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Ángeles are a popular theme within the social structure of Ecuador. Catholicism reigns in this South American country. There are paintings and statuary, carvings, drawings and reliefs of ángeles everywhere. Most of these are depicted in traditional manners with...
By Ed Konderla I have been disheartened by how many expats post articles on these pages that appear to me to reflect weak, selfish characters. Characters you don’t expect mature people to have after living abundant lives full of opportunity that most of us have had...
Martes, 21/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Precio del petróleo por los suelos (Oil price down to the ground) - See Tuesday's CHL for the story. Health controls not working in Cuenca - In spite of the city wide quarantine, there is more...
By Stuart White and Pauline McKean “I’ve seen how in every person, every human being, a calling to care for the Earth occurs when, privately, their being tells them ‘this you must do’’, José Morquecho said in a matter-of-fact way. When he made his observation, José...
By John Keeble Hey, Daddy, what did you do in The Great Pandemic of 2020? Well, son, I stayed at home, drank a lot of wine, and thought. But, Daddy, couldn't you have done something more important than think? Actually, son, no. Thinking was the most important thing...
By Bernard Avishai Nassim Nicholas Taleb is “irritated,” he told Bloomberg Television on March 31, whenever the coronavirus pandemic is referred to as a “black swan,” the term he coined for an unpredictable, rare, catastrophic event, in his best-selling 2007 book of...
By Mesdfin Fedadu Elvis Francois, the orthopedic surgery resident who has gone viral with his top-notch live performances at hospitals, knew from adolescence he wanted to help heal the world through medicine. But through music? Not so much. Two years after becoming an...
By Victoria Waldersee An American mother-of-three is a long-time member of “anti-vaxxer” groups online: a small but vocal global community that believes vaccines are a dangerous con and refuse to immunize themselves or their children. But COVID-19 is shaking her...
The government is taking advantage of the historic collapse of oil prices to eliminate most subsidies for gasoline and diesel fuel. Energy Minister René Ortiz made the announcement Monday as oil prices briefly dropped below zero due to a lack of international storage...
Lunes, 20/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Museos Nacionales en línea - You can access the archeological, ethnographic, and artistic collections of 14 national museums in 11 cities at http://www.museos.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/redmuseos....
By Lucy Danziger A new study out of the University of California, Davis, found that the number one reason people give for ditching meat is for their health. But those who do it for the environment or animal reasons are more likely to stick with it. The study was...
It's been one month since I published this column on the importance of obtaining sufficient vitamin D from food and from sunshine because vitamin D is essential for a healthy immune system. Since that time researchers have been working hard on identifying links...
By Ramiro Crespo and Daniela Cordero As the coronavirus spreads through Ecuador and the rest of Latin America, stories of the impact of the disease are also spreading worldwide through the media. Unfortunately, some of those stories are exaggerated, false, or actually...
By Sandra Gutierrez G. The Centers for Disease Control and Protection has encouraged people to wear cloth masks at all times while outside. Research shows that although they’re not great protection against airborne Covid-19 particles, they’re better than nothing. And...
By David Morrill On March 26, local news media reported the first bodies on the sidewalks of Guayaquil. Within the days, the international media, including the New York Times, the Guardian and the Washington Post were in town to share the lurid images with the world,...
By Niclas Rolander Sweden’s unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country’s top epidemiologist. Anders Tegnell, the architect behind Sweden’s relatively relaxed response to Covid-19, told local media the...
Some call is the power of prayer, or the law of attraction, or visualization, or the power of intention, or even, for you skeptics, the placebo effect. Call it what you will, there is little argument that positive attitudes yield positive results. Expressing gratitude...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Last week my message was a little somber, so this week I want to lighten the mood and talk about the most engaging cook I can think of. Julia Child was always full of such joie de vie and enthusiasm, even when things went wrong, as they often...
Ecuador has reached a deal with the holders of nearly $20 billion in sovereign bonds to delay interest payments through August, as a plunge in oil prices and the coronavirus outbreak weigh on public finances, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. The Andean country...
Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner said Friday that Ecuador’s sacrifices to overcome the Covid-19 virus are paying off. “This has been a painful period for the country but we are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel,” he said in a television address. “In...
