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By Maureen O'Hare When this century began, you could pull up to the airport 20 minutes before a domestic flight in the United States and stroll straight over to your gate. Perhaps your partner would come through security to wave you goodbye. You might not have a photo...
The requirement that travelers to the Galapagos Islands present proof of vaccination against the Covid-19 virus has been eliminated. Beginning Saturday, September 11, entry will require only a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival. The National Emergency...
Although the Transportation Ministry cautioned they are “very preliminary,” two solutions have been proposed to control the landslides on the Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil highway: a tunnel or a 150-meter-high cover of concrete and steel mesh over the side of the...
Ecuador and the International Monetary Fund, IMF have reached a technical agreement that allow the disbursement of six billion U.S. dollars in loans, according to Finance Minister Simon Cueva. The accord must be approved by the IMF governing board, which is expected,...
By Associated Press Tens of thousands of supporters of embattled right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro heeded his call and turned out at rallies Tuesday as he stepped up his attacks on Brazil’s Supreme Court and threatened to plunge the country into a constitutional...
Ecuador Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Wednesday she believes the country can return to “relative normalcy” by January. “Based on our recent progress with vaccinations and the declining number of cases, I think we can see the end of the pandemic in Ecuador,” she...
The Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that Cuenca and Azuay Province have reached “herd immunity” against the Covid-19 virus, with 86 and 81 percent of the population fully vaccinated. The city and province are the first in the country to achieve the immunity...
By Lizbeth Diaz and Laura Gottesdiener Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the...
By Boris Ryvkin On July 20, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a decision from a Colorado district court that will have profound, negative implications for U.S. expatriates — those seeking to live and work abroad without renouncing their U.S....
President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday that his government expects to announce final details of its agreement with the International Monetary Fund within a matter of days. “We have defined the broad outline of the plan but continue to refine the small points,” he...
As new cases of Covid-19 drop in Cuenca, the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) plans to reduce restrictions imposed to protect public health, some of them as long ago as March of 2020. The COE held its first meeting Tuesday to consider relaxing capacity...
By Al Goodman The grip of the Delta variant of Covid-19 on the United States and the world continues to have travel ramifications as the summer travel season winds down. Spain is the latest nation to tighten access to its borders. In a change from policy earlier this...
By Matthew Smith Ecuador, which left OPEC in January 2020 to avoid production quotas, has embarked on an ambitious plan to double its oil output. The Andean nation with a population of about 17 million, has struggled for years to grow its hydrocarbon sector as a means...
By Adrianna Rodriguez With extensive funding and training, federal agencies and health care systems have spent years working together to reduce hospital-acquired infections and increase overall patient safety in the U.S.. From 2018 to 2019, there was up to an 18%...
President Guillermo Lasso said Monday night that he will put his plan to revise labor laws and reactivate the economy directly to the people. “We will do this by the end of the year and allow the citizens of Ecuador have a direct voice in the future of their country,”...
A statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed last year from its position along Mexico City's main thoroughfare won't be returned to its former spot, city officials said. Instead, it will be replaced by a statue of an Indigenous woman to recognize the...
Hundreds of Ecuadorians are being detained in at airports at Mexico City, Monterrey and Cancun, Mexico because they cannot prove that they are tourists. Due to lack of lodging plans and vacation funds, Mexican immigration authorities believe that those being held in...
By Ernesto Londoño, Daniel Politi and Flávia Milhorance Just a few weeks ago, Covid-19 was spreading with alarming ease across a cluster of nations in South America, overwhelming hospital systems and killing thousands of people daily. Suddenly, the region that had...
I was having another fluky day tootling around El Centro. As I wandered along Calle Larga towards Inglesia Todos Santos, I realized with regret that it has been two years since I last set foot in the restaurant right across the street, Sunrise Cafe. I also realized...
By Sylvan Hardy Being an expat is a lot more difficult than advertised. Cultural and language differences, as well as missing friends and family back home and general homesickness pose insurmountable problems for many. "I don't criticize the publications and websites...
