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Ecuador entered its pre-election “quiet period” at 12:01 Friday morning and the dry law, banning the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, goes into effect at noon. The rules remain in force through Sunday’s presidential runoff election. The campaigns of Lenin...
Juicing. It seems like an ideal way to lose weight and get healthy, right? After all, you’ve seen that babe holding a glass of juice, a tape measure conspicuously draped around her impossibly tiny waist. Maybe you’re tempted by the caption that guarantees that...
Hola, Todos - <This is not part of the newspaper, but I learned a new word yesterday worth sharing. Gringcano or grincano. I don't know if it's something in common use or an invention of the man I was sitting next to at a language exchange lunch. He used it to...
Hola, Todos - I'm aware that some of you out there would like to censor what I write and curtail my freedom of speech. (Glad to see your attempts at upholding the best of American values.) Let me tell you that the only reason I translate for you is out of sense of...
We had been on the road for twelve days and Big Red's odometer reading indicated we had already covered 4,300 miles of road. Some was desert sand, some gravel, some asphalt and some interstate; they're all taken in stride. Not to say that Edie and I hadn't been...
Editor's note: The following includes reports from the Netizen project of Global Voices regarding government efforts to monitor, control, restrict and sometimes punish users of social media and the Internet. In mid-February, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header notice - (The agenda items seem to have disappeared so there's now one short announcement in the header and then the articles.) Charla - There will be a talk Wed. at 15:00 in the Sala de Conciertos. The topic will be "Hibrido,...
By Anastasia Moloney Peru’s deadly floods are a wake-up call for cities across Latin America to prepare better for extreme weather as climate change and poor urban planning, alongside rapid population growth, worsen the problem of flooding, experts say. In Peru, the...
Lenin Moreno says he and President Rafael Correa are in “complete agreement” on immigration policy. “I support the language in the (2008) Montecristi Constitution and the concept of free mobility between nations,” says the Alianza País presidential candidate. “I...
By Emma Rumney The Latin America and Caribbean region continued to close its tax gap with other countries in 2015, rebuffing the impact of the collapse in commodity prices on revenues, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found. Tax...
Cuenca will finally get its arts university. When the government decided to build five new national universities in 2009, Cuenca was the first choice for the University of the Arts. Eventually, however, the university was located in Guayaquil after it was decided that...
In a campaign visit to Cuenca on Monday, presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso pledged financial support to complete the city’s tranvia project and to stop all mining above 2,800 meters. The candidate also said he would reduce government regulation of small...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Just to let you know that this weekend I will trade Sunday for Saturday since I have something to do Sunday and don't want to start translating at 10 pm. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Teatro - The comedy "Entre violetas y...
The Mexican Catholic church says that any company or individual that assists U.S. President Donald Trump in constructing a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border "should be considered traitors to the country." "Companies, especially those from Mexico, with intentions of...
Municipal councilwoman Dora Ordóñez is asking who will run the railroad when it’s finally finished. She is one of three council members questioning the operational plan for Cuenca’s new tram system. “All the emphasis has been on dealing with the construction delays...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - National Hall of Ethnography - The Hall, on the first floor of the Museo Pumapungo, was remodeled with a new image and museography. There are some 11,000 pieces in the permanent collection. Articles about - Museo...
By Ha-Joon Chang and James K. Galbraith Over the past ten years, Ecuador has achieved major economic and social advances. We are concerned that many of these important gains in poverty reduction, wage growth, reduced inequality, and greater social inclusion could be...
By Liam Higgins Borrowed money has been responsible for much of Ecuador’s progress over the last decade, President Rafael Correa said Saturday during his weekly address to the nation in Rumiñahui. “I make no apologies for the debt because it has been used wisely to...
The only face-to-face meeting between presidential candidates Guillermo Lasso and Lenin Moreno was cancelled Saturday by the event sponsor, the Ecuador Red de Maestros, or Network of Teachers. The event, officially called a "dialog," had been scheduled for tonight....
By Aleszu Bajak Last year, a mosquito-borne disease ravaged Latin America. As the virus spread, so did photos of black-and-white-striped mosquitoes, public health authorities spraying clouds of insecticide, and brain-damaged babies. Zika quickly became a household...
