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By Sibi Arasu and Seth Bornstein After three of Earth’s hottest days ever measured, the United Nations called for a flurry of efforts to try to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures, calling it “an extreme heat epidemic.” “If there is one thing...
By John McWhorter English speakers know that their language is odd. So do people saddled with learning it non-natively. The oddity that we all perceive most readily is its spelling, which is indeed a nightmare. In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such...
Following hours of protest at government headquarters on Parque Calderon, the Social Security Institute and Health Ministry announced Thursday night it will make short-term payments to maintain dialysis treatment for local kidney disease patients. A crowd of about...
By Jeff Van Pelt Why should you strive to give exceptional customer service? Why not just good? I will focus mainly on restaurants, but this advice applies to most kinds of businesses. And lest I be accused of being negative about Ecuador, I point out that I first...
By Sergio Saffon Latin American drug networks are increasingly using unmanned vessels and employing new methods to chemically transform cocaine to move large drug shipments. InSight Crime spoke to Frigate Captain Glehiston Hernández Gutiérrez, director of the...
Miércoles, 24/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Exposición sobre el tren (Train exhibition) - "Abordo del Expreso Austral" will open el jueves, 25/6 a las 19:00 in the Quinta Bolívar. The exhibit includes a collection of artifacts, photos, documents and related...
By Christopher Lux Ecuador is small country with a diverse geography. That geography produces diverse cuisine that corresponds to the regions' abundant edible resources. While the coast and mountains have their own unique dishes, many foods are shared by the entire...
By Vivian Sequera and Julia Symmes Cobb Venezuela does not prosecute people for their political opinions and holds no political prisoners, Attorney General Tarek Saab said ahead of presidential elections he says should be peaceful. Campaigning for the presidential...
By Amarachi Orie Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region. The team began studying the new archaeological site of La Otra...
By Hal Cousins A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians to trees to insects. The authors also conclude that proposed oil...
The Constitutional Court has denied a request by national oil company Petroecuador to extend the deadline for the closure of the ITT oil fields in the Yasuní National Park. Petroecuador had requested that the shutdown of oil production, mandated last year in a public...
By Jack Guy Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that the drug has been detected in free-ranging sharks. Scientists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks in the waters off the city of Rio de...
When Ecuador's navy seized a Chinese-flagged ship off the Galapagos Islands in 2017, its hold brimmed with tons and tons of poached fish, many of them threatened species like hammerhead and thresher sharks. Today, the vessel has been repurposed for environmental...
Lunes, 22/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 20/7 (1 article): Una ruta turística en 'bici' (A tourist route by bike) - Among the various ways to explore Cuenca, doing it by bike is a different experience and for some, unique. Juan Manuel...
By Gil Ramos Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the beaches at Jambelí and Bajo Alto and the malecón at Puerto Bolívar were crowded with weekend tourists. “A few years ago, the area in front of me was crowded with people from Cuenca, Loja and even Guayaquil, but look at it...
By Kelly Beaucar Vlahos A top U.S. military general wants a "Marshall Plan" for Latin America but is likely more concerned about China's encroachment into America's backyard with "dual use" infrastructure than about what poor people in the Global South actually need....
By Tomas Morfin Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday he had been "scared" by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro's warning of a "bloodbath" if he loses elections on Sunday. "I was scared by Maduro's statements that if he loses the election there...
Vice President Verónica Abad said Friday she will open a dialog with the Mexican government if she assumes the presidency while President Daniel Noboa campaigns for reelection. She called Noboa’s decision to raid the Mexican embassy in April to capture former vice...
By the Cleveland Clinic Let’s face it: Added sugar really isn’t great for your health. An occasional indulgence is understandable. Added sugars are pervasive in our food supply, and a life of over-restriction and denial isn’t sustainable or realistic for a lot of...
By Saleem H. Ali On August 1, Ecuador will double the entry fee for tourists visiting the islands in an effort to mitigate pressures on this unique assemblage of ecosystems. The allure of the Galapagos Islands as the cradle of Darwin's insights on natural selection...
