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Martes, 8/10/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Fan Toy Fest – This national convention will be in Cuenca in noviembre and feature action figures, dolls and other toys on exhibit or for sale or for exchange. Otras cosas – Titular – Cunde el caos; Moreno, firme (Chaos spreads; Moreno, firm)...
By Robin Emmott Ecuador’s former president Rafael Correa denied on Tuesday he was orchestrating a coup against the government from his self-imposed exile in Belgium, after being accused of stoking the worst unrest in years in the Andean oil producer. Protests over an end to fuel subsidies have erupted across the country, prompting President Lenin...
Former Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot is rejecting the economic reforms announced last week by President Lenin Moreno, including the elimination of gasoline and diesel subsidies. It is the first time that Nebot, considered one of the favorites in the 2021 presidential race, has publicly criticized Moreno on a major policy issue. On Monday, Nebot followed...
President Lenin Moreno flew to Guayaquil Monday afternoon, saying he needed to be closer to Ecuador’s military command to best manage the country’s political crisis. In a television address, the president again offered to talk with protesters although he insisted again that he would not “take back” the economic reforms he announced a week ago....
Ecuador’s interior ministry says it is mobilizing tens-of-thousands of national police and army troops to clear roadblocks that have paralyzed travel in much of the country. Manned by campesino and indigenous groups protesting economic measures announced last week by President Lenin Moreno, roadblocks have been set up in 14 of the country’s 24 provinces. Although...
By Mark Weisbrot When people think of the damage that wealthy countries – typically led by the US and its allies – cause to people in the rest of the world, they probably think of warfare. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died from the 2003 invasion, and then many more as the region became inflamed....
By Chunka Mui I want to scream “You’re not helping!” every time I read a story like this one, which recently ran in USA Today: “End of civilization: climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don’t act, report warns.” I certainly worry about what might befall us and our children by 2030, 2050 and 2100...
Ecuador’s transportation unions announced Friday night that they are ending their two-day work stoppage and that the country’s taxis and buses will return to service effective immediately. The president of the National Federation of Transport Cooperatives, Abel Gómez, said his members maintain their demand that the government rescind gasoline and diesel price increases but decided...
English, the ugly-duckling lovechild of a tense marriage between old Saxon and French, is now the world’s flagship language of commerce. Why? Because learning English is as easy as driving Spanish highways. No rules, only exceptions, and spoken accents don’t matter! People from Scotland have no trouble understanding Texans. (Aussies can always resort to pen...
Although protests in Cuenca’s historic district resumed late Friday morning as expected, the number of participants was down sharply from Thursday. A national police estimate put the number of active protesters at 500 as of late Friday afternoon, a drop from more than 2,000 at the same time Thursday. Friday’s confrontations began at the intersection...
President Lenin Moreno declared a national state of emergency Thursday afternoon after talks with national taxi and bus unions failed to reach an agreement. The declaration allows army troops to reinforce police and clear the country’s roadways. The president also announced that the country’s schools and universities would be closed Friday, extending Thursday’s closures. The...
Protesters of the government’s decision to end fuel subsidies left the central area of Cuenca’s historic district early Thursday evening but student leaders from the University of Cuenca said they planned to return Friday. For much of Thursday, police chased groups of protesters, numbering from a few dozen to more than a hundred, through El...
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Week of September 29
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