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By Love Liman and Niclas Rolander After three months of non-stop controversy, Sweden’s top epidemiologist is about to go on vacation. Anders Tegnell is unlikely to stray far from home, after much of the European Union excluded Sweden from safe travel lists. His...
Due increasing poverty and other social tensions, the International Monetary Fund is warning that Latin America will see a repeat of the protests that rocked the region during the second half of 2019. “We think a number of countries in the hemisphere will experience a...
By Miriam Drake Someday I will live here. For now, I visit as often as possible. Why do I visit this remote natural area with no shopping malls, very few paved roads, few cars, and few people? There is no direct route to the Amazon jungle. You take a plane or two, a...
The International Monetary Fund slashed its world economic forecasts once again on Thursday and warned that public finances will deteriorate significantly as governments attempt to combat the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. The IMF now estimates a contraction of...
Editor's note: This is the story of Jane and Steve Miner’s experience with Covid-19 in May/June 2020. Some of you will have already followed their journey as documented on Facebook. They were both fortunate to have had very mild cases and feel that, as more knowledge...
Cuenca will continue under yellow light restrictions for another week but the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) warned that the city is "at the limit" and could return to red. "We are witnessing widespread disrespect for the rules and believe this is...
By Anthony Esposito The death toll from the coronavirus in Latin America is expected to skyrocket to 388,300 by October, with Brazil and Mexico seen accounting for two-thirds of fatalities as other nations in the region contain their outbreaks, researchers said on...
By Chuck Bolotin As the founder of Best Places in the World to Retire, I’ve heard many of our expat contributors say that one reason they moved abroad was to “reinvent” themselves. And based on what they’ve told me, I’d say it’s easier to reinvent yourself living...
Thursday's announcement by former Guayaquil mayor Jaime Nebot that he will not run for president sent shock waves through Ecuador's political establishment. Considered the front-runner in the February 2021 election, his exit from the race is certain to attract new...
A Belgian foundation has committed $200 million for the construction of a new research hospital in Cuenca. The hospital will be operated by the University of Cuenca medical school in conjunction with European biomedical companies and will be staffed by local and...
Jueves, 25/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Taller - The Cinco Sentidos Arte academy will hold a design workshop for children and teens starting 6/7 on Zoom. Go to the academy's Facebook page or call 099 680 5102 to register. Cost: $35.00....
Author's note: All good things must come to an end, at least for now! I've enjoyed writing the Food, Nutrition, and Your Health column for CuencaHighLife over the past five-plus years, and I hope you've enjoyed reading them. My husband and I last November decided that...
Organizations representing Ecuador gym owners say that as many as 25 percent of the country's workout facilities will be out of business when operating restrictions are lifted. With no end in sight for Covid-19 health emergency restrictions, they say the percentage...
By Clayton M. Dalton We’ve learned an incredible amount about the novel coronavirus these last few months. It seems that people can transmit the virus without symptoms, that virus particles can spread through a lingering, mistlike aerosol, and that a deadened sense of...
Miércoles, 24/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Se caen 12 casas (12 houses fall) - Land in the La Raya sector of Santa Ana parish has sunk more than 1.5 m. in the last 3 months. 12 houses are at risk of collapsing. The Gestion of...
By Julie Turkewitz and Anatoly Kurmanaev A crush of Venezuelan government agents entered the home brandishing guns but not a warrant, and took Ariana Granadillo away. Over the next week, they confined, beat, interrogated and nearly suffocated her, then let her go as...
Although most health professionals agree that the number of reported Covid-19 cases in Ecuador represents only a fraction of total infections, there is strong disagreement about an accurate estimate. On Saturday, the regional Ministry of Health office in Cuenca said...
Although the national media is reporting the state comptroller's complaints against the National Elections Committee (CNE), they are not reporting the back story, say a number of political commentators. Comproller Pablo Celi insists that four political parties should...
Martes, 23/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Audiovisual memories of Ecuador - The Cinematica Nacional of the Casa de la Cultura has put dozens of videos on their web page at http://www.cinematecanacionalcce.com/Cinemateca in order to maintain...
Guayas Province prefect and former football hero Carlos Luis Morales died of a heart attack Monday in Guayaquil. Arrested three weeks ago for his alleged role in a plot to sell overpriced supplies to government hospitals, he was 55. Morales arrived at a Samborondón...
