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National Assembly President Virgilio Saquicela plans to call a vote Tuesday to decide if the impeachment trial against President Guillermo Lasso continues. Although the call for a trial is widely expected to pass, some say it could also determine if Lasso’s presidency is in serious jeopardy. “I’m sure the opposition has the votes to continue...
By Jancee Dunn Dicey health claims and wellness programs have been around for centuries, from the snake oil of the 1800s to the “master cleanse” of the early aughts. Even as a health journalist, I have tried supplements that claimed to curb a raging sweet tooth (though I suspected, correctly, that they wouldn’t work). So...
By Brian Winter For a casual observer of Chile, the election result might have come as a shock. A country that just a year ago seemed to be undergoing a progressive transformation, with a tattooed, thirty-something president taking office and an expansive new Constitution apparently on the way, now seems to be lurching in the...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake centered about 20 miles north of Cuenca in Cañar Province Sunday night has caused no serious damage, according to the initial assessment by the national Risk Management Office. The earthquake occurred at 7:52 p.m and was felt in nine provinces, including Azuay, Cañar, Chimborazo and Loja. According to the Geophysical Institute,...
The National Assembly Oversight Commission on Saturday failed to muster the votes to approve a report recommending against an impeachment trial for President Guillermo Lasso. Assembly members pushing for impeachment claim that Lasso ignored cases of potential embezzlement related to a contract between state-owned oil transportation company Flopec and a private business. Lasso denies the...
By Li Yuan A heartbreaking video of a retiree that showed what groceries she could buy with 100 yuan, or $14.50 — roughly her monthly pension and sole source of income — went viral on the Chinese internet. The video was deleted. A singer vented the widespread frustration among young, educated Chinese about their dire finances...
Viernes, 5/5/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Pinocho llega en una obra que busca la inclusión (Pinocchio arrives in a play that seeks inclusion) – The theater company Ubriaco has taken the classic Pinocchio story and given it a new twist. When the puppet is transformed into live boy, the boy has a disability where...
By Rodrigo Campos Credit Suisse has bought up $1.6 billion worth of Ecuador’s bonds, freeing up cash for conservation of the country’s unique Galapagos Islands in what is set to be the biggest debt-for-nature swap ever struck. The plans sees three of Ecuador’s big government bonds, which have slumped in value this year due to a...
Two suspected thieves were shot and killed in a gunfight with police Wednesday in Durán. Social media videos showed about dozen bystanders applauding and cheering police following the shootings as the victims’ bodies lay in the street. According to the police report, the suspects, riding a motorcycle, followed a man who had just withdrawn cash...
By Will Freeman and Beatriz Rey Thirty years ago, Latin America’s nascent democracies did what had once seemed impossible: They confined the militaries that had regularly overthrown them to their barracks. But now presidents from Mexico to Brazil are coaxing the generals back out — and undermining their democracies in the process. By invitation of...
By Kimberley Brown Kayaking down the Napo River in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, environmentalist Matthew Terry bemoaned how the once-lush riverbanks are now barren and full of dredges, excavating machines and bulldozers as illegal gold mining spreads across the region. In certain areas, miners have completely rerouted the river channel, while some smaller tributaries of the Napo...
Miércoles, 3/5/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – 19 libros gratuitos en biblioteca virtual (19 free books in virtual library) – The Dirección de Cultura of the City of Cuenca has made a virtual library available with 19 books downloadable in PDF. They include a collection of short stories by Oswaldo Encalada, a book about the...
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