‘Repat’: Keeping the expat experience alive
Once we’ve experienced life as an expat, something in us changes irrevocably. Keeping those experiences alive as a repat is a whole new challenge.
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Ecuador expects first installment of $8 billion IMF loan in September as government continues talks
Finance Minister Simón Cueva announced Monday he hopes to reach a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund by August and says the first IMF loan disbursement should come in September. According to Cueva, the negotiations are necessary due to several...
Why do temperature checks and disenfecting continue when we know they don’t work?
By Marc Fisher At an ice cream shop in Rockville, Md., gloved servers scoop the frozen treat into cups, but a sign taped to the front window says “No cones: Covid.” At McDonald’s outlets along I-95 in Virginia, yellow police-style tape cordons off self-serve beverage...
More than 15 % of Cuencanos are vaccinated as new phase begins; Lasso to undergo spinal surgery; Surge in passports; Ten houses threatened by landslides
Lunes, 14/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Carapaz logra otra hazaña al triunvar en Tour de Suiza (Carapaz achieves another feat with triumph in Tour de Suisse) - See today's (lunes) CHL article for story. El 15.15% de cuencanos se ha...
Anthony Bourdain documentary asks the question: Why was a life so rich not worth living?
By Jake Coyle When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one of the first things he did was comb through every song Bourdain had ever referenced. He came up with a playlist 18½...
Lasso looks to end fuel subsidies for good, including for gas, as talks begin with transportation unions
As the new government of President Guillermo Lasso begins negotiations today with trucking, bus and taxi unions to alleviate the impact of rising diesel and gasoline prices, it is quietly looking for ways to end the largest fuel subsidy, that for LP gas. A 2014...
Ecuador’s Carapaz holds on to win Tour de Suisse, considered Europe’s toughest cycling competition
Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz resisted all challengers to win the Tour de Suisse on Sunday. The Ineos Grenadiers team rider was left with just one crew mate three kilometres from the finish but managed to fight off his challengers to take the win, 17 seconds...
Today is a good day to be refreshed
I awoke to the first day of my seventieth year last Sunday. The morning was still quietly snoozing on pillows of clouds drifting downwind when I started my routine of photographing the neighborhood and the goings-on along the river. I stood on one of my favorite...
The U.S. Fed considers launching a ‘digital’ dollar to strenthen its world reserve currency status
By Victoria Guida The Federal Reserve is taking what may be the first significant step toward launching its own virtual currency, a move that could shake up banks, give millions of low-income Americans access to the financial system and fortify the dollar's status as...
Indigenous protest is small and peaceful; 19% of Azuay population is vaccinated; Gov’t to reduce tax exemptions, loopholes; Gasoline, diesel prices rise
Friday’s indigenous protest against rising fuel prices and International Monetary Fund (IMF) restrictions was peaceful, attracting about 1,000 participants in Latacunga. Fears that the protest would spread to other communities and block highways proved unfounded....
Called the most biodiverse place on earth, the Yasuní reserve also has the highest concentration of jaguars
Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, which contains much of the country's oil reserves and a place where oil companies are expected to soon expand drilling, likely has a higher density of jaguars than any other place on earth. Yasuni is arguably world's most biodiverse...
El Salvador is first nation to make Bitcoin legal tender; Some worry about its extreme value swings
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to officially classify Bitcoin as legal currency. Congress approved President Nayib Bukele's proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, with 62 out of 84 possible votes on Tuesday night. The president said the...
Real estate market faces a high inventory – low demand crisis as the pandemic extends time-to-sale
For Ecuador real estate agents and developers, the Covid-19 pandemic has only made a bad situation worse. Already in a slump in 2018 and 2019, those selling property today have seen the time on the market increase by as much as 50 percent since late 2019. “The market...
In Cuenca, VP admits health system is ‘sick’; Seniors get telecom price reductions; Fines hiked for zoning violations; Corpus Christi sweets on sale til Saturday
Jueves, 10/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Dulces de Corpus (Corpus sweets) - 58 producers will be selling Corpus Christi sweets until el sábado from 10-20:00 at the Portal Artesanal (Huayna Cápac y Bolívazr) and Cemuart (General Torres y...
Despite its high quality, Ecuadorian coffee exports continue to decline during the pandemic
By Robert Bradley The production and export of coffee in Ecuador continues its drastic decline, particularly in coastal regions. However, production per hectare is growing. The export of soluble, or "instant” coffee, represents 95 percent of total exports. Exports of...
Untold stories from the vaccine trail: What you don’t know about the Covid-19 fraud can kill you
By Max Rorschach The so-called Covid-19 virus and the deadly vaccines it has inspired is truly the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the human race. Civil liberties have been trampled, international commerce has been decimated, families have been separated and...
Indigenous protest against fuel prices begins tomorrow as government warns against road blocks
Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza says Friday’s mobilization against rising fuel prices will be peaceful but says he may not be able to control the anger of some of his followers. The protest is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in Latacunga and may spread to other areas of...
Talks to head off transporation strike to begin; More vaccination centers added; U.S. upgrades Ecuador travel status; Roads damaged by floods, landslides
Miércoles, 9/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Gobierno y choferes acuerdan el diálogo (Government and drivers agree to a dialogue) - Transportation unions reached an agreement with Pres. Lasso to not repeat the protests that paralyzed...
Fujimori claims voting fraud as final Peru count shows socialist Castillo as the winner
Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori reiterated her allegation of irregularities in Sunday’s election as she narrowly lags her opponent with the vote count nearing its end. With 99% of votes tallied, Fujimori has 49.8% while her rival Pedro Castillo has...
Covid pandemic highlights the health risks of obesity but also the difficulty of losing weight
By Associated Press Health Staff Jennifer Bergin was already obese and pre-diabetic before the pandemic, and learning she also had high blood pressure made her worry about how sick she might get with Covid-19. She began walking three hours a day, eventually losing 60...
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