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Rain showers that began late Thursday and continued overnight have flooded streets and highways and triggered landslides in several locations throughout the inter-mountain valley, the national risk management office reports. In Cuenca, the rain flooded at least a...
By Janet Novack There’s good news and bad news for baby boomers. The good news is that despite concerns about meager retirement savings, baby boomers aren’t going to have to work into old age. The catch is, they’ll have to pull off that trick by redefining what’s...
By Iker Seisdedos and Francesco Manetto It was an off-the-cuff idea aired at the beginning of the Christmas holidays, but within hours its impact triggered a chain reaction throughout Latin America. The intention of the president-elect of the United States, Donald...
The parents and relatives of four Guayaquil boys missing since December 8 continue to wait outside a police forensics lab for positive identifications of bodies discovered north of the city on Tuesday. According to conflicting police reports, three or four badly...
By Fabio Teixeira Brazilian officials found 163 Chinese nationals working in "slavery-like conditions" at a construction site for a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD, opens new tab in Brazil's Bahia state, the local labor prosecutor's office said...
Sixteen Air Force personnel are being held at the Taura Air Force base near Guayaquil pending the conclusion of a National Police investigation into the disappearance of four Guayaquil boys. The detention coincides with the discovery of three partially burned bodies...
By Robert Bradley Evergreen trees and plants have been used to celebrate winter festivals for thousands of years, long before the advent of Christianity. Pagans in Europe used branches of evergreen fir trees to decorate their homes and brighten their spirits during...
Only hours after denying it, the government admitted Monday that military personnel were responsible for the disappearance of four Guayaquil boys December 8. In a news conference, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo confirmed the boys were apprehended by a military...
Family Court Judge Nubia Vera on Monday dismissed the 150-day suspension of Vice President Veronica Abad by the Labor Ministry, claiming it was improperly applied. The ruling reinstates Abad to full vice-presidential status. The suspension, ordered by Labor Minister...
By Diana Iglesias More than two-thirds of Bolivian women have suffered domestic violence, according to a report out Thursday that found such abuse widespread in Latin America, with partners usually the perpetrators. In seven of the 12 Latin American and Caribbean...
Sábado, 21/12/2024 Hola, Todos - Season's Greetings, and I hope all of you enjoy your holidays. This will be the last Periodico for 2024. I will be taking a break over the holidays and the next issue will be el domingo, 29/12 if I'm recovered from holiday activities...
President Daniel Noboa said Sunday there will be “no impunity and no mercy” for those responsible for the possible kidnapping of four Guayaquil boys. The boys, ages 11 to 15, disappeared December 8 after they left home to play football at a nearby park. The parents of...
The canton of Sigsig, about an hour southeast of Cuenca, is a rich agricultural area of lovely small farms squeezed between steep bluffs and deep canyons. I had long been aware of the reputation the town of Sigsig enjoyed for being ‘picture-postcard perfect’: a lush...
By Richard Westcott Squeak I traditionally passed my Christmas Eve making the rounds of various family homes throughout Central and Southern New Jersey. One family had an unusual mix of children ranging from toddlers to teens. This was because they had gathered at the...
A man has been charged with “sabotage” in connection with nationwide power outages that occurred early Saturday morning. According to Energy Minister Inés Manzano, 27-year-old Ángel B. was arrested near a power station on the Quevedo-Santo Domingo high voltage line,...
I was told that one of the first big SUVs to arrive in Barcelona many years ago got stuck trying to turn a sharp corner in the old medieval town center. Having attempted similar maneuvers in a “Renault Espace” minivan, the possibility of becoming wedged seemed very...
By Nicola Guess The way we eat desperately needs to change. Experts estimate diet is a bigger contributor globally to early death than smoking. In America, nearly half the adult population has Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. If you have been following recent...
For the time in 88 days, Ecuadorians woke up Friday to a day without electric blackouts. Two weeks ago, President Daniel Nobia announced blackouts would end December 20, saying “our long energy nightmare will be over.” The end of blackouts does not apply to everyone,...
Jueves, 19/12/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica y coros en dos conciertos, hoy y mañana (Symphony and choirs in two concerts, today and tomorrow) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca, conducted by Augosto Carrion, will perform 2 Christmas concerts el jueves 19...
By Michael Cunningham When U.S. officials are asked about China, the discussion usually defaults to Taiwan or tariffs. But another threat from Beijing has been growing for years, and it can be found much closer to home — in Latin America. Case in point: the deep-sea...
