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Ecuador’s ex-president Rafael Correa told Sputnik on Thursday he would impeach his successor for betraying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the nation. The Australian whistleblower was arrested by British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in 2019 after Lenin Moreno withdrew his asylum, a status granted to him by Correa in 2012. Assange is fighting extradition...
By David Leonhardt In a public health emergency, absolutism is a very tempting response: People should cease all behavior that creates additional risk. That instinct led to calls for gay men to stop having sex during the AIDS crisis. It has also spurred campaigns for teen abstinence, to reduce sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancies. And...
Jueves, 11/2/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Cuatro repertorios para concierto de Sinfónica (Four repertoires for Symphony concert) – The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC) will present a new concert Friday a las 19:00 in the Treatro Pumapungo with 30% capacity. Once that number has been reached, no more people...
Colombia’s president called for international help Wednesday in vaccinating almost a million undocumented Venezuelan migrants against the coronavirus, saying donors should put their money where their mouths are. Ivan Duque was widely criticized for announcing in December that Venezuelans without migration papers would be excluded from the campaign to inoculate Colombia’s 50 million inhabitants. He...
By Charlie Savage A coalition of civil liberties and human rights groups urged the Biden administration on Monday to drop efforts to extradite the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain and prosecute him, calling the Trump-era case against him “a grave threat to press freedom.” The coalition sent a letter urging a change in course...
As vote-counting continued in Guayaquil, center-right presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso took the lead over indigenous leader Yaku Pérez on Wednesday afternoon and election officials say more votes remain to be counted. As of 5:30 Thursday morning, Lasso led Pérez 19.68 percent to 19.48 percent, a difference of about 21,000 votes. A spokesman for the National...
Miércoles, 10/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – CIDAP entregará Medalla Artesanal (CIDAP will deliver the Artisan Medal) – Ecuadorian artesans, designers and artists can apply for the CIDAP medal for Diseño e Innovación Artesanal ARDIS 2021 until el próximo 22/3. The winner will be invited to the XIX Festival de...
By Julie Turkewitz President Iván Duque of Colombia announced Monday that his government will provide temporary legal status to the more than 1.7 million Venezuelan migrants who have fled to Colombia in recent years, a far-reaching move that will allow the migrants to work legally and establish lives out of the shadows. The decision was...
After gaining a lead of more than six-tenths of one percent over Guillermo Lasso early Tuesday, Yaku Pérez watched uneasily Tuesday afternoon and evening as most of his advantage slipped away. Meanwhile, Lasso told his followers that the “tide has turned” and he expects to overtake Pérez to challenge Andrés Arauz in the April 11...
Ecuador’s government has introduced a bill to the National Assembly that would bar the country’s central bank from using its international reserves to finance public spending, a change recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The South American country last year reached a $6.5 billion deal with the IMF, sorely needed cash for the oil-producing...
By Glenn Greenwald A new and rapidly growing journalistic “beat” has arisen over the last several years that can best be described as an unholy mix of junior high hall-monitor tattling and Stasi-like citizen surveillance. It is half adolescent and half malevolent. Its primary objectives are control, censorship, and the destruction of reputations for fun...
As election workers around the country count the last two percent of Sunday’s vote, Yaku Pérez of the Pachakutik indigenous movement continues to add to his small lead over CREO candidate Guillermo Lasso for the right to challenge Andrés Arauz [Unión por la Esperanza] in the April 11 presidential runoff. As of early Tuesday morning,...
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