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Global airlines on Tuesday called for pre-departure Covid-19 testing for all international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump. Rapid and affordable antigen tests that can be administered by non-medical staff are expected to become available in “coming weeks” and should be rolled out under globally agreed standards, the head...
The leading leftists presidential tickets are in danger of being booted from the February national election ballot, legal experts say. Both the Unión por la Esperanza (Unes), supported by former President Rafael Correa, and the Pachakutik indigenous party violated election law when they named vice presidential candidates who were not qualified under National Electoral Council...
Martes, 22/9/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Otras cosas – Titular – Aumentan contagios (Infections increase) – During the past semana, Cuenca exceeded the hurdle of 800 new infections in 7 days which was last exceeded at the end of agosto. The increase coincides with the elimination of Covid prevention restrictions. Mayor Palacios said...
Ecuador’s navy said on Tuesday that Chinese fishing vessels have gradually left the area near the Galapagos Islands and are now operating in international waters off Peru, following months of fishing that spurred criticism from environmental groups. More than 300 vessels arrived in June to the area around the Galapagos, one of most biodiverse in...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has given Cuenca the green light to hold a public referendum that could ban large and medium-scale mining activity near water sources. The Monday decision was denounced by the country’s Chamber of Mining, which claims a local ban would discourage international mining interests from investing in Ecuador. The area around Cuenca is...
As small amounts of ash from the eruption of the Sangay volcano continued to fall, municipal workers in Guamote, Alausí, Chunchi, Guayaquil and Portoviejo were busy Monday afternoon sweeping streets and cleaning parks. In rural areas of four provinces, farmers were assessing damage to crops and livestock and say losses could run into the tens-of-millions...
By Duncan Tucker Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, authorities in Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay have held tens of thousands of people in inadequate state-run quarantine centres without sufficient safeguards against human rights violations, in what could amount to ill-treatment and risk the detentions becoming arbitrary, Amnesty International said in a...
By Sylvan Hardy Construction has resumed on the Casa del Huerto residential project in Cuenca’s historic district and Juan Heredia wants to spread the word. “With all the disruption and uncertainty with the coronavirus, we need to let people know that we are back at work on the project,” says Heredia, a partner in the...
Angry activists destroyed a statue of 16th-century Spanish conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar in Colombia. The incident follows a wave of similar attacks on historical monuments in the U.S. Videos from the scene show activists pulling down the large equestrian statue on a hill near the city of Popayan, cheering after it falls from a high...
Delayed for three months by the Covid-19 pandemic, the renovated Supermaxi in Cuenca’s El Vergel shopping mall reopened Saturday morning to large crowds of shoppers. “This is the biggest and best supermarket in the country and it will be the model for future renovations of our stores,” says Alvaro Rothembach, regional manager of Corporacion Favorita,...
A powerful eruption of the Sangay volcano has covered large areas of Chimborazo, Bolívar, Guayas and Los Ríos Provinces in ash. At noon Sunday, officials suspended flights at the Guayaquil International Airport and Ecuador’s national transit authority said several highways and secondary roads have been closed due to poor visibility. The Geophysical Institute said that...
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