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By Liam Higgins The choice in Ecuador’s February 7 election is clear. Voters will choose between bigger government and smaller government and between a return to Rafael Correa’s Citizens Revolution or Guillermo Lasso’s plan to revive the economy through private...
By Michaeleen Doucleff New coronavirus variants seem to be cropping up everywhere. There's one from the U.K., which is more contagious and already circulating in the United States. There's one from South Africa, which is forcing Moderna and Pfizer to reformulate their...
A week before the U.S. plans to announce details of its quarantine policy for incoming travelers, the new administration and the Centers for Disease Control are under intense pressure from health officials and the travel industry. Last week, the government announced...
Jueves, 28/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Alianza Francesa presenta su agenda de eventos culturales (The Alianza Francesa presents its agenda of cultural events) - The Alianza Francesa is planning a mix of virtual and in-person events in dance, literature, plastic...
Target will no longer sell coconut milk made by the Thai company Chaokoh after an investigation alleged the drink is tied to forced monkey labor, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced Monday. “By dropping Chaokoh, Target is joining thousands of...
By The Associated Press & Nexstar Media Wire With demand for COVID-19 vaccines outpacing the world’s supplies, a frustrated public and policymakers want to know: How can we get more? A lot more. Right away. The problem: “It’s not like adding more water to the...
As Ecuador’s presidential campaign enters the home stretch, both candidates and officials at the National Elections Commission are concerned about the historically high number of voters who may mark “nulo,” or none of the above, on their February 7 election ballots....
Miércoles, 27/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Del cuerpo del periodico - Actividades sobre la paja toquilla (Activities about straw weaving) - The CCE, INPC and UDA are organizing 3 activities about straw weaving el próxima 29/1. The first...
Back when Edie and I lived in the United States, we often went on rides at the end of the day. Our Tundra, Big Red, carried us out of the city and into pine forests and hardwood bottoms. There, the smells and sounds of ancient bayous assuaged the senses in a way that...
By Ciara Nugent Ecuadoran police have shut down an alternative medicines center in Quito that had administered thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccines, the government said Tuesday. The center was giving out shots of an unknown substance for $15 each and telling people...
Ecuador’s state-run oil company, Petroecuador, on Tuesday responded to the exit of several big European banks from financing the Amazon oil trade by saying it compensates indigernous communities for environmental impact associated with infrastructure development and...
Martes, 26/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Otras cosas - Titular - Ocho años de prisión (Eight years in prison) - The Corte Nacional de Justicia sentenced 7 people including ex-VP Jorge Glas for a new crime of corruption in the Singue case. Also sentenced were...
By Kevin P. Gallagher and Jorge Heine One of the most bipartisan acts during the Trump administration was passage of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act (BUILD Act) of 2018, establishing the United States International Development Finance...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has a sure-fire cure for the Covid-19 virus. At a press conference on Sunday, he presented what he called “miracle drops” that will neutralize the viurs when used every four hours. It is the second time in three months that...
--Sponsored post-- By LP Wirth They refer to Panama as the "Jewel of Central America". It's true for Panama City, a popular expat choice. Panama is a developing country. Some areas are the envy of Central America, such as Panama City. Others lag and are underdeveloped...
Lunes, 25/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - De AstraZeneca, 5 millones de vacunas ( 5 million vaccines from AstraZeneca) - The Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria (Arcsa) authorized the use and importation of 5...
By Dave Barry I'm getting old. It feels like half the mail I get these days is urging me to pre-arrange my funeral. I used to get interesting, even exciting, mail. Granted, a lot of it was from Ed McMahon, telling me I might already have won $17 million. He was lying,...
By Ben Piven Several big European financial institutions — BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse and ING — have committed to halting financing of the oil trade from the Amazon region of Ecuador. The three banks that have recently indicated such a policy change — in emails sent...
Ecuador reported 3,060 new cases of the Covid-19 virus Saturday, the highest daily total since the pandemic began in March. The daily count averaged 600 per day from August through early January but has increased to 1,000 a day in the past two weeks. Pichincha...
By Cal Flyn For many years it seemed that overpopulation was the looming crisis of our age. Back in 1968, the Stanford biologists Paul and Anne Ehrlich infamously predicted that millions would soon starve to death in their bestselling, doom-saying book The Population...
