by Michael Soares | Feb 20, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 30
There’s an expression that we’ve all heard that has more meaning for me now than ever before in my life. It’s “watching from the sidelines.” I was never a person who did much of that. I was always in the mix of things and never really had an off button. Whether...
by Jonathan | Feb 20, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 30
Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) At noon on Tuesday, at General Torres and Pío Bravo, paramedics of the Fire Department provided first aid to a 55-year-old citizen who was attacked by two criminals who were riding on a motorcycle. The first responders...
by Jonathan | Feb 20, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 30
Gabriela Vázquez is one of the few scientists in the city. She is in charge of the water laboratory of the University of Cuenca, and among her aspirations is that more women occupy technical positions and break the gender stereotypes in the academic, scientific and...
by Jonathan | Feb 20, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 30
Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world to defend human and environmental rights. Last year the region registered 200 of the 304 murders documented globally by the NGO Front Line Defenders (FLD). According to the report “Global Analysis 2019,” released...
by Jonathan | Feb 20, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 30
The labor reform, one of the legal projects that the national government has argued needs to be implemented “urgently,” seems to have remain in limbo. There is no date set for submission of the reform to the Assembly and time may be running out. Government authorities...