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2020 was devastating for Cuenca businesses and although there is cautious optimism for 2021, owners and managers say significant recovery depends on the pandemic. “In September and October last year, we had good feelings for 2021 but some of those have faded,” says...
Sábado, 16/1/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Vanegas y Hermida a II vuelta (2nd round for Vanegas y Hermida) - Elections for rector of the U. of Cuenca will go to a 2nd round of voting between Pablo Vanegas and María Augusta Hermida on...
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are taking over the marshlands of Colombia — and need to face the same fate as their late owner before they become impossible to control, scientists have warned. The so-called “cocaine hippos” were illegally imported to the country by the...
History clearly documents that hysterical diatribe and Frankenstein mobs hoisting flag-draped pitchforks are not essential elements for improving society. It does, however, recount the litany of tragedies triggered by frenzied scrum intent on violent change. Consider...
Norway has expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine on elderly people. especially those with serious underlying health conditions, after raising their estimate of the number who died after receiving inoculations to 29. The latest figure...
The Geophysical Institute says 16 earthquakes recorded over the last 24 hours off the northwestern coast are part of a naturally occurring process of “continental plate adjustment” and do not necessary mean a large quake is imminent. Widely felt in the coastal region,...
Viernes,15/1/2021 Hello everyone - Activities - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Piden restablecer línea 100 de buses (Request to restore bus line 100) - 1,000 residents of Baños and Ricaurte answered a survey given to bus and tranvía riders. They want the 100 buses...
By Julia Ries Scientists have learned a ton about COVID-19 in record time, but there are still a lot of uncertainties about the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes. One of those mysteries is “long-haul COVID”: People get COVID-19, recover, then experience...
Jueves, 14/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - La gente 'busca' al virus (People 'search' for the virus) - Returning to the "semáforo rojo" (red stoplight - your phrase for the day in case you've forgotten or recently arrived in Ecuador)...
By Jan Dynes Four years ago, December 2016, I was in Urfa, Turkey. 112 miles from Aleppo, Syria to give aid, volunteering in the Syrian refugee camp. It was my first war zone. I cannot unsee what I saw there, it rocked me to my core, showed me that my tough times were...
Travelers from 14 Latin American counties, including Ecuador, will be banned from arriving in the UK from Friday morning as a precautionary measure aimed at preventing the new Brazilian Covid variant from reaching the country, the government has announced. The ban...
By Clive Cookson People who have already contracted coronavirus are as protected against reinfection as those who have received the best Covid-19 vaccines, according to a survey of 20,000 UK healthcare workers, the largest study in the world so far. Public Health...
There are currently no plans for a nationwide lockdown similar to the one imposed in March and April, according Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos. “This is definitely not the time for it since the ultimate impact of the new Covid variants is strictly speculation at...
By Karl Sweetman Any long-term reader of the CuencaHighLife comments section will testify that the tone of those posts has grown noticeably more vitriolic and vituperative over the past few years, especially when the topic involves U.S.politics or culture. This...
Miércoles, 13/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Looks like 2021 is going to be just as crappy as 2020. I lost internet service on Monday <and no, it wasn't an unpaid bill>, called the provider, and the technicians came today. Now I have a new router to go with the new hard...
Authors note: I wrote this piece about five years ago after having arrived in Ecuador only a few weeks earlier. I’ve learned a lot about the folks here since then and a quite a bit more Spanish also! The shop is still there and the same artisan is still tapping that...
Five people were killed and another four were injured Tuesday night in an accident near Latacunga involving a Cuenca-based van. Police report that the passenger van collided head-on with a dump truck and that the truck driver had been drinking. Following the initial...
By Julia Buckley As pandemic quarantines go, this might be the best: sprawling on a hotel balcony overlooking azure Caribbean waters as you bake gently in the sun. But it isn't enough for some. The past month has seen a slew of high-profile cases of tourists getting...
The U.S. will soon require airline passengers to prove they recently tested negative for Covid-19 before flying to the country, according to people briefed on the plan. The measure, which aims to curb the spread of the disease, comes as new cases hit records. The...
By LP Wirth Getting a Panama driver's license as an Expat differs from that of a Panamanian citizen. Anyone who has driven in NYC, Paris, Berlin, or Madrid will manage to drive in Panama. Bring patience, alertness, though, and a valid driver's license. If you are in...
