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By Karla Sanchez Arismendi GRACE, the organization helping Venezuelan refugees in Cuenca, is holding a “Music for Medicines” online concert at 3 p.m. on Friday to raise funds for the purchase of medicine. The concert will stream live with Cuenca expat and Broadway Star Cindy Benson, locally famous pianist David Zoernig and the talented Venezuelan...
By Liam Higgins As the world slowly reopens from the Covid-19 pandemic, expats are asking, “What does this mean for us? Will life become more difficult for us? Will health and immigration policies become more complicated?” And just as important: “Will a lot of expats go back to their home countries?” Faron Masters, international insurance...
Miércoles, 1/7/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – “Tren al cielo” – This production by a group of collectives shares the wisdom of adultos mayores (senior citizens) with children through the use of puppets and music. The 1st episode was el 24/5 on YouTube, shared the history of the Tarqui valley,...
Mayor Pedro Palacio and three city councilmen are questioning the national government’s decision to ease health emergency restrictions. For cities like Cuenca, which are under yellow light rules, the new guidelines push back the nightly curfew, allow theaters to reopen and increase the size of public gatherings. “These decisions should be made on a local...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) loosened health emergency restrictions on Tuesday, relaxing the daily curfew and allowing the reopening of cinemas and theaters at 30 percent capacity. Under yellow light conditions, which applies to more than 80 percent of the country, the daily curfew begins at 11 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. and ends...
Martes, 30/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada Otras cosas – Titular – El quemeimportismo favorece al Covid-19 (Indifference/apathy favors Covid -19) – The provincial COE met yesterday to re-evaluate the passage to yellow. Although there were no deaths in hospitals over the weekend, the number of cases in Cuenca rose by 138 to a...
By Elizabeth Chang Americans are angry. The country erupted into the worst civil unrest in decades after the death of George Floyd, and anger about police violence and the country’s legacy of racism is still running high. At the same time, we’re dealing with anger provoked by the coronavirus pandemic: anger at public officials because...
By Marcelo Rochabrun Bankrupt LATAM Airlines and Avianca Holdings are dramatically retrenching their once grand ambitions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing competition in Latin America as they mull once-unthinkable cooperation with rivals. Since May, LATAM has exited Argentina, partnered with rival Azul SA in Brazil and cut back domestic operations in Chile, while Avianca has...
By Liam Higgins Although Jaime Nebot is no longer a candidate for president, his new project could have far more impact on Ecuador’s government than one or two terms in office. The public referendum he and his supporters have worked on for months would put constitutional restrictions on how public funds are spent, limit public...
Lunes, 29/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada Otras cosas – Titular – Urge reactivar turismo (It is urgent to reactivate tourism) – Cuenca started a pilot project, #ElPrimerTuristaSoyYo, with the goal of promoting tourism, one of the most badly affected sectors during the pandemic. Cuenca has 300 lodging businesses of which about 20-25% have...
By Jessie Yeung Chinese researchers have discovered a new type of swine flu that can infect humans and has the potential to cause a future pandemic, according to a study released on Monday. The disease, which researchers called the G4 virus, is genetically descended from the H1N1 swine flu that caused a global pandemic in...
By Love Liman and Niclas Rolander After three months of non-stop controversy, Sweden’s top epidemiologist is about to go on vacation. Anders Tegnell is unlikely to stray far from home, after much of the European Union excluded Sweden from safe travel lists. His decision to advise against a Swedish lockdown has coincided with one of...
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