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By Joseph Stromberg A hundred years ago, if you were a pedestrian, crossing the street was simple: You walked across it. Today, if there’s traffic in the area and you want to follow the law, you need to find a crosswalk. And if there’s a traffic light, you need to wait for it to change...
Miércoles, 15/3/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – El Plateado tendrá nueva ruta turística (El Plateado to have new tourist route) – A new tourist route in Nulti parish will start this weekend. The route descends into las grietas (cracks) which you can explore and hike through. There is new signage and security when you make...
A vote to condemn the visit of four Correista (UNES) National Assemblywomen to Iran in January was defeated Monday in the National Assembly. National Assemblywomen Vanessa Freire, who called for a censure of her fellow Assemblywomen, described the trip “an outrage” and “an insult to women.” Assemblywomen Pamela Aguirre, Viviana Veloz, Marcela Holguín and Johana...
By Bruce Y. Lee Recently, Cochrane Review published a study that some have claimed as evidence that face masks don’t work. Well, have some of these claims been a bit, shall we say, too cocky and not Cochrane-y enough? Well, in a statement issued on March 10 by Cochrane Library, Karla Soares-Weiser, MD, PhD, MSc, Editor-in-Chief...
The government of Ecuador announced Tuesday it has expelled the Argentine ambassador after a former minister convicted of corruption escaped from Argentina’s embassy in Quito. Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín reported that the decision to declare Ambassador Gabriel Fuks persona non grata was taken after several meetings in which the government demanded clarification about how...
By Tyler Read We all know exercise is important for keeping us healthy as we age. However, not all exercise is created equal. It’s important to emphasize certain types of exercise over others if your goal is maximizing your health, longevity, and independence. In this article, I’m going to discuss five of the worst exercise habits that...
By Luis Ortiz In the nearly two years since Guillermo Lasso, a millionaire and conservative banker, won the presidency in Ecuador, the region has changed considerably. Left-wing leaders have won election after election, including in neighbouring Colombia, which had been the United States’s primary strategic ally in the hemisphere for decades. This far-reaching geopolitical shift...
Viernes, 13/3/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De El Mercurio del sábado, 11/3 (1 article): Turi, el encanto nocturno (Turi, the nocturnal charm) – Miriam Cabrera, a business owner in Turi, said that even before the area was renovated, the businesses had already started reactivating at nights. However, most visitors still come in the daytime....
By Stephen Vargha Many people walk by one of Cuenca’s art treasures in El Centro and probably do not realize it. “CIDAP was founded in 1975,” said Gabriela Vázquez, the Executive Director of Centro Interamericano De Artes Populares, otherwise known as CIDAP. “It started out with crafts and popular arts from the Americas, but now...
By James Bosworth Though Peru’s protests are nowhere near over, they have entered a quiet lull in recent weeks. But the rest of Peru’s neighbors in the Andes are now experiencing their own political challenges, with the presidents of Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia having all hit their own rough patches in recent weeks. While the...
Leonidas Iza, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), admitted Friday there is a “significant divergence of opinion” among organizations representing the country’s indigenous and poor population. He also criticized what he calls the “demonization” of the motives of the indigenous movement by the government and popular media. In radio and newspaper...
At least nine people have died in Peru as a powerful cyclone unleashed torrential rains, battering hundreds of homes and causing major disruptions in northern areas. Meanwhile, the effects of the cyclone have subsided in Ecuador, where at least three deaths have been reported from flooding as a result of intense rains. Named Yaku, the circulating...
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