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By Oscar Holland Homesteads dotting a pastoral landscape, families living by lamplight and men in straw hats riding horse-drawn carriages -- the scenes in Jake Michaels' photographs could easily depict bygone times in the American Midwest. But not only do his pictures...
The leaders of the United Workers Front (FUT) welcomed three indigenous organizations and heavy transport and bus companies to the labor protest that begins this afternoon. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), Ecuarunari and the...
Martes, 10/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Inician matrículas en régimen fiscal (Enrollment for public schools begin) - Parents and representatives of children who are attending a public school for the first time can enroll the kids until 22/8. This...
By Jeffery Tucker If you test positive or refuse to be tested at all in New Zealand, prepare to be shipped out to a quarantine camp recently established by the government. Shocking, yes, but we have an analogous system in the U.S. If you test positive (which is not...
By Adam Barnes Renowned epidemiologist Larry Brilliant warned Sunday that until a majority of the global population is vaccinated against Covid-19, the virus will continue to mutate and spread. “I think we’re closer to the beginning than we are to the end [of the...
As he approaches the 100-day mark of his administration, President Guillermo Lasso enjoys broad popular support, according to a survey by the Cedatos polling company. His overall approval rating stood at 73.5 percent on August 5 while his governing style and strategy...
Lunes, 9/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - París toma la posta (Paris takes the post) - Closing of the 2020 Summer Olympics - sports, so you're on your own. Cuenca - Alerta por ráfagas de viento (Wind gust alert) - Emergency services in Azuay are issuing...
By Bruce Cook In January, 2020 I made a proposal to the Historical and Heritage Areas of the Canton of supplying Memorial Benches to the city. The proposal was well received and we proceeded to locate 72 appropriate sites for placement. The director then forwarded a...
By Paula Span One day in March of 2020, Rosemary Bily suddenly grew so tired she could barely get out of bed. “She slept a lot,” said her son-in-law Rich Lamanno. “She was wiped out for most of a month.” Ms. Bily, now 86, also developed nausea and diarrhea, along with...
Although the number of delta variant cases continues to rise, overall Covid-19 cases and deaths are dropping. Minister of Health Ximena Garzón said Saturday that delta cases now exceed 100 nationwide with new cases being reported in El Oro (4), Guayas (5) and Azuay...
By Matt McGrath Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken...
Although large protest marches are scheduled for Wednesday, Ecuador’s labor movement will not present the unified front its organizers had hoped for. Indigenous groups are also grappling with internal conflicts which could blunt the strategy of some leaders to...
Author's note: The news of the earliest days of the corona 19 pandemic was well recorded by the press in Ecuador’s three major cities: the chaos in Guayaquil, the anger in Quito, and the somber acceptance in Cuenca. However, it was in the villages and small towns...
By Stephen Vargha “I need a place for expats and Cuencanos to meet,” said Rosana Malo. The owner of a rather unique place was trying to explain why she opened Flora Caffe, on the northwest corner Plaza del Otorongo. “This is a place for all of us to get together. My...
By Juan Bustamante The Andes Mountain range, which draws skiers to South America, is facing historically low snowfall this year during a decade-long drought that scientists link to global warming. Scant rain and snowfall are leaving many of the majestic mountains...
Jueves, 5/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - OLÍMPICOS honores (OLYMPIC honors) - Sports, so you're on your own. Cuenca - Dado de alta tras 100 días de hospitlizado (Discharged after 100 days of hospitalization) - <And here's a feel good story - we...
Claiming he “won’t be pinned to the wall” by threats of labor and indigenous protests, President Guillermo Lasso said Thursday he is working on social and economic solutions that benefit the entire population. “My job is to do what is in the interest of the Ecuadorian...
Jueves, 5/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - OLÍMPICOS honores (OLYMPIC honors) - Sports, so you're on your own. Cuenca - Dado de alta tras 100 días de hospitlizado (Discharged after 100 days of hospitalization) - <And here's a feel good story - we...
By Adam Gebb The raging rate of human population growth and the demand for ever-higher standards of living are destroying what remains of the natural world. Rainforests seen by some as empty places to get resources actually hold millions of species that are enormously...
By Tim Loh Two weeks ago, the delta variant was ripping through the UK, stoking fears of a record wave of Covid-19 clobbering one of the world's most highly vaccinated countries. Then, almost overnight, daily cases plummeted, renewing hope that the pandemic's end --...
