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Ecuador has launched the Violeta Tourism Project (Turismo Violeta), a collaborative effort between the country’s Ministry of Tourism and the Inter-American Development Bank (BID). This initiative aims to reshape the tourism landscape by prioritizing women’s roles in...
By Pablo Stefanoni Distrust-enthusiasm-disappointment (more or less silent). The relationship between the Latin American left and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela has gone through different stages, in line with the dynamics of the Caribbean country itself. The...
Miércoles, 7/8/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - 3 días de música en el cantón Sígsig (3 days of music in Sígsig canton) - National and international artists will perform in Sígsig as part of the vacation season. The schedule started miércoles. "Sígsig fest 2" will be...
By Cynthia J. Arnson In the two years since he took office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has riled U.S.-Colombian relations, chipping away at nearly a quarter century of steady U.S. bipartisan support. It should not surprise that the nation’s first leftist...
By Hans Milton Hummingbirds are named for the sound of their rapidly beating wings, but now their tongues have captured scientists' attention. These tiny birds can suck 10 drops of nectar out of a flower every 15 milliseconds, researchers at the University of...
By John Olson Azuay Community Theater will close its 2023-24 season of six plays with the award-winning Pulitzer Prize finalist dramatic comedy The Waverly Gallery, by the Academy award winning screenwriter and playwright Kenneth Lonergan. ACT’s Bob Fry is directing...
Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will not release former vice president Jorge Glas from prison and grant him safe passage to Mexico. The decision followed a new request from the Mexican government which says it will grant Glas political asylum. In its...
By Virginia Hogan As someone whose hand cramps easily, I get the struggle: I want to get off my laptop, but a notebook feels too painful. And slow! But there are some surprising benefits to this old-fashioned way of getting thoughts on paper. Here, I wanted to...
By Anatoly Kurmanaev For the Venezuelan government, everything seemed to be falling in place. Francisco Torrealba, a senior ruling party official, described being in an electoral command center in the country’s capital, Caracas, on Election Day last month, watching...
By Sarah Barrell Travel in August is all about being canny. It’s a prime time to be in Europe but you need to be nimble to avoid the crowds and escalating prices across the Med and beaches radiating beyond. It's worth thinking of alternatives if you want more than a...
Lunes, 5/8/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Plan evitaría muertes de migrantes hacia EE.UU. (Plan would prevent deaths of migrants on their way to U.S.) - The Embassy of the US presented an initiative called #Piénsalobien (#ThinkWell - #Think hard about it?"). Its...
By Tatyana Woodall For those looking to learn a new language, the process can feel daunting, especially as an adult. It’s long been thought that the earlier you learn new skills, the easier they are to pick up. The idea that age can play a huge role in a person’s...
By Liam Higgins Criminal gangs operating in Ecuador’s coastal provinces have an “endless supply” of fresh recruits among the region’s teenagers, according to a University of Guayaquil psychology professor. “Most of these teenagers are high school dropouts,” says...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court on Friday approved most of President Daniel Noboa latest emergency declaration for six provinces. The Court had rejected two previous declarations but said the government’s new claim of "serious internal commotion” was valid. Noboa had...
Ecuador joined the U.S., Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Panama and Costa Rica over the weekend in recognizing Edmundo González as the winner of last Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela. Although the Venezuelan elections commission claims Nicolás Maduro was...
By Jonathan Look One of the biggest goals of my career as an air traffic controller was having a worry-free retirement. I envisioned a comfortable place where I could lie back and watch the world pass by; where I could live not only without work, but without...
By Christian Thorsberg A new analysis released last week by the international nonprofit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57...
Viernes, 2/8/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Pintado entra al Olimpo (Pintado enters Olympus) - See today's (viernes) article in CHL for the story. Ecuador has had 6 medalists in the Olympics starting with Jefferson Pérez in Atlanta, 1996, when he won the gold in the 20...
An English speaker has much to learn about the Spanish language when moving to Ecuador. But the foreign native Spanish speaker does, too. Case in point: I moved here from Argentina, and although I’m fluent, the local language still threw up a few trip hazards. For...
By Alexander Villegas Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published, opens new tab in the Science journal on Thursday. The discovery shocked scientists, who initially planned to study...
