by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
A recent study in The Lancet [August 23, 2018] examining alcohol use and its connection to alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused a splash when it declared that “the risk of all-cause mortality, and of cancers specifically, rises with...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
During the commemoration of Cuenca’s 198th independence Saturday, President Lenin Moreno said funds were forthcoming to build a new stadium, upgrade water treatment projects and to assist the city’s poor population. In addition, he said the government would provide...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The government of Ecuador has signed a new protocol for the protection of uprooted children, including those arriving from Venezuela. Led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility and the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion, the “Protocol for the...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jerry Gilliam has lived in seven countries in 27 years and calls himself a “student of innocence abroad and the lack thereof.” Gilliam, who currently lives and blogs in Singapore, is working on a book about his experiences living overseas that will include a chapter...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
The government of Ecuador is facing a lawsuit this week for giving mining companies exploration rights to a protected forest in one of the country’s most biodiverse regions without local consultation. Brought by the town of Cotacachi in northern Ecuador, the lawsuit...
