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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...
Miércoles, 16/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Cuatro municipos se unen para Carnaval del Pueblo Cañari (Four cities join for Carnival of the Cañari people) - The agenda is ready in Biblián, El Tambo, Cañar and Suscal for the "Lalay Raymi" festival, also known as...
The man who was president of Honduras until just a few weeks ago will now face a federal judge. The U.S. has asked that former President Juan Orlando Hernández be extradited to stand trial on drug trafficking and weapons charges. He appeared in court on Wednesday...
By the Pennington Biomedical Research Center staff Calorie restriction improves metabolic and immune responses that help determine both how long a person lives and how many years of good health they enjoy, a new study shows. The improvement is particularly notable in...
Ecuador’s National Assembly will consider pardons as soon as next week for 267 participants in the October 2019 anti-government protest. The 11-day protest resulted in six deaths, hundreds of injuries and an estimated $200 million in property damage in Quito, Cuenca,...
Martes, 15/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Violinista checo dará concierto con ritmos variados (Czech violinist to give concert with varied rhythms) - Pavel Sporcl will be performing at the Catedral Vieja el 24/2 a las 19:30. The program will include traditional...
By Simon Heptinstall An elegant period home hidden among trees next to the church in a quiet English village houses a little-known medical museum. More than 200 years ago, this whitewashed Queen Anne building was the home of a humble country doctor. With its simple...
By David Biller Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has issued two decrees to drive gold prospecting with a focus on the Amazon rainforest, according to the texts published Monday in the official gazette. The Program to Support Development of Artisanal and Small-Scale...
Lunes, 14/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From el periodico del sábado, 12/2/2022 Úywacuna' muestra la simbología animal en las artesanías populares (Úywacuna' shows animal symbology in popular handicrafts) - CIDAP opened an exhibit with 200 of their 8500 pieces el...
Ecuador's National Police on Monday said it is investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were hung from a foot bridge Duran, a crime officers believe could be linked to a recent drugs seizure. The hangings are reminiscent of those in Mexico, where they an...
Almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with covid-19 in 2020 developed at least one new condition that required medical attention in the months after initial infection, 11 more than those who did not have covid-19, finds a U.S. study published by...
By Malcom Kyeyune They call it “The Honkening”. Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, is currently being besieged by a novel kind of protest. Honkening is a fairly appropriate name for what’s going on. Thousands of truckers have driven to the capital, and barraged the city...
