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By Eliza Mackintosh In their fight against the coronavirus, some governments are introducing digital surveillance and data collection tools that could pose a lasting threat to citizens’ rights, according to a new report by research institute Freedom House. The Freedom on the Net 2020 report, an assessment of 65 countries released Wednesday, found that the...
By Gus Wilcox Writing about the human toll of the coronavirus pandemic, a columnist for a Madrid newspaper recently asked: “Where is the concern about the poor and disadvantaged? Where are the defenders of human rights during the pandemic?” His comments followed the imposition of new restrictions on low-income neighborhoods of Madrid. “Have you noticed...
Martes, 13/10/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural de viernes – 9/10/2020 – Teatro regresa al tablado de Escenarios del Mundo (Theater returns to the stage with Stages of the World) – The Escenarios del Mundo theater festival will open el 28/10 with performances at the teatro Pumapungo, in the parque De...
By David Leonhardt The White House event to celebrate Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination — a gathering that appears to have spread the coronavirus — would have violated the law in Sweden. It was too large. More than 200 people attended the Barrett celebration. In Sweden, public events cannot include more than 50 people....
Michael Estrada scored a pair of goals as Ecuador beat Uruguay 4-2 in Quito on Tuesday to secure the country’s first win in the South American 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Moises Caicedo gave the hosts a strong start at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium when he connected with Angel Mena’s swinging cross with a flicked...
By Noah Strycker “Maria! Maria!” yells Ángel Paz, who stands at my shoulder in a thick Ecuadorian cloud forest holding a can of worms. “Venga, venga, venga!” (Come, come, come!) he shrieks. At my other shoulder is Edison Buenano, an enthusiastic, 30-something bird-watcher from Quito who suggested we visit Paz’s farm in northwestern Ecuador’s Tandayapa...
Marking the one-year anniversary of the October 2019 protests, the leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) marched Monday to the attorney general’s office in Quito to file suit against the government. “We come today to denounce crimes against humanity committed by the state of Ecuador and its agents,” Conaie attorney Carlos Poveda said...
Lunes, 12/10/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – CCE-Azuay amplía plazo para presentar proyectos (CE-Azuay extends deadline to present projects) – The deadline to submit projects to the CCE for its second edition of the Incubadora Cultural has been changed from 11/10 to 16/10. Go to http://convocatoria.incubadoracultural-cuenca.com/ (I’m not sure if...
Dear presidents of the nine Amazonian countries and to all world leaders that share responsibility for the plundering of our rainforest, My name is Nemonte Nenquimo. I am a Waorani woman, a mother, and a leader of my people. The Amazon rainforest is my home. I am writing you this letter because the fires are...
Editor’s note: This is the second in an ongoing series that examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley and Sylvan Hardy Paulin Jose, director, VIP Home Healthcare Helping sick expats through the pandemic Paulin Jose, Clinical Director, VIP Home Healthcare, has not had a day...
The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported the lowest number of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in more than five months, as well as the lowest death count. In its daily epidemiological report, the ministry said there were 205 new cases and three deaths. “We are seeing more and more signs that we have turned...
By Bigad Shaban and Robert Campos Dr. John Ioannidis is among a growing number of scientists who believe the current shelter-in-place orders in California continue to impose excessive and potentially harmful measures on most of the population, while failing to adopt strong enough restrictions to adequately protect those who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus....
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