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The colors of the LGBTI movement lit up the Carondelet presidential palace Monday night in a show of support for International LGBTI + Pride Day. President Guillermo Lasso, who ordered the display, tweeted that his new government is committed to “building a more equitable and just society that respects those with diverse sexual and gender...
Lunes, 28/6/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Clasificación Tricolor con gol de un ‘Angel’ (Tricolor classification with a goal from an ‘Angel’) – I think Ecuador qualified for the quarter finals for something. <You know I don’t do sports so you’re on your own if you want to know more.> Cuenca –...
By Siladitya Ray Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are likely to offer long-lasting protection against Covid-19, according to a study published on Monday, indicating that people who are already inoculated with either of the mRNA vaccines may not need a booster dose for years. According to a peer-reviewed study published in the science journal...
By Alison Cramer Unlike Manta, Guayaquil and Esmeraldas, where drug-related gang warfare has reached “emergency” proportions, Cuenca’s murder and violent crime rate has held steady during the Covid-19 pandemic. “We are lucky in this regard,” says retired criminology professor and part-time expat Martin Simmons. “In much of Latin America, serious crime has increased since the...
Following his election as president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) Sunday, Leonidas Iza pledged he would begin a new “era of activism” for the indigenous movement in Ecuador. Iza was one of the leaders of the October 2019 national strike against the government’s plan to end fuel subsidies. Iza’s election to...
By Archa Fox, Jen Martin and Traude Beilharz Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, which contain tiny fragments of the genetic material known as “messenger ribonucleic acid”. And if social media is anything to go by, some people are concerned these vaccines can affect their genetic code. Here’s why the chances of...
By Julie Turkewitz Already, two of Gloria Vásquez’s children had dropped out of school during the pandemic, including her 8-year-old, Ximena, who had fallen so far behind that she struggled with the most basic arithmetic. “One plus one?” Ms. Vásquez quizzed her daughter one afternoon. “Four?” the little girl guessed helplessly. Now, Ms. Vásquez, a...
Overwhelmed by increasing crime in the coastal provinces, most of it drug related, Ecuador’s National Police are turning the military for help. Jorge Cabrera, head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, said he would assign personnel and material to assist in the fight against drug trafficking. “The activity is increasing and we recognize...
Police in the Russian capital detained at least eight people on June 26 after a Communist-led rally opposing compulsory vaccination against Covid-19. The gathering attracted several hundred people and police reportedly moved in after the event was concluding. OVD-Info, a group that monitors protests and arrests in Russia, said the eight detainees included the head...
Chile announced Friday the closure of borders until July 14 and will extend for 90 more days, until September 30, the constitutional state of emergency due to the arrival of the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus, which has left 1.52 million infected and 31,797 dead in the country. The Senate and the Chamber of...
By Hugo Bachega At around midday on May 11, Dario Kopenawa, an indigenous leader, received a desperate phone call from a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. Palimiú has a population of about 1,000, who live in large communal houses on the banks of a river called Uraricoera. You can only reach it by plane,...
Vice President Alfredo Borrero said Thursday that the government is taking immediate action to bring the country’s public and Social Security hospitals up to professional standards. “In my tour of hospitals, I have found massive deficiencies in all facilities,” he said. “We lack the equipment, the supplies, the medicine and the staffing to operate an...
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