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Beginning next week, the Ministry of Health will begin a nationwide testing program to determine how much of the population has been infected with the Covid-19 virus. Anti-body tests will be performed in all provinces and municipalities and could help determine how...
Martes, 8/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. - Otras cosas - Titular - Vuelve la vida a las aulas (Life comes back to the classrooms) - With happiness among the students and scepticism among the parents, children returned to classes after 15 months of virtual...
By Ethan Siegal At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally described as a set of pneumonia-like symptoms with a hitherto unseen cause, a set of alarming facts soon came to light. A novel virus — now known to be SARS-CoV-2 —...
President Guillermo Lasso will undergo a spinal cord operation in the U.S. later this month. According to his office, he will fly to Cleveland, Ohio for the procedure on June 21. The surgery is the third attempt to repair damage caused by misplaced epidural anesthesia...
Lunes, 6/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la paginas culturales anteriores - From viernes, 4/6/2021 - Conciertos con público en la Fiesta de la Música (Concerts with an audience at the Music Festival) - The Alianza Francesa de Cuenca will hold the 25th edition of...
By Megan McArdle People who believe the coronavirus was manufactured in a lab haven’t been allowed to say so on Facebook since February — until last week, that is, when Facebook announced it was lifting the ban. Presumably this has something to do with the wavering...
With about 96 percent of votes counted, left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo has extended his lead over Keiko Fujimori in Peru's presidential election. Fujimori, who held the lead until Monday morning when returns from rural precincts turned the tide, is claiming that...
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Two Quito doctors are urging the government to update its Covid-19 death count based on the number of excess deaths recorded in Ecuador in 2020 and 2021. They claim the Ministry of Health’s 15,400 confirmed virus death total should be increased to 30,000 to 35,000....
The early official results from Peru's presidential elections gave a small lead to right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, but the election was too close to call as of early Monday. Peruvian electoral authority ONPE said so far it had counted 42% of the vote. Of those,...
By Jon Sanders If you’re among those of us who aren’t tribally invested in Covid politics but would like good information about when life will resume as normal, chances are you’re interested in herd immunity. You’re likely not interested in having to rely on the...
I recently joined folks at a relief center waiting their turn to receive a box of groceries. I asked them about the pandemic and if they were relieved that the tide was slowly changing. Most said they didn’t notice; they would remain afraid of the future for as long...
By Jean Mackenzie For nearly three weeks Belgium's leading virologist has been living in a safehouse with his wife and 12-year-old son, guarded by security agents. While scientists across the world have come under attack throughout the pandemic, the threat to Prof...
Although the government does not keep records on the number of Ecuadorians traveling to the U.S., travel industry officials say the number is up at least 150 percent since early in the year. The majority of the additional travel, they say, is for the purpose of...
By Matthew Hayes When Ana Jane turned 60, she decided she wanted “a complete life change.” Approaching retirement, she was suddenly laid off from her job as an interior decorator in early 2009, during the peak of the financial crisis Having endured cancer, job loss...
By Chris Hedges Global capitalists have turned back the clock to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. The working class is increasingly bereft of rights, blocked from forming unions, paid starvation wages, subject to wage theft, under constant surveillance,...
The national Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) said Thursday that it is not a sponsor of the national strike against high fuel prices but that local chapters are free to participate. The strike, called by the Indigenous and Peasant Movement...
Jueves, 3/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - El RotoFest trae un edición "atemporal" este 2021 (The RotoFest brings a "timeless" edition this 2021) - After skipping last year, the 15th festival of electronic and independent music will be held virtually during the last...
The European Union will maintain restrictions on non-essential travel from the U.S. and U.K., meaning visitors from those two countries may still need to abide by member states’ quarantine requirements. The EU added Japan to the so-called white list of nations for...
By Liam Higgins How many Cuenca expats have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Where are they getting their shots? How many don’t plan to be vaccinated? Greg Sorenson, a retired family practice doctor from Atlanta, was curious and decided to conduct survey. “Like most...
