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More than 500 Venezuelans have taken humanitarian flights from Ecuador to Venezuela since the beginning of November. The group is part of an estimated 100,000 who have left Ecuador for Venezuela since mid-2019, according to the Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Organizations that assist Venezuelans in Quito and Cuenca, say the Covid-19 pandemic has been...
By Helen Rosner In theory, I love to cook. I’ve been reminding myself of this lately, repeating it almost like a mantra, humming the percussive, iambic rhythm of the phrase while I clatter around in the cabinets in search of whatever skillet is inevitably at the very bottom of a teetering stack of pans, or...
By Michelle Pugle The “green” Mediterranean diet may be even healthier for you than the traditional Mediterranean diet. That’s according to a new study published online in the journal Heart. Researchers said they found that people who consumed higher amounts of plant-based proteins and less red meat and poultry experienced increased cardiovascular and metabolic benefits....
The Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that the mortality rate returned to normal in Quito and Guayaquil in November as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. The ministry also reports that hospital occupancy, including that of intensive care units, is approaching pre-pandemic levels. Public health officials say mortality and hospital occupancy numbers in Cuenca...
Christmas decorations are being strung over Calle Simon Bolivar. Storefront windows are all aglow, many with tiny twinkling lights. The chill of the evening is pushed aside by gas heaters, standing like fiery sentries and first editions of R2D2. Well dressed women and snappy men are venturing outdoors to take in the sights of a...
By Jeremiah Reardon Even under Covid-19 restrictions, how grateful to Cuenca are my wife Belinda and myself. With the Thanksgiving season upon us, I’d like to share moments of gratitude which we experienced the past year. By the middle of June, the city government had lifted its “red light” 2 p.m. curfew. On a day...
Updating the schedule for Covid-19 vaccines provided over the weekend by the Ministry of Health, President Lenin Moreno said Monday he believes inoculations can begin in January. “Based on information we have received in the last two days, we believe we can begin offering the vaccines to the most vulnerable groups sometime in January,” he...
With Covid-19 restrictions still in place, the number of Cuenca restaurants offering a sit-down Thanksgiving dinner is down significantly from previous years. A larger number are offering takeout service. Among restaurants offering dine-in service on Thursday are El Jardin in the Hotel Victoria on Calle Larga. Dinner will be accompanied by piano music from two...
The National Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to dismiss Interior Minister María Paula Romo following an acrimonious debate centered on her handling of the October 2019 national protests. The decision brought together the political right and left in what observers say is a preview of the February 2021 election. “The impeachment and firing of Minister...
“With the pandemic, my freedom took another hit,” a Bolivian mother told the news agency EFE at a women’s shelter in Ecuador, the country in the region with the highest index for macho violence and where 65 of every 100 woman have suffered from it in one way or another. Seated on the bed in...
If he is elected, Presidential candidate Andres Arauz says he will suspend Ecuador’s loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund, rearrange national funding to provide a living wage for poor Ecuadorians, resume major construction protects and institute an economy based on electronic money. A protégé of former president Rafael Correa and standard-bearer of the Unión...
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. Public health officials and drugmakers must be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, doctors urged during a meeting Monday with CDC advisors as states prepare to distribute doses as early as next month. Dr. Sandra Fryhofer of the American Medical...
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