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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began a visit to China on Monday with a call for Moscow and Beijing to reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar and Western payment systems to push back against what he called the West’s ideological agenda. Lavrov, on a two-day visit to China, is expected to hold talks with...
Although some leaders of the indigenous movement are urging Yaku Pérez supporters to vote nulo, or no, in the presidential runoff between Andrés Araúz and Guillermo Lasso,, Perez himself says they should be free to vote however they choose. The leadership of Pachakutik Party say they will make a formal recommendation about the April 11...
By Cheyenne Buckingham If someone asked you what is your favorite condiment, do you know what you would say? For many, hot sauce is likely at the top of the list. Aside from having to pour a glass of milk to cool down your mouth after eating several chicken wings that are drenched in the...
In a debate that focused as much on the past as on the future, presidential candidates Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso faced off Sunday night ahead of the April 11 runoff election. Arauz, protégé of former president Rafael Correa, claimed that Lasso, former president of Banco Guayaquil, planned to maintain a system that benefits Ecuador’s...
By Chris Enlow Former Food and Drug Administration Commission chief Scott Gottlieb said Friday that mandating social distancing of 6 feet throughout the coronavirus pandemic “has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic.” Gottlieb’s comments came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance essentially saying that 3 feet is...
By Mamie Hunter As the world ground to a halt last March, many travelers expected to be globetrotting again in a few months time. Here we are just over a year later. But with the rapid development of effective vaccines and increased distribution of those life-saving doses in some countries, glimmers of hope are starting...
The Galapagos Governing Council has adopted the same international traveler requirements announced Wednesday by Ecuador’s national government. Beginning Monday, March 22, those flying or boating into the islands can present proof of vaccination instead of negative Covid-19 test results. Unvaccinated travelers can still enter with a negative test result of 72 hours or less. The...
Health Minister Rodolfo Farfán resigned Friday, only 19 days after he replaced Juan Carlos Zevallos. Within hours of receiving the resignation, President Lenín Moreno named Mauro Antonio Falconí, director of the Sanitary Regulation and Control Agency, as the new health minister. According to sources quoted by the El Comercio newspaper, Farfán was overwhelmed by the...
Jueves, 17/3/2021 Hola, Todos – I need some time to take care of an ever increasing “to do” list, so I will take a vacation next week, and be back el lunes, 29/3/2021. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Sanación, el eje del Pawkar Raymi (Healing, the axis of Pawkar Raymi) – Pawkar Raymi...
By Huizhong Wu and Kristen Gelineau The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a day of joy, emotion and hope.” The source of that hope: China – a country that Chile and dozens of...
In what was described as a series of “private visits,” U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio met with President Lenín Moreno and officials from the Galapagos Islands on March 13 and 14 on Santa Cruz Island and in Quito. According to a source in the president’s office, the discussions focused on extension of the no-fishing preserve around...
Miércoles, 17/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Sorry – I think I didn’t send this out after I wrote it yesterday so here’s yesterday’s periodico. The one for Thursday will post tomorrow. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Galería muestra la colaboración entre Francia y Ecuador (Gallery shows the collaboration between France and Ecuador) – “Cooperación...
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