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By Garry Vatcher On Wednesday, Hogar de Esperanza brought your donations to Alausí, scene of the devastating March 26 landslide. As you make the last U-curve before the descent into the valley, the devastation becomes clear. The bare mountainside looms over the town as a poignant reminder that 67 families lost everything. There is a...
By Liz Briceño Pazmiño Migration is like knitting: two brackets bind the wool together, and a fabric is built. In the same way, Ida Sandrea, 53 years old, decided two years ago to knit her Venezuelan roots and those of her new home, Ecuador. She and her daughter Andrea Estrella climbed into a truck full...
Alausí Mayor Rodrigo Rea was attacked Tuesday night following a meeting at the city auditorium before police were able to move him to safety. “There is no justification for this and we briefly detained one man who hit the mayor,” National Police captain Roberto Ramos said. “We understand the frustration and grief people are feeling,...
Miércoles, 5/4/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Una tertulia sobre sabores de Ecuador y México (A gathering on the flavors of Ecuador and Mexico) – Culinary researcher Nydia Vázquez and the founder of El Pedregal Azteca, Juan Manuel Ramos, held a “Tertulia Gastronómica” that ended today at 19:00 in El Pedregal Azteca (Estévez de Toral...
The beginning of the impeachment trial of President Guillermo Lasso could be delayed because of disagreements among National Assembly members defining the charges against him. President of the Oversight Commission Fernando Villavicencio insists that members should follow the directive of the Constitutional Court in presenting allegations to the full Assembly. “The court instructed us that...
By Michael Weissenstein and Gonzalo Solano Kléver Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until Covid-19 crippled Ecuador’s economy. Ortega was a house-painting contractor and there was work until demand dried up in the pandemic. The entrepreneurial couple launched a pair of food stands. “Then the pandemic hit those, too,” Lema said. With unemployment,...
President Guillermo Lasso’s authorization of civilian possession and carrying of firearms drew widespread condemnation Monday although several organizations praised it. Critics said the new rule will lead to increased violence while others called it a “political stunt” that will have minimal impact. In his Sunday night announcement, Lasso said private citizens should have the right...
Lunes, 3/4/2023 Hola, Todos – Sorry, but something went wrong with the formatting and the 5 articles from Sat & Sun’s paper that I stayed up to 10:30 to translate all disappeared. And I’m not going to translate them all over again. So this will be a short issue. Actividades – Titular – Semana Santa,...
Due to the danger of a landslide, about 60 of the 90 families living in the La Cría community southwest of Santa Isabel have relocated, according to Azuay Province Governor Matias Abad. Trucks were seen throughout the weekend in the area, moving furniture and other household items from homes in the area. Early Friday, the...
President Guillermo Lasso has authorized the carrying and use of firearms by Ecuadorian civilians. In a Saturday night tv broadcast, the president cited rising crime as the reason for rolling back 12-year-old rules that make it almost impossible for private citizens to legally own guns. Lasso and Ecuador have been fighting an uphill battle against...
The death toll from Sunday’s landslide in Alausí rose to 24 Friday as rescue crews say they have little hope of finding more survivors in the 24-hectare rubble field. In addition to the dead, 39 people are listed as injured with 67 still missing. According to the Risk Management Secretariat, the count of missing people...
Viernes, 31/3/2023 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Lasso ‘dará la cara’ en juicio ante Asamblea (Lasso ‘will ‘show his face’ in trial before Assembly) – See today’s article (viernes) in CHL for story. Cuenca – Preocupado sector turístico se alista para recibir feriado (Concerned tourism sector prepares for holiday) – As the holidays...
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