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In a Sunday night emergency meeting, the Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee reduced capacity for restaurants, theaters, gyms, markets, supermarkets, financial institutions and public offices to 30 percent. The action follows a rapid rise in Covid infections, most...
Ecuador’s Oceanic Research Institute called off the tsunami warning Sunday that it had issued a day earlier, saying wave and sea level activity had returned to normal levels. The warning followed the eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-Ha’apai volcano off the coast...
During the first two weeks of 2022, deaths from Covid-19 have dropped to their lowest level since late March 2020. According to the Ministry of Health, the country is registering 1.6 virus deaths per 1,000 positive cases. In contrast, the death count was 43 per 1,000...
About 70 Cuencanos opposed to Covid-19 vaccines and government mandates marched up Calle Simon Bolivar Thursday afternoon. Afterward, the group gathered at what has become known as the rincón de movilización, or protest corner, in Parque Calderon, waving signs at...
By Jane Cotter Dental hygiene has come a long way since the days of wine-soaked toothpicks and the urine mouthwash once thought to disinfect mouths and whiten teeth. Some of the earliest tooth-cleaning artifacts archaeologists have found are ancient toothpicks, dental...
President Guillermo Lasso, Colombian President Iván Duque and former U.S. President Bill Clinton will officially open the expanded Galapagos marine reserve today in Puerto Ayora. The three presidents, as well as the foreign ministers from Costa Rica and Panama, will...
Latam Airlines has warned the Cuenca airport authority to expect more flight cancellations as dozens of its Ecuador-based employees are sick with Covid. The airline has cancelled four flights since Sunday and says it may be forced to cancel one to two daily flights to...
Jueves, 13/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Exposiciones reactivan los espacios culturales (Exhibitions reactivate cultural spaces) - With the beginning of the year, cultural spaces have opened new exhibits. "Juguetes, de lo ingenuo a lo perverso" by artist Darwin...
By David Leonhardt and Ashley Wu Some of the timeliest data on Covid-19 outcomes by vaccination status comes from New York City and the Seattle area, and the two are telling a consistent story. Cases for vaccinated and unvaccinated residents alike are rising: They’re...
The Cuenca Cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) is asking passengers on city buses and the tram to carry their vaccine cards with them but they won’t be mandatory. “These will be random checks of passengers already seated on buses and the tram but we will not...
Miércoles, 12/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Niños, los más vulnerables (Children, the most vulnerable) - The number of Covid cases increased after the Christmas and New Year holidays with 11,732 new cases registered in just the 1st week of 2022....
There I was up in Cuenca on official business with the Ministerio de Franz Kafka. It hadn't been pretty …. I had to return to GO and not collect $200. Later, near sundown, I was in a sullen mood walking the streets: looking for cans to kick or those silly baseball...
Under orders from the Constitutional Court to liberalize the country’s abortion law, the National Assembly has resumed debate on a new law that would allow rape victims to legally end their pregnancies.. The National Police command in Quito says it expects protests...
By Shannon O’Neil Latin America’s leftist leaders hailed last month’s election of Gabriel Boric in Chile, while investors pulled back, leading the country’s currency and stock market to fall. Yet Boric has the chance to surprise both sides, carving out a different...
By Dylan Housman Thanks to the arrival of the Omicron variant, it’s now accurate to say that Covid-19 is “just the flu” – or even less -- for the vast majority of the population. The same claim was made, afterall, in early 2020 by former President Donald Trump and...
Lunes, 10/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From el viernes, 7/1/2022 8 cuerpos humanos reales decodifican el atlas de la anatomía (8 real human bodies decode the atlas of anatomy) - The "Cuerpos Humanos Reales, Gira Ecuador 2021/2022" exhibit which is similar to the...
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso will travel to China at the start of February to renegotiate terms of the South American country's debt to Beijing, Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguin said on Monday. Trade and investment will also be included in the talks, he...
By Samantha Schmidt and Diana Durán A 51-year-old Colombian woman died by euthanasia on Saturday after a historic legal battle to exercise the right in this majority-Catholic country. The case of Martha Sepúlveda drew international attention last year when she...
Beginning Wednesday, January 12, all passengers of inter- and intra-provincial buses will be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination when they purchase tickets. Adrián Castro, director of the National Transportation Agency, said the requirement has received...
Hundreds of Cuencanos lined up in more than 20 locations Saturday and Sunday to be tested for Covid-19 infection and to receive vaccinations against the virus. The long lines were typical of others around the country, prompted by an increase of cases and the spread of...
