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Adriana Tamariz, fired last week because Mayor Pedro Palacios did not like a performance at a bicentennial concert in San Francisco Plaza, says she is the victim of intolerance and censorship. “I was advised by the mayor’s office that I should announce I was resigning for personal reasons but this is not the case and...
Ecuador’s president has apologized for saying women only report sexual harassment “when it comes from an ugly man.” His comments at a conference in Guayaquil on Friday sparked an uproar online. At the same event Lenin Moreno also said that men faced the constant threat of being falsely accused of harassment by women. As the...
By Bob Herman If you’re freaking out about coronavirus but you didn’t get a flu shot, you’ve got it backwards. A novel outbreak will always command more attention than a common illness, and the coronavirus is a serious health threat. But our newfound hyper-vigilance about infections might be more helpful if we could redirect some...
The National Court of Justice said Thursday that the bribery trial against former president Rafael Correa and 20 other former government employees will begin February 10 in Quito. Because of schedule conflicts and a variety of personal circumstances, the trial was delayed from its original start date last week. The defendants are charged with soliciting...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health said that a farmer admitted Friday morning to the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital in Cuenca does not have the coronavirus. Due his symptoms, the 33-year-old man was placed in isolation while tests were conducted. Azuay Provincer Governor Xavier Martínez said Friday afternoon that early test results show the man is suffering...
Viernes, 31/1/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Galería Caza Azul – The gallery on the plazoleta de San Sebastián reopened this afternoon with a collective exhibit. The exhibit is showing the work of 6 foreign artists living in Cuenca – Alberto Soriano, Maite Eusebio, Evelyn Johnson, Sandra Doren, Lorena Duca,...
In the wake of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a coronavirus international emergency, airlines are preparing for financial losses due to flight cancellations and lower ridership. For intrepid travelers, however, the potential crisis could mean major savings on ticket purchases. Major carriers have already lowered prices by an average of 25 percent on flights...
Jueves, 30/1/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exhibición – The show, “La rebelión de las masas” by Damián Sinchi will be at the Sala Proceso in the Casa de la Cultura del Azuay until 28/2. The room is filled with 500 candied apples, real and sculpted, hanging from the ceiling....
Former vice president María Alejandra Vicuña was found guilty of extortion by a three judge panel of the National Court and sentenced to one year in prison and to pay a fine of $178,000. Speaking for the other judges, Marco Rodríguez said the judges agreed originally that Vicuña should serve a four-year sentence but decided...
The director of Cuenca’s José Carrasco Artega Social Security Hospital says that more than $3 million dollars of medical supplies, mostly medicine, has been lost due to poor inventory management and theft. “We are in the process of centralizing and reorganizing our inventory process to avoid future losses to the IESS system,” José Delgado said...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios has fired Cuenca Director of Cultural Affairs Adriana Tamariz following a Friday night performance by the band Mestizo that included criticism of the government’s handling of the October indigenous protests. The performance was part of the kick-off of Cuenca’s bicentennial year agenda in Plaza San Francisco which also featured jazz musician...
By Sharon Lerner Last August, during the second-hottest year on record, while the fires in the Amazon rainforest were raging, the ice sheet in Greenland was melting, and Greta Thunberg was being greeted by adoring crowds across the U.S., something else happened that was of great relevance to the climate movement: An attorney who has...
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