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By Bob Brody I never wanted to live anywhere but New York City, much less outside the United States. I planned to always rent our apartment high above the ceaseless traffic on Queens Boulevard, a short walk from all the fresh bagels anyone could ever want. Yet last year I moved from New York City...
As the pre-election “quiet period” goes into effect ahead of Sunday’s sectional elections, political analysts and commentators are looking for trends that could foretell the outcome of the 2025 presidential and National Assembly election. They admit, however, that making sense of the results will be difficult. “The problem of coming to political conclusions is the...
By Olivia Nolan Cuenca’s supermarkets are a thing of wonder. Their convenience is unparalleled, and if you squint, they might as well be your local Stop & Shop or Safeway. For a peanut-butter addict like myself, I was thrilled to discover that they carry Jif, and that I could introduce my host family to the...
Following the collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin at a U.S. National Football League game last month, cardiac arrest has been in the headlines. Mayo Clinic pediatric cardiologist Dr. Michael Ackerman explained what a cardiac arrest is. “Sudden cardiac arrest or SCA is an electrical heart attack,” Dr. Ackerman said. “There’s a lot of...
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the repeal of a 2021 tax reform law by the National Assembly is unconstitutional. In a split decision, judges said that President Guillermo Lasso’s Organic Law of Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability remains in effect. In its decision, the court said the Assembly’s repeal of the law violated constitutional...
Swedish software developer and digital rights activist Ola Bini was acquitted of charges of hacking Ecuador government computer systems Tuesday by a court in Quito. A three-judge panel ruled there was no evidence to convict Bini, who was arrested in 2019, and that legal proceedings against him have been marred by “gross irregularities.” Bini is...
By Anahad O’Connor Five years ago, a group of nutrition scientists studied what Americans eat and reached a striking conclusion: More than half of all the calories that the average American consumes comes from ultra-processed foods, which they defined as “industrial formulations” that combine large amounts of sugar, salt, oils, fats and other additives. Highly...
Presidents Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia Tuesday launched the XI Binational Cabinet between the two countries to jointly develop “a work agenda to strengthen relations between the two nations,” according to a statement from Quito. The meeting comes as both countries face rising crime rates as a result of illegal drug...
By Jan Dynes I enjoy word-jams bursting free into a deluge of unrelated thoughts…they increase my gratitude for my life in this beautiful country. I like my simple life and have made peace with all the roads that I took to arrive here. Gypsy spirits roam in wonder. Yet here I have embraced a settling...
Decked out in helmet, belt, gold-plated armor and sandals, Juan Pablo Huanacchini Mamani gazes out vacantly from the Ollantaytambo Inca ruins in Peru. His Inca warrior costume sparkles in the sunlight, but the 48-year-old feels no joy. Huanacchini has worked in the tourism industry at this gateway town to Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel that...
By Christian Molinari The government’s decision to end diesel fuel subsidies for large shrimp farms poses a “critical threat” to the industry’s international competitiveness, says the president of Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), José Antonio Camposano. The move will increase production costs by 16 cents (EUR 0.15) per pound of shrimp, affecting 82 percent...
By Stephen Vargha Less than a decade ago, most Cuencanos did not know what a bagel, the doughnut-shaped yeast-leavened roll that is characterized by a crisp and shiny crust with a very a dense interior, was. “Cuencanos asked me if they were doughnuts. They wanted to add ice cream sprinkles to them,” said Jennifer Rodriguez,...
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