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By Jaron Lanier As a computer scientist, I don’t like the term “A.I.” In fact, I think it’s misleading — maybe even a little dangerous. Everybody’s already using the term, and it might seem a little late in the day to be arguing about it. But we’re at the beginning of...
The Yasunidos Collective celebrated Tuesday’s Constitutional Court decision allowing a popular referendum that could end oil production in the Yasuní National Park. The court decision is a major victory for environmentalists whose 2014 campaign for a Yasuní...
Miércoles, 10/5/2023 Hola, Todos - My apologies for not sending out an issue on Monday. I wrote it, proofed it, and then had a gray matter malfunction and probably hit delete instead of send. After that I was too tired to try rewrite it. Titular - Zamora hace público...
By Natalie Alcoba In times like these in Argentina, prices are one thing you cannot guarantee. Ask Diego Barrera and Claudio Cayeta, who own a small aluminum and glass shop in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Palermo. The business partners spent two weeks last month...
Despite the fact the National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to begin an impeachment trial of President Guillermo Lasso, Lasso's supporters expressed relief that there are not enough votes to dismiss him from office. The vote for the trial was 88 in favor, 23 against...
Ecuador's government is deploying soldiers and police in nine provinces to combat illegal mining, officials said on Monday, in a bid to stamp out the unlawful mines mostly targeting gold and copper deposits. The announcement came after some 1,000 security forces...
Following two polls last week showing voters are against the impeachment of President Guillermo Lasso, a new Perfiles de Opinión poll gave Ecuador’s National Assembly the lowest approval rating ever recorded. Based on a sample of 1,618 voters in Quito, Guayaquil and...
National Assembly President Virgilio Saquicela plans to call a vote Tuesday to decide if the impeachment trial against President Guillermo Lasso continues. Although the call for a trial is widely expected to pass, some say it could also determine if Lasso’s presidency...
By Jancee Dunn Dicey health claims and wellness programs have been around for centuries, from the snake oil of the 1800s to the “master cleanse” of the early aughts. Even as a health journalist, I have tried supplements that claimed to curb a raging sweet tooth...
By Brian Winter For a casual observer of Chile, the election result might have come as a shock. A country that just a year ago seemed to be undergoing a progressive transformation, with a tattooed, thirty-something president taking office and an expansive new...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake centered about 20 miles north of Cuenca in Cañar Province Sunday night has caused no serious damage, according to the initial assessment by the national Risk Management Office. The earthquake occurred at 7:52 p.m and was felt in nine...
Updated from September 5, 2021 It was yet another fortuitous day in Cuenca. As I wandered along Calle Larga towards Inglesia Todos Santos, I realized that I had stopped in front of a store I passed a gazillion times without ever paying attention to its purpose, Tattoo...
The National Assembly Oversight Commission on Saturday failed to muster the votes to approve a report recommending against an impeachment trial for President Guillermo Lasso. Assembly members pushing for impeachment claim that Lasso ignored cases of potential...
By Li Yuan A heartbreaking video of a retiree that showed what groceries she could buy with 100 yuan, or $14.50 — roughly her monthly pension and sole source of income — went viral on the Chinese internet. The video was deleted. A singer vented the widespread...
By Deke Castleman and Sylvan Hardy The Spanish verb “to eat lunch” is almorzar. The noun is almuerzo (ahl-MWAIR-so). You notice the Arabic influence of the term in “al”; in addition, any Spanish spelling with a “z” in it is also a hand-me-down from the Arabic...
Viernes, 5/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Pinocho llega en una obra que busca la inclusión (Pinocchio arrives in a play that seeks inclusion) - The theater company Ubriaco has taken the classic Pinocchio story and given it a new twist. When the puppet is...
By Rodrigo Campos Credit Suisse has bought up $1.6 billion worth of Ecuador's bonds, freeing up cash for conservation of the country's unique Galapagos Islands in what is set to be the biggest debt-for-nature swap ever struck. The plans sees three of Ecuador's big...
Two suspected thieves were shot and killed in a gunfight with police Wednesday in Durán. Social media videos showed about dozen bystanders applauding and cheering police following the shootings as the victims’ bodies lay in the street. According to the police report,...
By Will Freeman and Beatriz Rey Thirty years ago, Latin America’s nascent democracies did what had once seemed impossible: They confined the militaries that had regularly overthrown them to their barracks. But now presidents from Mexico to Brazil are coaxing the...
By Kimberley Brown Kayaking down the Napo River in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, environmentalist Matthew Terry bemoaned how the once-lush riverbanks are now barren and full of dredges, excavating machines and bulldozers as illegal gold mining spreads across the...
