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Latin American countries should quicken steps for airlines to renew domestic flights no later than July before more companies are forced to declare bankruptcy or close, a high-ranking official of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The trade group estimated losses for airlines in Latin America at $4 billion this year, with...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Production reports that business loses from March 16 to May 24 totaled more than $14 billion as more than 70 percent of the of the country’s economic activity was shut down by the coronavirus. “With very few exceptions, the loses affected all sectors of the economy and been devastating for many of...
Jueves, 11/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Happy belated unApril Fools Day. Ecuador is keeping its beef. <Was that fake news too plausible?> Actividades Del cuerpo del periodico – Inti Raymi – The provincial government presented “Hatun Runa Raymikuna” (La Fiesta Mayor de los Andes), the agenda for Inti Raymi 2020. The activities start with a call...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on vegan dining options around the world. To read the first part and second parts, click here and here. By John Keeble It is tempting to think of the new vegan travellers being in the 16- to 35-year-old age group – that is where the...
By Liam Higgins Ecuador didn’t experience the widespread government violence against its citizens that Argentina and Chile saw in the time of military dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s. Neither did it see the bloody guerrilla and drug wars of its neighbors, Colombia and Peru. It did, however, experience a period during which police and...
By Mitch Anderson Ten days after showing his first symptoms, Dannes Piaguaje struggled to breathe as he leaned over a traditional steam remedy in his leaf-thatch jungle home in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The jungle concoction, known as Pi’ko Mëoñe, looks like black tea and is boiling hot — so hot the steam burns the skin...
From March through May, 200,000 members of Ecuador’s Social Security system (IESS) have stopped making payments. According to IESS officials, the number reflects extensive job losses due to the Covid-19 health emergency lockdown. “The loss of revenue will be impossible to recover and it puts huge financial strain on the system at the worst possible...
Miércoles, 10/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – “Tele Rutas” – The Colectivo Artistico Barojo will present “Tel Rutas de Leyendas” on Facebook Live. This group used to enact the legends of Cuenca in the locations from where the legends originated, but the physical portrayals in front of audiences have been...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on vegan dining options around the world. To read the first part, click here. By John Keeble How we travel after Covid-19 reorganises transport, accommodation and restaurants is far from settled – but one thing is certain: people will still want the adventure and pleasure...
By Associated Press staff As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, India and Pakistan are among countries easing...
In addition to Covid-19, health officials on Ecuador’s coast have another worry: dengue fever. In recent weeks, they are seeing more hospital admissions for dengue than for the coronavirus as dengue cases are up 500 percent over 2019. Since the beginning of year, Manabí, Los Ríos, Guayas, El Oro, Santo Domingo, Esmeraldas and Santa Elena...
Martes, 9/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Sinfónica digital – The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca created a Sala Digital on YouTube with 13 concerts which have received 12,000 visits. You can still see and hear them on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoEByWvKgeRjDvrx9RM_g or on the web page of the MInisterio de Cultura...
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