by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered how 98.6° Fahrenheit or 37° Centigrade became “normal” body temperature? In the 1850’s, a German physician named Carl Wunderlich collected data on 25,000 patients, taking their temperature multiple times. Wunderlich was the first to show how the...
by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
As in most other Latin American countries, you can buy opioids over the counter in drug stores in Cuenca. A 20-count box of two brands of synthetic opioids costs between $6 and $10, depending on the pharmacy at which it’s purchased. Some opioids are available over the...
by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ecuador’s foreign ministry declared a state of emergency on the country’s northern border Wednesday as thousands of Venezuelans wait to be processed on the Colombian side. “The flow into the country has reached 4,200 people a day and we cannot handle more without...
by Jonathan | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Workers, clients, and authorities are celebrating the 65th birthday of Cuenca’s Diez de Agosto market. Organized by the office of the Cuenca market director, 600 vendors (in all the areas of the market), stopped their work for a few minutes to dance and sing along...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Cultural Municipal Direction started a project called ‘Nómadas: Rutas Cultures’ (Nomads: cultural routes) to promote the cultural and ancestral richness of Cuenca, creating three new touristic routes. The three new routes include: Cultural routes to the ancestral...