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By Grant Burrier Traffic through the Panama Canal is nearly half-capacity these days. Normally, 40 ships take the world’s greatest shortcut through its locks each day. Last week, the Canal Authority reduced daily passages to 25, while predicting further cuts to 18 by February. The immediate cause is Panama’s driest October since recordkeeping began in 1950....
Human rights groups in Ecuador appealed to the country’s judiciary to lift restrictions on Ola Bini, a Swedish digital rights activist and a friend of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after he was declared innocent in January of charges of illegally accessing a computer system. The Regional Human Rights Advisory Foundation (Inredh) said in a statement...
Government subsidies for fuel, electricity, Social Security deficits and other services amount to a staggering 24% of Ecuador’s national budget, or 6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the most recent Central Bank statistics. Economists say those percentages will likely increase by the end of the year. Almost everyone, from elected officials to...
By Stephanie Vermillion “We know more about the moon than we do the Amazon forest canopy,” says National Geographic Explorer Meg Lowman, executive director of the TREE Foundation. Forest crown science is in its infancy. Canopy analyses began four decades ago when pioneers like Lowman used ropes and harnesses to reach the near impenetrable dome...
Argentine president-elect Javier Milei ran his campaign on promises to ditch the peso for the US dollar and do away with a central bank — all in the name of subduing rampant inflation. The far-right outsider is hoping to reign in inflation that has hit 140 percent, bedeviling the South American country as it struggles...
By Leita Hulmes I would like to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! Hearts of Gold is grateful for all the support we receive from all of you. During these past 10 years you have made it possible for 50.000 individuals to have access to a better life with education, empowerment, nutrition, clothing, immediate response to...
Lunes, 20/11/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Antología de poesía cuencana – The Dirección de Cultura municipal and the U. del Azuay are launching “Antología de la poesía cuencana vanguardista,” edited by the writer, María Augusta Vintimilla. The 232-page book can be downloaded in PDF from the web page of the Casa Editoria. <I have...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court heard arguments Monday in a Quito woman’s lawsuit to overturn a law that prevents assisted suicide. Forty-two-year-old Paola Roldán wants the country’s criminal code changed to allow those who suffer from painful, incurable diseases the option to “die with dignity.” Under current law, anyone who assists in ending a patient’s life is...
By Stephen Vargha Because a Cuencano did not believe what he saw on television, Cuenca has a talented man producing unique and interesting furniture and furnishings. “I went to Lake Titicaca in 2006 to see if they were telling the truth,” said Juan Fernando Hidalgo Cordero. “It seemed unreal.” The 41-year-old architect and interior designer...
By Jeremiah Reardon In 1988, guitar maestros of Quito organized Cuenca’s branch of the National Association of Guitarists of Ecuador. Taking the position as president of Cuenca’s nucleus was Maestro Carlo Magno García, and as secretary Dr. Pablo Carrión Durán. The association has been responsible for many years of events such as concerts, Master Classes,...
By Jack Nicas Argentines on Sunday chose Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who has drawn comparisons to Donald J. Trump, as their next president, a lurch to the right for a nation struggling under an economic crisis and a sign of the enduring strength of the global far right. Mr. Milei, 53, an economist and...
Ecuador’s National Assembly chose a conservative as its president on Friday as the new legislative period began, amid a deal between the parties of President-elect Daniel Noboa and ex-President Rafael Correa to form a majority. Businessman Henry Kronfle, 51, was elected with 128 votes from the legislature’s 137 members. Nine abstained. The Assembly was dissolved...
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