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Cuenca city government says that almost all the damage caused during the October 2019 protests has been repaired. On Wednesday, repairs were finished in two areas of San Francisco square where rocks had been removed by protesters. On Thursday, city workers finished repairing curbing on Presidente Borreo near the intersection with Mariscal Sucre that was...
Viernes, 6/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Roto Fest finals – 8 alternative rock bands will play in a concert este sábado a las 15:00 in the Casa del Artista (av. Loja next to the Yanuncay bridge) to select which 4 will be in the Roto Fest festival on 1...
In criminal court on Thursday, Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar asked judges to impose the maximum prison sentence on former president Rafael Correa. During the same presentation, she asked for a 90 percent reduction in the sentence for two key players in the so-called Bribery 2012-2016 case, claiming they were simply following orders. “He [Correa]...
Jueves, 5/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – A photography exhibit at the Alianza Francesa (Tadeo Torres y Solano) opened tonight. French war photographer José Nicholas is showing his work from wars in Afganistán, Bosnia, Somalia, Liberia, Ruanda, Central America, and more. Otras cosas – Titular – El magisterio...
By Toby Ord The world is in the early stages of what may be the most deadly pandemic of the past 100 years. In China, thousands of people have already died; large outbreaks have begun in South Korea, Iran and Italy; and the rest of the world is bracing for impact. We do not yet...
By Hadas Gold As the coronavirus spreads further into Europe and the Americas, another infection is spreading: an epidemic of misinformation online. Dubbed the “infodemic” by health officials, the flood of posts includes conspiracy theories about the origins of the novel coronavirus, dangerous advice about spurious treatments, and unreliable reports of vaccines. The World Health...
The World Health Organization is urging Latin American countries to develop regional plans to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. “To date, the region has far fewer known cases of the virus than other areas of the world, including North America, and a unified plan will enhance containment,” says WHO Latin American coordinator Juan...
Miércoles, 4/3/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Concierto – Composer Luis Chiriboga Tamayo will present a concert with 14 short pieces for piano, violin and cello este jueves a las 20:00 in the Museo de Arte Moderno. Concierto – Two Czech musicians will bring “In the sing of tango” to...
By Ilan Berman Ask someone to name the world’s worst refugee crisis, and the most likely answer you’ll hear is “Syria.” That’s clearly correct… but only in the near term. Today, the number of refugees from Syria’s brutal nine-year civil war hovers at around 6.6 million, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). However,...
Reading yesterday’s post in CuencaHighLife in which Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch advises that 40% to 70% of the world’s population will contract the coronavirus confirmed my initial suspicion. I had the sense with the early reports that the media was downplaying the severity of this epidemic, working to avoid a panic. As it is, it...
The private companies that operate Cuenca’s public bus system are angry that they were not part of the decision that set tram fares on Monday. The problem was that bus owners boycotted the municipal council meeting where the fares where established. “There was chair at the table for them but it was empty,” says councilman...
There are more Covid -19 coronavirus cases in Ecuador and the world than are being reported, possibly many more, says World Health Organization researcher Alex Holbrook. “The official numbers are only the cases that have been tested,” he said. “In Ecuador, for example, we are only counting the cases associated with one traveler from Spain...
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