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Jueves, 30/7/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Otras cosas – Titular – Aprueban la ley Seca (Dry law approved) – See Thursday’s article in CHL for story on increasing the hours of curfew and prohibiting evening liquor sales on weekends. Religious crowds also prohibited – Religious activities are not exentas (exempt – our word...
By Patrick Gillespie Argentina faces a mounting exodus of multinationals that have concluded that doing business in Latin America’s third-largest economy is just too complicated and unprofitable, even disregarding the coronavirus pandemic. Powerful labor unions, volatile politics, price and currency controls, and other forms of state interventionism have long been features of doing business in...
The U.S. National Security Council said Wednesday that it stands ready to help Ecuador defend Galapagos protected waters from a Chinese fishing fleet anchored nearby. “We offer our support to Ecuador through our Southern Military Command in the face of any aggression that infringes on its economic and environmental sovereignty,” the NSC said in a...
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has issued new restrictions for 18 provinces, extending the nightly curfew and prohibiting liquor sales on weekends. Under the new rules that affect Cuenca and Quito and other communities under yellow light protocols, the curfew will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday through Sunday and the sale of liquor...
Miércoles, 29/7/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – World Travel Awards – Cuenca has been nominated in 3 categories for the World Travel Awards 2020. It has won in the “Best Destination for Short South American Vacations” category 3 years running and has been nominated again. The other 2 categories are...
Martes, 28/7/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Más de nada. Otras cosas – Titular – Médicos, agotados (Doctors, exhausted) – Front line doctors and nurses have been working for 135 days with long hours on call, a constant stream of patients, and isolation from their families, all of it taking a physical and mental toll...
Two of the world’s top infectious disease experts presented a sobering look at the battle still to come against Covid-19. Their message, conveyed during a recent CNBC event, was encapsulated in related views on how much of a difference a coronavirus vaccine can make and what reaching herd immunity in the population will mean for...
President Lenín Moreno announced Tuesday that Ecuador and Great Britain have signed a trade agreement that maintains most of the conditions of the European Union agreement signed in 2016. Britain is in the process of severing its relations with the EU, requiring the new pact. According to Moreno, 95 percent of Ecuadorian exports will not...
A staggering 1,200-plus girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the Covid-19 confinement began, authorities said Tuesday. Home to 33 million people, Peru has long had what is described as a “horrific domestic violence problem.” Experts say that Covid-19, compounded by home confinement, job losses and a health crisis, has made...
By Matthew Smith For decades, oil rich Ecuador proved to be a risky and unprofitable jurisdiction for foreign companies seeking to tap its vast mineral wealth. This peaked with the $9.5 billion court ruling against integrated international energy major Chevron in 2011. The tribunal alleged that Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron in 2000, had...
Lunes, 27/7/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Otras cosas – Titular – La vía Cuenca-Déleg-Azugues, intransitable (The Cuenca-Déleg-Azogues road, impassable) – This road is one of the alternatives to get from Azuay to Cañar and is in bad condition. Users complain that it is full of baches (potholes) and hundimientos (sunken spots). The Panamericana...
By Mariah Banks On Friday, Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment officially declared Sangay Podocarpus, the country’s first connectivity corridor. Sangay Podocarpus extends over 1.4 million acres of diverse and fragile ecosystems, linking Sangay National Park in central Ecuador with Podocarpus National Park in the south. According to Nature and Culture technician Monica Pesantez, 75% of Sangay Podocarpus is under...
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