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The College of Physicians of Guayas is asking the government to suspend all events associated with the Cuenca independence holidays and Day of the Dead to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The country’s largest association of doctors also recommends banning Christmas and New Year’s activities and postponing the February national election. “The events...
Lunes, 26/10/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Otras cosas – Titular – Crecen cifras de pobreza extrema (Extreme poverty figures grow) – By the end of the year in Ecuador, 1.4 million people will pass into extreme poverty, another 1.8 million into poverty, and 1.1 million will fall from the middle class into a vulnerable...
By Pallavi Gogoi Stay out. It’s what people are being asked to tell each other. Less than 10 days ago, London banned people who live in different households from meeting each other indoors, to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “Nobody wants to see more restrictions, but this is deemed to be necessary in order...
Carolina Ormaza, director of Cuenca’s tranvía, is breathing easier these days. “When the system began commercial operation September 22, we were only carrying 6,000 passengers a day and I was getting calls and emails asking if it was a failure, even suggesting it should be shut down,” she said. “Today, the numbers are much better...
With nearly 90% of the vote counted, 78% of Chileans have voted “yes” in a referendum to write a new constitution. President Sebastian Piñera acknowledged the result and praised the peaceful vote. He said it was “the beginning of a path that we must all walk together”. A mass anti-government protest movement began in Chile...
By Michaeleen Doucleff Early in the coronavirus pandemic, air travel looked like a risky endeavor. Some scientists even worried that airplanes could be sites of superspreading events. For example, in March a Vietnamese businesswoman with a sore throat and a cough boarded a flight in London. Ten hours later, she landed in Hanoi; she infected...
For the first time in almost 60 years, there will be no Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade in Cuenca this year. The city’s biggest celebration of the year, the parade attracts between 150,000 and 200,000 participants and spectators. Cuenca’s Emergency Operations Committee decided Thursday that it would be impossible to stage the parade due...
Viernes, 23/10/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Agenda – October 24 (Note: all in-person events have limited capacity) 8:00 – Rutas de la sabiduría: Caminata al cerro Monjas (Paths of Wisdom: Hike to Cerro Monjas – register at dascaribay@cuenca.gob.ec. 10-16:00 – Guided visits to the Museo de las Coneptas – Hermano Miguel 6-33. 11:00 –...
James “The Amazing” Randi loved magic. He was a celebrated escape artist who broke records set by Houdini and performed everywhere from the White House to Niagara Falls (dangling upside down over the falls in a straightjacket, naturally). And with his long white beard, he certainly fit the part of a wizard. But he had...
The International Monetary Fund is concerned that social unrest will make a comeback in “lots of countries” across Latin America once the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, a top IMF official said on Thursday. Economies across Latin America and the Caribbean are forecast to contract as a group by 8.1% this year, with an uneven 2021 bounce...
Concerns about that violence would erupt during Thursday’s anti-government protests proved unwarranted as the number of protesters fell far short of organizers’ predictions. National Police reported “minor incidents” in Quito but said the marches in Cuenca, Gauyaquil, Riobamba and other cities were uneventful. In Cuenca, hundreds of steel barricades dropped off in several locations around...
Jueves, 22/10/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – 128 actos en agenda del Bicentenario (128 events on the Bicentennial agenda) – Mayor Palacios presented the agenda for the 200th anniversary of independence yesterday. There are 128 events, over 50 of them virtual, from 23/10 to 6/12. Most of the virtual events...
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