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By Will Ford During the summer in the eastern U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, my father lies in a hammock, gin and tonic in hand, waiting for hummingbirds. He has often struggled to attract them to the back yard. Tapichalaca Reserve, in southern Ecuador, would...
By Sylvan Hardy An angry Rafael Correa denounced Pressident-elect Guillermo Lasso in two interviews on Monday, calling him a “traitor and a liar” for walking away from a political alliance with Correa’s Union for Hope (Unes) and the conservative Social Christian...
Martes, 18/5/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Museos con varios problemas (Museums with various problems) - The pandemic has left some museums in Cuenca in a difficult situation, trying to operate without funds and specialized personnel. The...
One of the most famous rock formations in the Galapagos Islands has collapsed into the sea. The top of Darwin's Arch, located in the northern part of the archipelago, fell as "a consequence of natural erosion," according to the Ministry of Environment for Ecuador....
By Shannon Bond Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about Covid-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. "The 'Disinformation Dozen' produce 65% of the shares of...
Ecuador’s 28-day state of emergency ends Thursday at midnight and will not be extended. “We have met our objectives during the last month by lowering the number of new Covid infections and reducing the pressure on the hospitals and are very pleased with the results,”...
Lunes, 17/5/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Temporal causa destrozos (Season causes destruction) - See Monday's CHL article for story. <If I knew how, I'd post a video from el noche de sábado when the river jumped the bend at one end...
By Michael Hiltzik As if to assuage a bottomless public appetite for bad news, every advance in the fight against Covid-19 seems to inspire a surge in pessimistic prophecies. The latest example involves the prospects of reaching “herd immunity” — that is, a level of...
An indigenous community in Ecuador’s Amazon region is blocking access to one of state oil company Petroecuador’s main fields in a protest over compensation, prompting the company to request help from the armed forces to deliver supplies. In a statement on Saturday,...
In a shock to conservative President Sebastián Piñera, independent and opposition candidates have a won a key two thirds of seats in the body that will write a new constitution in Chile. The new document will replace the current one, crafted during the dictatorship of...
In what was considered a major surprise, Guadalupe Llori of the indigenous Pachakutik party was elected president of Ecuador’s National Assembly Saturday afternoon. She received 71 votes, one more than necessary, and becomes the first indigenous president of the...
In what the Emergency Management Office is calling the worst flooding in recent memory, heavy rain forced three Cuenca rivers over their banks on Saturday and Sunday. Officials report the Rio Tarqui registered the highest flood level ever recorded. "This is the worst...
Dr. Gabriel Tenorio Velez will begin this day just as he did the day before — a routine that has remained unchanged for years and will, most likely, continue for many years to come. He is a young man with children that still require a father’s attention and guidance....
By Matt Taibbi Just over ten years ago, on July 25, 2010, Wikileaks released 75,000 secret U.S. military reports involving the war in Afghanistan. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel helped release the documents, which were devastating to America’s...
The National Assembly meets for the second time Saturday afternoon after Friday’s effort to elect a president fell one vote short. In a surprise move, President-elect Guillermo Lasso’s Creo party pulled out of an agreement with the Social Christians and the Correista...
Residents of the Colombian city of Cali, the epicenter of protests against the government of Ivan Duque, are struggling under the weight of demonstrators’ road blockades, which have tripled some foods prices and made gasoline scarce. The city, the country's third...
By German Lopez America’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout has dwindled in recent weeks, plummeting from a previous high of nearly 3.4 million doses administered a day, on average, in mid-April to around 2.2 million a day this week. The best analogy I’ve heard to explain the...
Long recognized for having the best drinking water in Ecuador, a new government report shows that Cuenca does the best job of taking care of its water supply. The government reports that Cuenca has the country's lowest rate of water waste and theft. The country’s...
As the newly elected National Assembly meets today for the first time, it already faces controversy. In a deal only revealed late Wednesday, the Assembly’s two conservative parties, Creo (Creating Opportunity) and the Social Christians, have formed an alliance with...
Jueves, 13/5/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Artesanos inauguran tienda y galería (Artisans open store and gallery) - AYNI, a space where artisans can sell their works, opened today. A group of craftspeople formed a cooperative with the help...
