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By Gonzalo Solano and Michael Weissentein Beyond the hot spots of Brazil and Mexico, the coronavirus is threatening to overwhelm Latin American cities large and small in an alarming sign that the pandemic may be only at the start of its destructive march through the...
This morning's announcement by President Lenin Moreno that the government will liquidate the assets of publicly owned Tame airlines came as a shock to the management of several airports, including those in Cuenca and Manta. Although Tame has been heavily subsidized...
By Laura Andromalos I first met Myra on a Saturday afternoon just this past April. It’s likely we had crossed paths before but I had never recognized her. Initially, her presence was slightly unpleasant but subtle. Within a few hours, she was hard to ignore and full...
The coronavirus health emergency is putting "catastrophic strain" on Ecuador's largest provider of health care, the Social Security (IESS) system. According to unnamed officials, the system faces collapse without a substantial infusion of funds. Monthly contributions...
Lunes, 18/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Semana Internacional de Biodiversidad - Ecuador is planning for the 2020 International Biodiversity Week which will be held virtually from the 18-22/5 with conferences featuring specialists in the...
By David Morrill A mainstay of the Cuenca expat community since he moved here from the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 2016, Robert Bradley has suffered a series of devastating medical crises since late last year. In October, he had a bad fall, breaking four ribs and his...
By Eoin McSweeney and Emmet Lyons The U.S. state of Georgia allowed restaurants to reopen on April 27. The three owned by Ryan Pernice are still shuttered. The entrepreneur hasn't opened his restaurants, Table & Main, Osteria Mattone and Coalition Food &...
While much of the world’s attention is on battling the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now reached many countries in Africa, measles continues to silently kill large numbers of mostly children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic...
Health officials worry that the epicenter of Ecuador's coronavirus outbreak is shifting from Guayaquil to Quito, as the number of deaths in Quito grew by 83 percent from Thursday to Saturday. They are also concerned about the growing number of infections in the...
By Kristen Rogers Despite the wealth of knowledge regarding the transatlantic slave trade, the history of enslaved Africans forcibly brought to Latin America has yet to be fully explored. In a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, scientists tell...
By Jack Kelly The coronavirus pandemic has caused a large number of casualties—lives, economic ruin and massive unemployment. There’s another looming issue that we’re not talking about. Frightening disruptions to the normal course of social and business routines are...
By ConsumerLab.com Yes, ultraviolet light in the "C" range, also known as UVC, has been shown to kill SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The big challenge with using UV-C light is being sure your UV lamp provides a large enough dose of UVC light to all the...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee voted Friday night to maintain current restrictions on personal and vehicular mobility and business operations through next week. It had been widely expected that the COE would adopt relaxed "yellow light" rules but concerns...
The coronavirus has now taken 300,000 lives globally, according to official figures. But depending on the way deaths are counted, the real human cost could be far greater. The official figures include only those deaths attributed to Covid-19 through testing, but...
By Ed Konderla What do you see? I used to carry a copy of this picture in my wallet and pull it out whenever I felt put upon by life. It functioned as a graphic reminder of how tough life is for many and that I had an obligation to be grateful for how good I had it...
By Anya Kamenetz Nightmares. Tantrums. Regressions. Grief. Violent outbursts. Exaggerated fear of strangers. Even suicidal thoughts. In response to a call on social media, parents across the country shared with National Public Radio that the mental health of their...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Sometime last year I wrote about orange wine, the product of the misbegotten idea that if you treat green grapes the same as red grapes and ferment them in contact with their skin, something wonderful will result. In fact, the results are highly...
President Lenin Moreno has withdrawn a proposal that would have taxed individuals and businesses to support Ecuador’s beleaguered economy. The proposed Humanitarian Support Law, currently being debated in National Assembly, would have raised $1.5 billion, but Assembly...
Jueves, 14/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Free on-line classes - El Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Azuay has 5 free courses this month - marketing for artesanos, vehicle technical inspections, basic kiwcha (sic), 3D mechanical design on...
By John Keeble Do you think you can turn the clock back? Or even make it stand still? Stupid questions. Of course, you can't. But then, why are big businesses, political leaders and some nations intent on doing it? This is a big issue in the Covid-19 recovery. Do we...
