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Following the lead of the national Emergency Operations Committee, the Cuenca COE has authorized 100 percent capacity for municipal buses and the tram. On September 29, the national COE authorized inter- and interprovicial buses to operate at full capacity. In its...
By Sylvan Hardy Like many aspects of life in Cuenca, the weather is a source of continuing befuddlement for expats. The locals don't understand it either, they just accept it. You’ll notice that there’s no “news, sports, and weather” on the six o'clock TV news...
Pope Francis on Sunday called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people died and dozens more were injured. Francis told the public in St. Peter’s Square that he was “very pained” by what happened last week in...
Dear Readers, I flew from Cuenca to Quito to Miami to Hartford on a clear and lovely day last week. Although I wished for nothing more than a giddy celebration, I knew there would be a sobering downside, too. I had been told repeatedly that the U.S. has changed in...
Ecuador Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Thursday that the government cannot certify Covid-19 vaccinations obtained abroad. “We have hundreds of requests from people who have been vaccinated in other countries to have that information registered in our database but...
The bodies of 42 of the 118 inmates murdered in the Guayaquil Penitentiary riot earlier this week have been identified, with 22 of them delivered to families. Police commander Fausto Olivo reports that the identification process is continuing around the clock but...
Up to 4,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, have passed through the treacherous jungles of the Darien Gap in Panama on the Colombian border as they make their way north to the United States, Panamanian government sources say. Panama’s foreign minister warned...
Although prison officials say the violence has ended and control has been reestablished at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, police and military personnel say that two of the prison’s nine cell blocks remain in the control of prisoners. Army General Tannya...
A defiant President Guillermo Lasso’s said Thursday he will continue to push for passage of his "Opportunities Creation" law, despite its rejection by the Administrative Council (CAL) of the National Assembly. “There is nothing more important to Ecuadorian families...
Jueves, 30/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Going to be a short issue today. My paper arrived soaking wet and sort of fell apart when I tried to separate the pages to dry them. No, I didn't iron it - just hung what survived over the stair railings. Actividades - Al pasillo le...
Desperate families have gathered at the federal penitentiary in Guayaquil where police continue to struggle to bring fighting under control that has left at least 116 inmates dead. The battle first broke out on Tuesday, with prisoners using explosives and firearms on...
By Hanna Ziady Seafarers, truck drivers and airline workers have endured quarantines, travel restrictions and complex Covid-19 vaccination and testing requirements to keep stretched supply chains moving during the pandemic. But many are now reaching their breaking...
In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the Constitutional Court removed Quito Mayor Jorge Yunda from office. He will be replaced by Santiago Guarderas who was chosen in June by the Municipal Council to replace Yunda. The council voted to impeach Yunda based on charges...
By Leita Hulmes My name is Leita Hulmes, and I volunteer with the Ecuadorian foundation Hearts of Gold (HofG). Of their many programs, one that touched my heart is the program called “All Children Deserve to Dream”. Every child deserves to dream, but in Ecuador...
Only hours after announcing that 30 prisoners had died in drug gang violence at the Guayaquil Litoral Penitentiary, national prison director Bolívar Garzón said the final death count could exceed 100. In a Wednesday afternoon press conference Garzón said that the...
Private hospitals in Ecuador are joining public hospitals in Ecuador in closing their Covid-19 wards as cases of the virus decline. Some private hospitals say they will no longer treat new cases due to the lack of patients and the health protocols required to care for...
Martes, 28/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Nada. Titular - Suspenden vuelos (Flights suspended) - Almost 3 months after resuming Cuenca-Quito flights, Aeroregional airlines has suspended its flights again, possibly because of a lack of passengers according to tour operators. The...
By Julie Turkewitz On a coca farm hidden in the jungle, a half-dozen day laborers slip out of hammocks and head to work, harvesting the shiny green leaves that will become cocaine. In the nearby village of La Paz, chalky white cocaine base serves as currency, used to...
About 4,000 people marched Saturday in the northern Chilean port city of Iquique to protest the presence of undocumented Venezuelans, with some demonstrators scuffling with migrants and a radical fringe setting fire to belongings at an empty immigrant camp. The...
According to Jorge Moscoso, director of Cuenca's Tranvía de los Cuatros Rios, the one-year anniversary of tram operation should be a time to celebrate. “The system is working very efficiently and is exceeding our expectations in almost all respects,” he says. “We’ve...
