by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Claims of “fake” olive oil abound, but the reality of olive oil fraud in U.S. retail is a bit complicated. Purity problems—that is, the adulteration of olive oil with seed oils like soybean or canola, or refined olive oil added to extra virgin olive oil—are rare. Far...
by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Salesian Polytechnic University (UPS) of Cuenca has implemented a program called “Support Technology for Educational Inclusion.” It involves devloping artificial intelligence robots that can help in the education of children with special needs. The value of each...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Since 2014, a team of local ETAPA employees together with researchers from the University of Cuenca, has carried out a study in the Cajas National Park on the morphology of the bodies of water that exist in the protected area. In the Cajas Massif—the fifth biosphere...
by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cuenca resident Franny Hogg Lochow is one of those individuals, who finds time between writing books and mentoring other writers to give back to the community through pro-active fundraising, organizing events, producing art projects in support of undertakings, and...
by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, January 9th marked the 19th anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. dollar as Ecuador’s national currency. On January 9, 2000 President Jamil Mahuad announced that the country would end the use of the sucre, which at the time suffered Latin America’s...