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United States Ambassador to Ecuador Michael Fitzpatrick says the U.S. stands ready to assist in the investigation of an alleged criminal network that overcharged public hospitals for medical supplies. Referring to the fact that three fugitives in the case are living...
Ecuadorians of African descent are carefully watching international protests that followed the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police three weeks ago. “Of course, we pay attention to this because it affects our future,” says Nile de Aguiar, president...
By Valentina Fuentes and Philip Sanders Two months ago, Chile was admired for its surgical approach to the pandemic -- testing widely and quarantining by neighborhood. Today it has among the world’s highest rates of per-capita infections and its once-praised health...
Martes, 16/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Fiesta de la Música - For the first time, this music festival produced by the Alianza Francesa will be virtual and will be a joint effort with other Alianza Francesas in Latin America and the...
President Lenín Moreno has extended Ecuador’s health emergency for 60 days, until August 14. He said the extension had been planned and is needed to maintain the country's traffic light system that governs the reopening of cantons. “Ecuador continues to face a public...
Lunes, 15/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Virtual ferias - La Primera Feria de la Vivienda Online (First Online Home Fair) will be from 12-21/6. Register for free at www.feriaviviendaonline.com to go to the pavillions for different...
By Jamie Dettmer Developing countries now account for three-quarters of the 100,000 daily new coronavirus cases that authorities around the world are reporting. The steady rise is alarming, according to the World Health Organization, as many epidemiologists say they...
By Marc Sollinger There are a lot of possible explanations for why Japan has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than the United States. It’s possible that the Japanese are more used to wearing masks, that the government used contact tracing to more effectively to...
By Lev Facher The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it had withdrawn an emergency approval for use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment. Almost since the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, U. S. President Donald...
When you move to a new country, it’s important to understand the Healthcare system that you will be using going forward. Many countries in Central and South America have some of the best known healthcare systems in the world, for considerably less money and almost...
Although a number of public transportation issues were resolved before Cuenca city buses resumed service two weeks ago, officials say the integration plan for tram and bus services remains unresolved. “Although we reached several agreements, including the rerouting of...
The National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has authorized the resumption of interprovincial bus service between cities under yellow and green Covid-19 health emergency status starting June 15. COE said that service in most municipalities will begin today...
A collection of relics of one of the oldest settled cultures in the Americas has been repatriated to Ecuador nearly 40 years after the items were taken to Canada for study. While the return of historical artifacts and art treasures to their places of origin has become...
By Matt Taibbi Sometimes it seems life can’t get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a pandemic, Americans have lately been bombarded with images of grotesque state-sponsored violence, from the murder of George Floyd to countless scenes of police clubbing...
On Monday, Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will welcome its first flights to and from Quito since March but airport management advises passengers there will be major changes due to the coronavirus health emergency. One change is a reduction in number of flights:...
Concerns that ash from the erupting Sangay volcano would reach Cuenca on Friday did not materialize but Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute warns that a wind shift from a westerly to a southwesterly direction is still possible and that the city should remain on alert. The...
Latin American countries should quicken steps for airlines to renew domestic flights no later than July before more companies are forced to declare bankruptcy or close, a high-ranking official of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The...
By Erin S. Bromage, Ph.D. It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from the outbreaks in China...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Production reports that business loses from March 16 to May 24 totaled more than $14 billion as more than 70 percent of the of the country’s economic activity was shut down by the coronavirus. “With very few exceptions, the loses affected all...
Jueves, 11/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Happy belated unApril Fools Day. Ecuador is keeping its beef. <Was that fake news too plausible?> Actividades Del cuerpo del periodico - Inti Raymi - The provincial government presented "Hatun Runa Raymikuna" (La Fiesta Mayor de...
