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Interior Minister Alexandra Vela said she and President Guillermo Lasso have agreed to hold discussions with the labor leaders who organized Wednesday’s anti-government protests. On Thursday, Vela met with leaders of the United Workers Front and other labor...
Following meetings with representatives of public transportation unions, the government said it has reached an understanding for providing subsidized gasoline and diesel fuel for buses and taxis and some trucking activities. “We have reached some agreements and expect...
Italian workers in both the public and private sectors must display a health pass to access their workplaces from Oct. 15 under a decree adopted Thursday by Premier Mario Draghi’s broad-based coalition government. The measures are the first by a major European economy...
Jueves, 16/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - See article on electric charging station inaugural for other Semana de Movilidad activities. Cita tratará modelos de desarrollo (Appointment will discuss development models) - There will be a series of conferences,...
Editor's note: Out on the Town is a new feature listing events, campaigns and other goings-on sent in by local businesses and sponsors in Cuenca. For information about how to submit a notice, see below. Garry Vatcher says: “Our garage sale has been extremely popular,...
By Marcos Aleman Thousands of people gathered in El Salvador's capital Wednesday for the first mass march against President Nayib Bukele, who protesters say has concentrated too much power, weakened the independence of the courts and may seek re-election. Some...
Thousands marched through the streets of Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil on Wednesday declaring their opposition to the government of President Guillermo Lasso. In speeches following the marches, leaders of labor, teacher, university student, agricultural and indigenous...
Miércoles, 15/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Photo contest - Cuenca es única (Cuenca is unique) - Submit your photo to concursos@elmercurio.com.ec. or through the link in their social networks with your complete name, cédula, cellphone number, the category of the...
By Erika Arteaga-Cruz and Juan Cuvi Latin America is home to about 800 different Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities, the equivalent to 9·8% of its population.The average infant mortality rate in Indigenous children is 60% higher than that in non-Indigenous children....
By Astrid Suarez Every day, at least 500 migrants from around the world sail out of Necocli, a small town on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, across the Gulf of Uraba to the village of Acandi, to start a week-long trek through the jungle that takes them into Panama — the...
Unions representing small rice and banana producers in Guayas, El Oro and Los Rios provinces plan to join today’s anti-government protests, their leaders say. The growers, who blocked highways north of Guayaquil last week, say they will take to the roads again,...
Martes, 14/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Presentación de obra (Presentation of work) - The Casa de la Cultura will present a book titled "La novela histórica del Ecuador contemporáneo" by Gloria Riera Rodríguez on 16/9 a las 16:00 in the Salon del Pueblo (Sucre y...
At least three bombs dropped from drones exploded at the Guayaquil Regional Prison jail early Monday morning, one of them causing extensive damage to the facility’s roof. According to police, the bombs were intended for leaders of the Los Choneros crime gang which is...
Lunes, 13/89/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - A vacunarse los de 12 a 15 años (12 to 15 year olds to get vaccinated) - After 100 days of intense work, vaccination centers closed ayer and vaccines will be given to those still lacking their 1st and/or...
By Jan Dynes Books were the stepping stones of my life. They became each decade’s touch stones and they formed me. My choices were an education that allowed me to become and embrace being everything from a reigning queen to being a slave, angry militant, migrant...
By Michael Stott While policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve conduct a drawn-out discussion over the pros and cons of starting to withdraw their multitrillion dollar pandemic stimulus, south of the border the debate is already over. Inflation is back with a...
President Guillermo Lasso said he will announce a plan this week to offer residency to the estimated 450,000 Venezuelans living in Ecuador. “The plan is to integrate the migrants into Ecuadorian society through work, educational and other opportunities,” he said....
Claiming that they have been left out of government planning for proposed tax and labor legislation, national labor, teacher, indigenous and student unions have announced nationwide protests for Wednesday, September 15. The protests, led by the United Workers Front...
The painter, David Williams, arrived in Cuenca in 2015 after suffering a debilitating condition that all but claimed his eyesight. This condition would be devastating for anyone, but for a visual artist it is life altering. He credits two significant factors that...
By Silvia Marchetti Buying an abandoned home in a tiny, depopulated Italian village is something that many travelers will have mulled over, especially given the vast number of bargain house schemes launched in the European country over the past few years. After CNN...
