On Saturday, May 1, 2021, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that 103.4 million Americans over the age of 16 (31.2% of the population) had already been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also...
BREAKING NEWS: Government of Ecuador signs agreements with three other pharmaceutical companies to obtain vaccines against COVID-19
First level agreements were signed with Johnson and Johnson, Moderna and Sputnik-Gamaleya The Government of Ecuador announced early Wednesday that it has signed first-level agreements with the Johnson and Johnson, Moderna and Sputnik-Gamaleya laboratories, to obtain...
New structure of the IESS Board of Directors does not solve IESS problems
The legal reform approved by the National Assembly last week, on the structure of the IESS Board of Directors, has not convinced experts and union representatives that changes will be made. The main criticism is that the structure approved in the Law is practically...
UPDATES 05-05-2021
Update to: Iberia brings back direct flights between Guayaquil and Madrid Published: Volume 4, Issue 21 Iberia resumed direct Madrid-Guayaquil operation With an Airbus A330-200 plane with capacity for 288 passengers, Iberia resumed its direct flights between Madrid and Guayaquil early Monday morning. The airline of Spanish origin chose a plane with a livery dedicated […]
Deaths, Cases And Positivity Rate Increase, Azuay Has Highest Rate Of Increase In Deaths
In Azuay province, the number of new cases of COVID-19 have continued to rise since the state of exception began on April 23rd—which has included two weekends of total confinement. From April 22nd to May 2, 2021, there have been 964 new cases of COVID-19 and 39 more deaths in the Azuay province. Azuay had […]
The question of a metro system in Guayaquil comes up yet again
The public transportation system is perhaps one of the most complex issues in a city, especially in Guayaquil, a congested city where the suffocating weather often does not help, and which also still has to deal with the bad habits ingrained in many drivers and even in the passengers themselves. On many occasions, citizens – […]
The best lived life
I just returned from the US yesterday. En route, I learned that my friend Jeff Salz had died of covid-19. I’m shocked and heartbroken. First let me say this: I am honored to have been able to call Jeff Salz my friend. He was a better man than me, and to have him...