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Miércoles, 4/5/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Sigue la indefinición (Indecision continues) – See Wednesday’s article in CHL for more information. Cuenca – Lineamientos del Ministerio de Educación (Ministry of Education Guidelines) – The Ministry of Education has set out guidelines for the use of masks and selfcare and hygiene in all schools...
Peru’s government has announced a plan to buy the nation’s entire supply of illegal coca leaf — the primary ingredient in cocaine — for at least a year, as part of its battle against drug trafficking. The South American country is one of the world’s three largest producers of cocaine, alongside neighbors Colombia and Bolivia,...
By Cristina Delgado Vintimilla and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw In the remote Andean community of El Cisne in Ingapirca, Ecuador, one of the first things you’ll notice is children’s laughter. In a courtyard, women gather with their children to trace ancestral knowledge and memories — and they do this using wool. The alpaca wool that helps them...
Saying the Covid-19 epidemic is “under control” in Ecuador, Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Tuesday that only the emergence of a new, more dangerous variant would cause the government to reverse its decision to drop the face mask decision. “We have entered a new phase with Covid, with less severe cases and few hospitalizations and...
Martes, 3/5/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Anticipan exceso de candidatos (Excess of candidates anticipated) – <Aren’t you glad you live in Ecuador? Not only bio-diversity but politi-diversity. Just the idea of having too many parties and movements to choose from instead of only one or the other as in the US...
By Joseph Choi The United States Preventive Services Taskforce (USPSTF) on Tuesday issued a recommendation against people over the age of 60 using daily aspirin intake as a primary method of preventing cardiovascular disease. According to the independent, expert organization, aspirin use among people over the age of 60 seeking to prevent heart disease showed...
By Aaron Joshua Spray The Inca Empire was centered in Peru — the capital of Cusco and Machu Picchu are both in Peru. But the empire was much greater than that and expanded as far south as Santiago in Chile and as far north as Colombia. It included all of Ecuador and today Ecuador boasts...
When the federal prison opened at Turi in 2014, almost all of its inmates came from Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago Provinces in southern Ecuador. “The plan, developed during the [Rafael] Correa government, was that it would be regional facility for convicts from the cantons near Cuenca,” says Cuenca municipal councilman Cristian Zamora. “Unfortunately, over...
Lunes, 2/5/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – The “Cuenca Activa e Inclusiva” Festival will be held el sábado, 7/5 in the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium with a free concert by the Tercer Mundo band. The event is being organized by the Empresa de Movilidad, Tránsito y Transporte (EMOV-EP). It will promote the rights of disabled...
By Mara van der Lugt In the 17th and 18th centuries, a group of Western philosophers came to clashes, on the page at least, over the age-old problem of evil: the question of how a good God could allow the existence of evil and suffering in the world. Philosophers such as Pierre Bayle, Nicolas Malebranche...
By Monica Machicao In the Andean mountains of Bolivia’s high western plains where snow lies powdered over dark rocks that rise into a hard gray sky, scientists and climbers are fighting for the future of a dying glacier that has become a controversial lure for tourists. The Charquini glacier, some 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) from...
Participants in Sunday’s May Day parades in Ecuador made it clear that this year’s event was more than a symbolic march for the rights of labor. “We are making a statement that we are in complete opposition to the government in Quito,” said Jose Ramos, vice president of the Cuenca United Workers’ Front. “We are...
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