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Miércoles, 15/3/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - El Plateado tendrá nueva ruta turística (El Plateado to have new tourist route) - A new tourist route in Nulti parish will start this weekend. The route descends into las grietas (cracks) which you can explore and hike...
A vote to condemn the visit of four Correista (UNES) National Assemblywomen to Iran in January was defeated Monday in the National Assembly. National Assemblywomen Vanessa Freire, who called for a censure of her fellow Assemblywomen, described the trip “an outrage”...
By Bruce Y. Lee Recently, Cochrane Review published a study that some have claimed as evidence that face masks don’t work. Well, have some of these claims been a bit, shall we say, too cocky and not Cochrane-y enough? Well, in a statement issued on March 10 by...
The government of Ecuador announced Tuesday it has expelled the Argentine ambassador after a former minister convicted of corruption escaped from Argentina's embassy in Quito. Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín reported that the decision to declare Ambassador...
By Tyler Read We all know exercise is important for keeping us healthy as we age. However, not all exercise is created equal. It's important to emphasize certain types of exercise over others if your goal is maximizing your health, longevity, and independence. In this...
By Luis Ortiz In the nearly two years since Guillermo Lasso, a millionaire and conservative banker, won the presidency in Ecuador, the region has changed considerably. Left-wing leaders have won election after election, including in neighbouring Colombia, which had...
Viernes, 13/3/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 11/3 (1 article): Turi, el encanto nocturno (Turi, the nocturnal charm) - Miriam Cabrera, a business owner in Turi, said that even before the area was renovated, the businesses had already...
By Stephen Vargha Many people walk by one of Cuenca’s art treasures in El Centro and probably do not realize it. “CIDAP was founded in 1975,” said Gabriela Vázquez, the Executive Director of Centro Interamericano De Artes Populares, otherwise known as CIDAP. “It...
By James Bosworth Though Peru’s protests are nowhere near over, they have entered a quiet lull in recent weeks. But the rest of Peru’s neighbors in the Andes are now experiencing their own political challenges, with the presidents of Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia...
Leonidas Iza, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), admitted Friday there is a “significant divergence of opinion” among organizations representing the country’s indigenous and poor population. He also criticized what he calls...
At least nine people have died in Peru as a powerful cyclone unleashed torrential rains, battering hundreds of homes and causing major disruptions in northern areas. Meanwhile, the effects of the cyclone have subsided in Ecuador, where at least three deaths have been...
The argentine canvas tacked to the sky was hung nearly a week ago; whoever is in charge must have issued a recall of the color blue and put this up instead. It seemed a fitting time for the artist, Kleber Moscoso, to abandon his art studio for a spell and chat with me...
The three-person body said on Thursday that the government of Nicaragua has committed, and continues to commit, acts of torture, extrajudicial executions and arbitrary detention since 2018. It names President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo, who is...
Viernes, 10/3/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Cómics africanos, de lucha social hasta futuristas (African comics, from social struggle to futuristic comics) - The Alianza Francesa de Cuenca has an exhibit of comics from Africa to change the idea that comics are about...
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and said the United States should use family values to fight drug addiction. His statement came during a visit to Mexico by Liz Sherwood-Randall, the...
By Regina Garcia Cano Few Venezuelans have not had their lives touched by migration over the last decade, when more than 7 million people left the country amid a political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has lasted the entirety of President Nicolás Maduro’s...
Describing it as “extremely rare,” Ecuador’s weather agency says “Cyclone Yaku” will continue to cause flooding rains throughout the country. The weather system is centered off the coast of Northern Peru and has produced record rainfall in Guayas, El Oro and Manabí...
By Heather Conley Two Saturdays ago, a busload of us were taken to Tarqui to see the FAAN dog rescue operation there. I was just an ordinary person on the bus and here’s what I saw... Our hosts were the advisory board of FAAN, one of the largest dog rescue groups...
By Frank Nischk One afternoon, I was sitting on the veranda at the small research station in the reserve. I was alone, because my botanical colleagues were busy with their work in the forest. I was sorting and preparing my collection: dried crickets, the fruits of two...
The largest International Women’s Day protest marches in the event’s history came off peacefully Wednesday in Quito, Cuenca, Guayaquil and other major cities. The number of marchers was bolstered by indigenous and labor organizations that pledged solidarity with women...
