already in the area and that more are en route. According to the environmental group Más Galapagos, the Chinese fish processing ship, Shun Xing 18, has anchored...
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) agreed Tuesday to allow vaccinated workers who interact with the public to return to their jobs Thursday, July 1. The decision affects more than half of the public workforce, from the national to parish level, but also applies to some private business employees that have remained under special restrictions....
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