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By Stephen Vargha The “farm to fork” concept is getting more and more popular among restaurateurs. Count Javier Patiño is among the believers in maintaing strong relationships with nearby farms to buy fresh in-season food to serve to customers. The chef and owner of Venga Restaurante has returned from a two-year hiatus while his restaurant...
Following a meeting with Colombian President Iván Duque on Sunday, President Lenín Moreno warned that armed groups are forming near Ecuador’s northern border with Colombia. He claimed the groups are associated with the FARC dissidents called the Óliver Sinisterra Front. “We are following the intelligence about recent developments, both our own and that of Colombian...
Domingo, 10/1/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Otras cosas – Titular – Impulsan turismo rural (Promotion of rural tourism) – The tourism sector has not recovered due to the pandemic, and one alternative is to develop rural tourism which avoids crowding. One destination is the Museo de la Gastronomía Cuencana in the Chaullabamba sector of...
Sábado, 9/1/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Teatro – The Teatro Infinito-Salamandra will present a dramatic work, “Chinaku, el viaje hacia la liberación,” el próximo 14/1 a las 19:00 in the República Sur and el 16/1 a las 19:00 in el Prohibido Centro Cultural. Taller – The Centro Cultural Municipal...
By Luke Andrews Almost half of patients suffering from Long Covid may be left unable to fully return to work six months after their infection, a study suggests. Victims were most likely to still be plagued with fatigue, ‘brain fog’ or feeling unwell after attempting minor physical exercise. Long Covid strikes one in ten under-50s...
Viernes, 8/1/2020 Hola, Todos – My apologies for the long break from these Periodicos. 2020 ended badly with problems in getting emails, a kidney stone that was finally surgically removed 9 days after the first symptoms appeared, and then the computer not connecting to the internet. I hope that now, with a new operating system...
By Dennis Prager As my listeners and readers can hopefully attest, I have been on a lifelong quest to understand human nature and human behavior. I am sad to report that I have learned more in the last few years, particularly in 2020, than in any equivalent period of time. One of the biggest revelations...
The Ministry of Health believes it has identified in Ecuador the first case of the more contagious variant of Covid-19 first identified in Great Britain. Researchers are sequencing a virus sample from a 50-year-old man who recently returned from the UK who was first hospitalized in Babahoyo before being transferred to the IESS hospital in...
Editor’s note: This is the second on a series of articles on craft beer micro and nanobreweries of Cuenca. To read the first one about the Hop Factory, click here. By Stephen Vargha It was not that long ago that Cuenca was a desert for lovers of craft beer. That has changed recently with new...
John Keeble I was reading the story of Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski during the morning after the Trump “coup attempt” had been put down and I realised: “Yes, the Western world’s future is not going to be easy, but there is the light of hope again.” At that moment, as the Trumpism blame game was beginning, there...
By Ben Guarino People with no symptoms transmit more than half of all cases of the novel coronavirus, according to a new model developed by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their findings reinforce the importance of following the agency’s guidelines: Regardless of whether people feel ill, they should wear a mask,...
Ecuador’s overall crime rate dropped 31 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, despite increases in Guayaquil and Quito. In its annual report on crime, the National Police noted that curfews and other restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic were largely responsible for the improvement. The reduction in crime is the largest, year over year, ever...
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