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International air travellers will in future need to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to board Qantas flights, the airline says. The Australian flag carrier’s boss, Alan Joyce, said the move would be “a necessity” when vaccines are available. “I think that’s going to be a common thing talking to my colleagues...
Doctors, nurses, emergency response personnel, those with serious illnesses and those over the age of 55 will be first in line to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, Ecuador’s Ministry of Health reported Sunday. In addition, some public and private employees with high exposure to the virus will also be included in the priority group. The ministry...
By Kristen Richard It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when and where humans started to brew beer. That’s because it’s been an integral part of many cultures for thousands of years. Until recently, the earliest evidence of beer could be traced back 9,000 years ago to China. But in 2015, Li Liu, a professor at Stanford...
The district office of the Ministry of Health reports that new cases of Covid-19 remain low and that the feared surge due to the Cuenca holidays has not developed. There was a slight increase in cases in the week ending on Friday from the previous week, 227 compared to 209. “The situation remains encouraging and...
Ecuador is promising a “far reaching” investigation into a landslide Wednesday at an illegal gold mine near the Colombian border that killed five people and injured at least five. “The government will spare no effort to determine who is at fault in this tragedy and how this clandestine mine was allowed to operate,” Rommel Salazar,...
By Robert Bradley In 1973, the Organization of American States (OEA), created to address social and financial inequality in the Americas, designated Cuenca as the headquarters for its efforts to promote artisan crafts. Five years later, the Centro Interamericano de Artesanías y Artes Populares (CIDAP), or Inter-American Center for Popular Crafts and Arts, was established....
Jueves, 19/11/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Internos dejan en libertad su habilidad con las artes (Interns release their skill with the arts) – A group of inmates at the Centro de Privación de la Libertad Azuay (Azuay Center for the Deprivation of Liberty), until recently known as the Centro...
By Marcelo Rochabrun Grace Yarango is only 18 and she’s already helped take down a president. Now she — and many other of Peru’s millennials and Generation Z youth — have their eyes on bigger prizes: changes to the constitution and reforming a widely reviled Congress. Peru’s younger generation — dubbed the ‘bicentennials’ in reference...
Miércoles, 18/11/2020 Hola, Todos – I can’t remember when I last took a break, so I’m going to take next week off. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – TitiriCuenca tendrá una programación inclusiva (TitiriCuenca will have an inclusive program) – This year’s Festival TitiriCuenca (puppet festival) will have both in person and on-line events....
The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that it plans to vaccinate 65 percent of Ecuador’s population against Covid-19 in the first half of 2021, with the remainder to be vaccinated in the second half of the year. The vaccinations will be administered first to health and emergency service workers and to groups considered the most...
Martes, 17/11/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Enfoque híbrido dan a Festival de Culturas Urbanas (Hybrid approach for Festival of Urban Culture) – The Alianza Francesa will inaugurate its 3d edition of the Festival de Culturas Urbanas in conjunction with the Museo Pumapungo and the ex Escuela Central (now the...
By Stephen Vargha The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra ends an eight-month Covid-19 lockdown with two live concerts Thursday and Friday at the Casa de la Cultura theater at Luis Cordero and Presidente Córdova. Both concerts are at 7 p.m. and are free to the public. Seating will be limited in accordance with social distancing health protocols....
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