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President Guillermo Lasso announced Monday the long-awaited questions he will submit to voters early next year in a public referendum. As expected, three of the eight questions focus on fighting organized crime while three others aim to streamline the legislative process and protect government agencies against political influence. The reaction of politicians and government analysts...
By Alejandra Tapia The national strike this summer in Ecuador mobilized people from all 24 of its provinces, concentrated thousands of protesters in the city of Quito, and lasted 18 days. Although it has left as a consequence, so far, seven people dead, this new social outbreak compelled important advances in the fight for the...
Authorities in Shanghai have denied a report by a leading Chinese real estate research firm that claimed more than a third of shops in a major mall had been shuttered because of strict Covid curbs. The report by China Real Estate Information Corp. (CRIC), published late last month, quickly went viral. It claimed that vacancy...
The oil exploration moratorium agreement signed last week between the government and indigenous organizations could have a major impact on future tax receipts, Energy Minister Xavier Vera said Sunday. “We had set a goal of producing one million barrels of oil a day within four years and this agreement makes that unattainable,” he said. “It...
By Stephen Vargha Look up what chemistry means, and you will find it is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change; and the use of these processes to form new...
By Sanjay Mishra You know the feeling. You slurp that diet soda relishing the sweet taste without the guilt or calories associated with sugar. But a new study suggests that these artificial sweeteners may not be as harmless as once thought; they may even increase the risk of diabetes or weight gain. Scientists have long...
By Liam Higgins The mayors of Nabón and Oña say the valley between their towns is the perfect location for a new Cuenca airport. The site, off the Pan American highway south of Cuenca, is flat, at a lower elevation than Cuenca, and has a dry, fog-free climate. The problem with the Nabón – Oña...
Years after oil production began in Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, voters may have a chance to stop it. On Wednesday, Ecuador’s Contentious Electoral Court ordered the National Electoral Council (CNE) to declare valid the signatures collected by environmental groups in 2014 that would have forced a popular referendum to ban oil production...
By Tom Metcalfe The peaceful, easy feeling derived from a mix of hallucinogenic drugs and alcoholic drink may have been a key to political power in coastal Peru a millennium ago, according to a study published in the journal Antiquity. Archaeologists have long recognized the role that chicha, a beer-like beverage still consumed today, played...
By Arielle Mitropoulos Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S. However, for the last five weeks, federal data shows that there has been little to no growth in the different proportions of COVID-19 variants in...
Following complaints that talks between the government and indigenous organizations had stalled, both sides said Monday that progress was being made. Although Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador President Leonidas Iza and Government Minister Francisco Jiménez didn’t offer specifics, they said recent discussions about fuel subsidies, price controls and mining and oil production are showing...
As many as 8,000 are expected this weekend for the first annual Festival de Quesos y Bebidas (cheeses and drinks) at Cuenca’s Mall del Rio convention center. The three-day event, which begins Friday morning at 11, features national and international cheeses, wines and beers, as well as live music and dancing exhibitions. Among the 200...
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