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By Valentina Fuentes and Philip Sanders Two months ago, Chile was admired for its surgical approach to the pandemic — testing widely and quarantining by neighborhood. Today it has among the world’s highest rates of per-capita infections and its once-praised health minister has been forced to resign. Initial assessments suggest that Chile followed the lead...
Martes, 16/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Fiesta de la Música – For the first time, this music festival produced by the Alianza Francesa will be virtual and will be a joint effort with other Alianza Francesas in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will have 6 hours of...
President Lenín Moreno has extended Ecuador’s health emergency for 60 days, until August 14. He said the extension had been planned and is needed to maintain the country’s traffic light system that governs the reopening of cantons. “Ecuador continues to face a public health calamity with the coronavirus which, in turn, has resulted in an...
Lunes, 15/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Del cuerpo del periodico – Virtual ferias – La Primera Feria de la Vivienda Online (First Online Home Fair) will be from 12-21/6. Register for free at www.feriaviviendaonline.com to go to the pavillions for different sectors of the city to see the offerings for houses, apartments, land, offices...
By Jamie Dettmer Developing countries now account for three-quarters of the 100,000 daily new coronavirus cases that authorities around the world are reporting. The steady rise is alarming, according to the World Health Organization, as many epidemiologists say they think the figures are being vastly underreported. While the numbers are increasing, governments in developing countries...
When you move to a new country, it’s important to understand the Healthcare system that you will be using going forward. Many countries in Central and South America have some of the best known healthcare systems in the world, for considerably less money and almost always less of a wait time. It’s also important to...
Although a number of public transportation issues were resolved before Cuenca city buses resumed service two weeks ago, officials say the integration plan for tram and bus services remains unresolved. “Although we reached several agreements, including the rerouting of a bus line that duplicated tram service, we are still in disagreement about fully integrating the...
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has authorized the resumption of interprovincial bus service between cities under yellow and green Covid-19 health emergency status starting June 15. COE said that service in most municipalities will begin today although some cities may need additional time to comply with safety requirements. As of Monday morning, the terminal...
A collection of relics of one of the oldest settled cultures in the Americas has been repatriated to Ecuador nearly 40 years after the items were taken to Canada for study. While the return of historical artifacts and art treasures to their places of origin has become fairly common, the current case is special because...
By Matt Taibbi Sometimes it seems life can’t get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a pandemic, Americans have lately been bombarded with images of grotesque state-sponsored violence, from the murder of George Floyd to countless scenes of police clubbing and brutalizing protesters. Our president, Donald Trump, is a clown who makes...
On Monday, Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will welcome its first flights to and from Quito since March but airport management advises passengers there will be major changes due to the coronavirus health emergency. One change is a reduction in number of flights: instead of the 40 or more that flew in early March, only...
Concerns that ash from the erupting Sangay volcano would reach Cuenca on Friday did not materialize but Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute warns that a wind shift from a westerly to a southwesterly direction is still possible and that the city should remain on alert. The institute reported Friday afternoon that the eruption at Sangay was gaining...
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