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By Karla Pesantes Trying to prevent drug traffickers from hiding cocaine in cargo containers at Ecuador's main port of Guayaquil is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for police and exporters alike. The ingenuity of criminal gangs means tons of cocaine leave...
National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori survived the latest attempt to remove her from office Monday as her opponents failed by three votes of gaining control of the Assembly. The vote, which required 92 of the Assembly’s 137 members, would have established a...
Miércoles, 20/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nueva comedia trae la "Marujita" ("Marujita" brings a new comedy) - Juana Guarderas, better known as "Marujita," will bring her new show, "Lecciones para rudos en tiempos pandemicos" (Lessons for rude guys in pandemic...
By Michael Eisenstein Katalin Karikó never intended to make vaccines. For years before the pandemic, the Hungarian-American biochemist had been working to realize the therapeutic potential of mRNA — first trying to create a synthetic version of the messenger molecule...
Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Tuesday that the outdoor masking requirement will be eliminated in two weeks if there is no increase in the number of Covid-19 cases reported. “The number of new cases has remained constant or declined in recent weeks, with positive...
Martes, 19/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - See article in Region for activities in Chordeleg, Oña y Sígsig. Titular - Más estafas financieras (More financial scams) - After the Big Money scam was exposed <and Don Naza avoided jail time by getting himself...
By Julia Buckley It's time! Travel restrictions are easing, Covid infection rates are settling, you're fully vaccinated, and you're finally thinking about going on vacation. This is the year to make up for the holidays you didn't enjoy over the past two years. You've...
By Siobhan Reid Three weeks ago, a new species of glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium mashpi) was named by the team at Mashpi Lodge, a remote eco-hotel on the western flanks of the Andean Mountains, three hours northwest of Quito. When the tiny, transparent-bellied...
President Guillermo Lasso continues to insist he made no agreement with former president Rafael Correa or his followers to release Jorge Glas prison. Glas served as vice president during the Correa administration. “There does not exist and there has never existed an...
Lunes, 18/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - "Lo Invisible", un filme que retrata la depresión ("The Invisible", a film that portrays depression) - This film by Ecuadorian Javier Andrade will premier in Quito on el 21/4. It received good reviews in the Festival de...
By Robert Bradley Casa Azul Galeria Cafe, on San Sebastian plaza, was my first favorite cafe in Cuenca. Several mornings a week I would wander down, plop into one of their comfortable chairs, and read for a couple of hours while sipping coffee, or dawdling over...
By Will Stone Doctors will soon have new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how and when to prescribe opioids for pain (ultram). Those guidelines – currently under review as a draft – will serve as an update to the agency's previous...
More than 75 percent of Ecuador’s murders occurred in five of the country’s 24 provinces during the first three months of 2022. Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, Los Rios and El Oro provinces recorded 613 murders while 152 were reported in the rest of the country. Murders...
The news of late has been as gloomy as the weather. Eduardo Stein, the special representative of the UN refugee agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), recently referred to Venezuala in this way, “The IOM has never faced such movement of refugees out...
By Glenn Greenwald If one wishes to be exposed to news, information or perspective that contravenes the prevailing US/NATO view on the war in Ukraine, a rigorous search is required. And there is no guarantee that search will succeed. That is because the...
Miguel Ángel Nazareno, alias 'Don Naza', died as a result of gunshot to the leg, an autopsy shows. First indications were that he was stabbed to death but the National Police autopsy revealed he “died of extensive bleeding” as a result of a bullet that severed the...
By Stephen Vargha A city with a university is usually a big cultural arts center for a region. When there are four universities, it makes it easy to become an arts capital. That is what Cuenca is as it has been called by native Ecuadorians and expats, “The Arts...
By Maria Cheng The head of the World Health Organization has slammed the global community for its focus on the war in Ukraine, arguing that crises elsewhere, including in his home country of Ethiopia, are not being given equal consideration, possibly because those...
By Jeremiah Reardon The drummer bangs her sticks together, counting time. Her Las Pioneras del Austro bandmates on brass, wind and percussion instruments join in with a blast! Another musical event for this pioneering girls and women’s band is underway at Cuenca’s...
In a statement released Thursday night, investigators say they are continuing to gather information about the murder of Miguel Ángel Nazareno, better known as Don Naza, owner of the Big Money investment operation. Nazareno’s body was found by a farmer Thursday morning...
