It took three rounds of voting, but Ecuador now has a new Vice President, María Alejandra Muñoz Seminario. On Friday night, July 17, 2020, Ecuador’s Plenary of the National Assembly held a virtual vote to fill the position of Vice President that was vacated when Otto...
It’s been called the “miracle mineral solution.” There are those who say that thanks to it they have been cured of the coronavirus and even cancer. Some people even claim that it controls autism. It sells online from $10.00 to $25.00. And the truth is that there is no...
After almost seven millennia, a comet that we will be able to see with the naked eye has returned to our solar system. When it last came this way, humans were still living in the Stone Age, agriculture had just begun, and it would be a thousand year before the...
Tracking the spread and outcome of the coronavirus in Ecuador: UPDATED FOR MONDAY, July 20, 2020 Unlike last week when we had a slightly positive outlook on the COVID-19 across Ecuador, this week it’s hard to say that things are going in the right direction. While...
The last couple of weeks I strayed into issues that are happening in the US, waxing on things that needed to be talked about. Unfortunately, things aren’t getting better there, only worse. It’s the same stuff I wrote about in my last couple of columns (maybe even the...
Across the world, the scientific community is joining efforts to find a vaccine that will immunize the population against the coronavirus. Under the assumption that a vaccine will be available but may not be readily accessible to smaller or less developed regions,...
In its Cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) this past Friday, July 17, 2020, the city of Cuenca decided to stay at the YELLOW traffic light restriction for the next week, from July 20 to July 26, 2020. Nonetheless, the COE is disappointed in the COVID-19...
There may be some good news for those of you looking to return to the US or to get back to Ecuador in the near future. According to the Quiport Corporation, who manages the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito, this past Friday, July 17, 2020, a resolution was adopted by...