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By Thomas Fazi and Toby Green Over the past two years, as the pandemic claimed the lives of millions of people and upturned the lives of everyone else, a silent revolution was taking place. Western capitalism suddenly found itself usurped; replaced by an even more...
By Gabrielle Bienasz The U.S. government's mask mandate for airplanes and other methods of travel will likely be extended, the country's largest union of flight attendants told Bloomberg on Tuesday.The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA represents flight attendants...
Police and military personnel have taken control of illegal gold mines on the rivers of Napo Province and the government says it plans similar operations at other mining locations. According to the Government Ministry, more than 500 police and 900 army troops have...
Martes, 22/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Presencialidad obligada desde el 14 de marzo (Attendance required after March 14) - Ayer, the Government announced that mandatory in person classes will resume el 14/3. The decision was made since health...
By Stefano Pozzebon, Kara Fox and Megan Janetsky Colombia became the latest country in Latin America to partially decriminalize abortion on Monday, marking a major victory for the nation's feminist movements and reflecting a wider shift in views toward the procedure...
A team of doctors in Guayaquil say that the Covid-19 subvariant known as BA.2 may already by circulating in Ecuador. In a Monday afternoon statement, the Ministry of Health agreed but said BA.2 is not yet a “cause for alarm.” Carlos Sandoval, Guayaquil Public Health...
National Assembly President Guadalupe Llori says members of her own Pachakutik party are plotting with the Correistas and conservative Social Christians to remove her from office and dissolve the Assembly Administrative Council (CAL). "What I see looks very much like...
Lunes, 21/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Ofertas turísticas (Touristic offers) - The traditional Jueves de Compadres y Comadres will be held in San Francisco Plaza Thursday, starting at 18:00. The event was originally announced for Alejandro Serrano Aguilar...
By Sandee LaMotte Eating a plant-based diet has been shown to be good for your heart and your overall health, as well as that of the planet. In fact, a recent study found a young person could live an additional 13 years by eating more vegetables and legumes, as well...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios defended his decision to change the city logo over the weekend, claiming that the graphic artist who designed the artwork “did not charge a penny for his efforts.” He also said that the signage erected in several locations in the historic...
Despite some shipping problems, Ecuador broke a record for flower exports during the 2022 Valentine ‘s season with 20,112 tons leaving the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, according to the airport shipping agents. The season lasted 23 days and...
In an unannounced visit to Cuenca Wednesday afternoon, President Guillermo Lasso summoned area mayors, parochial officials and the Azuay prefect to a meeting at the government building on Parque Calderon. Lasso met collectively and individually with officials,...
In 2022, Ecuador's Finance Ministry will allocate $3.3 billion for international investment marketing, with almost a billion of it going to promote tourism. The amount represents the country's largest annual investment ever to promote tourism. Minister of Tourism,...
By Mark Stevenson With clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers, Mexico’s avocado producers have so far been able to separate avocados from the conflictive landscape that produces them — at least until a...
By Brenda Goodman The BA.2 virus -- a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new...
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) voted Thursday to eliminate the “traffic light” or alert code system used to track Covid-19 health risks in provinces and cantons. The system was eliminated at the request of Health Minister Ximena Garzón who said it...
Jueves, 17/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Dos exposiciones en un museo y galería de arte (Two exhibitions in a museum and art gallery) - <Finally something to translate in this section - after 2 years of nada.> An exhibit, "Desnudez del alma" by Cuban artist...
Pollution by governments, companies and consumers is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals. The report said pollution from...
Under orders from the Constitutional Court, the National Assembly on Thursday approved a law allowing abortion in the case of rape. The bill passed on a second vote after its sponsors agreed to reduce the period in which a pregnancy could be terminated from 16 weeks...
Ecuador’s Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Wednesday that Covid-19 cases are dropping rapidly that the government will consider reducing or eliminating some health restrictions, particularly the outdoor masking requirement, as conditions improve. She said that the...
