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By Alice Callahan Name a common condition — heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, dementia, irritable bowel syndrome — and chances are good that following a diet high in ultraprocessed foods has been linked to it. But the ultraprocessed food category is large and...
Late Saturday night, the National Emergency Operations Committee ordered electric blackouts for Sunday in 12 provinces, including Azuay Province. Besides Azuay, electric service was suspended in Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Morona Santiago, Napo,...
Brazilian authorities are likely to approve reinstating daylight saving time after it was abolished five years ago, multiple sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the country faces a major drought that has been affecting its power generation efforts. A...
The National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution condemning the government for its handling of the energy crisis. The measure claimed that officials were aware of deteriorating conditions due to the drought and delayed action in imposing electricity blackouts....
By Liam Higgins While concerns grow about the dropping reservoir level at the Paute-Mazar hydroelectric complex, energy experts say the lack of production at the Coca Codo Sinclair is being overlooked. Coca Codo, located between Napo and Sucumbios Provinces, was...
By Sylvan Hardy A long-time expat tells the story from 2008 of a man from Texas who wanted to build a townhouse development in Cuenca’s northeast suburbs. The Texan wanted to partner with a prominent Cuenca developer in the project and made an appointment to present...
Argentina President Javier Milei’s administration is in “talks” with private aviation companies discussing the possibility of them stepping in to run national airline Aerolíneas Argentinas, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced on Thursday. “Due to the...
Ecuador’s Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) is predicting increasing rainfall during the last days of September and early October. On Thursday, Inamhi said rain would fall first in the Amazon region before moving into the sierra. Meteorologists said it...
By Rachel Fairbank Lower back pain is one of the leading causes of disability, affecting an estimated 619 million people worldwide. For many people suffering from lower back pain, their condition is cyclical, and their pain returns even after recovery. Nearly 70...
By the Latin American Post staff The “Metástasis” case, which erupted in Ecuador in late 2023, is a powerful example of the devastating effects of corruption within a country’s judicial system. At the heart of the scandal is the alleged infiltration of organized crime...
By María de los Ángeles Orfila South America is experiencing record-breaking fires, which have led to "black rain," green rivers and hazardous air pollution almost 50 times higher than the level recommended by the World Health Organization, according to the air...
Early reports on overnight electric blackouts are “positive,” according to a government social media post Thursday morning. “The rationing schedule was carried out as planned and the National Electricity Operator [Cenace] conducted maintenance operations on 15 of the...
The head of the commission that wrote Ecuador’s 2008 constitution, Alberto Acosta, says reestablishing a U.S. anti-narcotics base in the country is a “terrible” idea. He disagrees with claims by President Daniel Noboa that the closure of the base in 2009 allowed drug...
By Frances Hogg Lochow When Juan Estrella was a boy growing up in Cuenca, he didn’t have television or the internet. He’d read about magic in books, but he’d never seen a magic trick performed until he was 14 years old, when the father of a friend showed him a card...
In the latest in a series of contradictory and confusing messages, the Energy Ministry announced Wednesday morning that electric blackouts planned for Wednesday and Thursday night will be two to four hours in length with schedules determined by local electric...
The municipal government has begun water rationing in Quito and is advising residents to expect service cuts of up to 12 hours in the coming days and weeks. “The prolonged drought and the lack of significant rainfall for 38 days has forced us to take drastic and...
The government clarified Tuesday afternoon that the curfew during power blackouts on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and four nights next week, applies only to six provinces and one canton. The provinces are Guayas, Los Ríos, Manabí, Orellana, Santa Helena and...
I may have been too enthusiastic in my recent column celebrating the glories of the world's favorite language. Upon further reflection, I now think English, a mishmash of slang and exceptions, is just a big hodge-podge. How can anyone master the incomprehensible use...
By Paola Flores Bolivia's popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national...
The government announced late Monday night that in addition to the overnight blackout Wednesday and Thursday, national blackouts will also be imposed next Monday to Thursday, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. "The schedule has been chosen in order to generate the least possible...
