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Hello, everyone - I found myself with an extra hour and half while I wait for something so I thought why not send out a post with the activities listed in Friday and Saturday's El Mercurio. You're Welcome. Activities- From El Mercurio on Friday, 20/10: Festival de...
Argentina's presidential election was headed for a runoff contest Monday after none of the three main candidates won sufficient votes for an outright victory in a contest largely fought on the country's ailing economy. In an upset, Economy Minister Sergio Massa came...
Cuenca’s public utility company ETAPA says it will be forced to ration drinking water if there is no significant rainfall in the next two weeks. “Our rivers are running at record low levels and our watershed in the Cajas Mountains is very dry,” said ETAPA manager...
By Meryl Davids Landau When your mother told you to eat your vegetables, she was on to more than she knew. For the sake of our bodies and the Earth’s climate, experts say people across the world need to make roots, beans, leafy greens, and other plant foods a bigger...
Ecuador's Environment and Ecological Minister José Antonio Dávalos announced that some 4,000 hectares of native forests in the Amazon region have been restored. "These forests are the source of life and provide clean air, water, and recreational spaces," he said last...
By Daniel Allen It’s just after dawn in Ecuador’s Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve. The sound of 1,000 water droplets falling on foliage complements the riotous early morning birdsong, while a fine mist cloaks the moss-laden canopy above. Local guide Antony Flores...
By Polly Thompson Tens of thousands of passports have been obtained by Russians, Iranians, Chinese and others from Caribbean nations, granting them visa-free travel to European countries, according to a report by the European Commission. The Commission said five...
Although it received little attention during the recent presidential campaign, Ecuador’s new government will be forced to reckon with the contentious issue of fuel subsidies. “This has been swept under the rug by governments for 30 years but the cost has become so...
Author’s note: This is the first of a three-part series about diabetes. Part 1 offers a basic overview of the disease and its different types. Part 2 discusses ways to control it with pills, diet and exercise. Part 3 considers the new treatment possibilities,...
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez The United States will soon offer a new legal immigration pathway for certain immigrants from Ecuador in a bid to dissuade people in the South American nation from trekking to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to internal federal government...
Ecuador’s Energy Ministry declared a national emergency for the country’s electrical system Wednesday, a move that it allows it to increase non-hydro electrical generation and to impose service blackouts if necessary. The move was required, the ministry said,...
By Kelsey Piper We’ve long been obsessed with the super-elderly. How do some people make it to 100 or even 110 years old? Why do some regions — say, Sardinia, Italy, or Okinawa, Japan, or the Ecuadorian Andes — produce dozens of these “supercentenarians” while other...
By Paola Lopez and Santiago Piedra Silva Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa, its youngest ever, is bracing for a titanic clash with narco traffickers that have turned the South American country upside down with a spate of horrific violence. With little political...
President-elect Daniel Noboa and President Guillermo Lasso met Tuesday in what both say is the beginning the transition between the two governments. The two men held a private two-hour meeting that included current and future cabinet members. “This was very...
By Chuck Bolotin Our views of living or even visiting different places are of course based largely on what we’re used to. That’s where we get our baseline from which we form our perspective. For example, if we live in the U.S. and then move to Mexico, we would...
By Haley Strack Colombian president Gustavo Petro expelled the country’s Israeli envoy, Gali Dagan, for criticizing the president’s outspoken support of Palestinians and accusations against Israel following Hamas’s invasion of Israel. Petro said on Monday that Dagan...
By Liam Higgins Because of his unexpected rise to the presidency, relatively little is known about Daniel Noboa other than the fact he is the son of banana magnate and billionaire Álvaro Noboa. Even his politics are something of a mystery; much of the media call him...
Lunes, 2/10/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 14/10 (2 articles): Taller de percusión (Percussion workshop) - There will be a multi-percussion and composition workshop el 16, 17, & 18/10 a las 17:30 in the "Catalina Sojos" auditorium in...
By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying...
Daniel Noboa, the surprise candidate of Ecuador's cross death election, will be the country's new president. With more than 95% of votes from Sunday's runoff election counted, Noboa held a 52.25% to 47.75% lead over Citizens Revolution candidate Luisa González. The...
