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By Mark Mahoney As we transition out of National Nutrition Month in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of good nutrition, particularly when many of us are under orders to shelter-in-place, is very important. Healthy eating is especially important for...
Minister of Health Juan Carlos Zevallos said Monday that the Covid-19 virus is playing out in two different scenarios in Ecuador. “What we see in Guayaquil is very different than what we see in the rest of the country,” he said. “The good news is that we are...
Lunes, 13/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Sorry for going AWOL on you. My computer broke. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Eduardo Vega - The documents of ceramic artist Eduardo Vega are being organized. There are some 5,000 articles including books, drawings, letters,...
By Ray Horsley In a different time, place, and dimension there was once a land of many tribes. Each one had a chief, many elders, and a large number of native peoples who were born to the tribe. These tribal leaders and their advisors had tremendous control over their...
The government reports that police and army personnel have removed almost 800 bodies in two weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the epicentre of the country's coronavirus outbreak, as the disease overwhelmed emergency services, hospitals and funeral parlors. Due to a lack...
By Aaron Holmes Scientists at Stanford University have developed a smart toilet that can identify people based on their butt and monitor the health of their poop and pee. If you're looking for very, very personalized data about your bathroom habits, look no further....
President Lenin Moreno’s plan to tax worker’s income to help small businesses and the poor has run into opposition from labor and business groups as well as some members of the National Assembly. Announced Friday night as part of the fight against the Covid-19 virus,...
By John P. Ioannidis The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people...
Jeanne is taking a short break while her laptop is being repaired. Periodico will return once the repairs are made.
Cuenca marked the 463rd anniversary of its Spanish founding on Sunday but there were no concerts, crafts fairs or parades. The celebrations and public gatherings associated with the holiday have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus health emergency. “It is a...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly fathered two children with one of his lawyers while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and fighting extradition to the U.S., according to a report. Stella Morris, a South African-born lawyer, began a...
A deluge of new test results has pushed Ecuador’s confirmed Covid-19 case count to more than 7,000. The Ministry of Health said that a 300 to 400 percent increase in tests pushed the one-day increase of cases to 2,196, the largest to date. Reporting the new numbers,...
Instead of delivering his traditional Good Friday blessing from the pulpit, Cuenca Monsignor Marcos Pérez flew over the city in a helicopter as he read from scripture and offered his commentary. During the 90-minute overflight, the monsignor circled the city’s two...
Taelor Leavins, a popular waitress at Cuenca's Sunrise Café for three years, passed away suddenly after a brief illness on March 4, 2020. She arrived in Cuenca with her family from Texas at the age of 15 and finished her high school education here. Her daughter...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Now that the coronavirus is no longer just a smudge of misery hidden by the curve of the earth’s surface, writing about food all the time seems a little trivial, so this week I’m going to consider the way we live now and try to place that in a...
By Tim Lister and Sebastian Shukla Much of Europe is still on coronavirus lockdown, with severe restrictions on movement and penalties for those who transgress. But not Sweden. Restaurants and bars are open in the Nordic country, playgrounds and schools too, and the...
By Ted Kyle Health disparities are an ever-present feature of American healthcare. Money, race, and ethnicity have long been deciding factors in who lives and who dies. Chronic diseases have their greatest impact on black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged...
Interior Minister Minister María Paula Romo announced Friday that the face-to-face workday ban is being extended as the government prepares to introduce its “traffic light” system for health emergency restrictions. The face-to-face ban was due to expire April 11. Romo...
Viernes, 3/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Writing contest - El Mercurio and the Centro de Estudios Sociales de América Latina digital publishing house is calling for authors to participate in the "Testimonios, vivencias o reflexiones sociales ante la pandemia del...
By José María León Cabrera and Anatoly Kurmanaev Bodies left out on sidewalks. The authorities struggling to keep track of deaths. Funeral parlors out of coffins, using cardboard boxes made by companies that usually package bananas and shrimp. The calamity unfolding...
