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Author’s note: The is the first of a multi-part series about medical marijuana. By Garnett Stewart My elder brother truly embraced the 1960s. I was a 70s girl. He used drugs, and I witnessed firsthand the impacts of cocaine, amphetamine, marijuana, and even LSD. The fact that I was repulsed by what had occurred in...
Author’s note: This is the second of a 3-part series. Following our First Face of Freedom, Freedom from the Past, our second is integrally connected to the first. Essentially an unhealed past requires a future. This is the ego at work, where denial and projection are the fundamental defensive tools it uses. A case in...
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police. A chilling video posted by bystanders on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a disheveled elderly man apparently frustrated with the logjam trying to force the protestors to...
Author’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about diabetes. Part 1 offered a basic overview of the disease and its different types. Part 2 discussed ways to control it with pills, diet and exercise. Part 3 explored new ideas about ways to control diabetes. By Garnett Stewart This topic has been difficult to explain without utilizing...
Sporadic rains have delayed water rationing in Cuenca but the director of city utilities says it could be coming soon. “The rains in the last two weeks have helped and we have been able to defer the water cutoffs but we remain, however, in a low water crisis at our reservoirs,” says ETAPA General Manager...
Author’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about diabetes. Part 1 offered a basic overview of the disease and its different types. Part 2 discussed ways to control it with pills, diet and exercise.  By Garnett Stewart Home monitoring is very crucial. Every diabetic needs a glucometer, test strips, and lancets. A new setup...
By John Olson Azuay Community Theater, Cuenca’s English-language theater company, introduces a number of firsts for its 2023-24 season, opening on November 8. For the first time, the company will present a season of six plays – all in their new El Centro home at Antonio Vega Muñoz 14-46 between Coronel Tálbot and Estévez de...
By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal said on Monday it has suspended the results of an opposition presidential primary that took place this month, despite an electoral deal between the government and the opposition that allows each side to choose its candidate. The ruling could risk the wrath of the United...
As Ecuadorians begin the second day of electricity blackouts, President Guillermo Lasso acknowledged public anger on Friday. He urged patience and understanding of the “extreme weather conditions” that have reduced power generation at the country’s hydro-electric facilities. (For the schedule of Saturday blackouts in Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago Provinces, click here.) “I completely understand...
Ecuador’s National Institute of Statistics and Census reported Tuesday that labor informality continues to grow in the country. INEC claims that 54.4% of Ecuadorians work in the informal sector, which means they do not contribute to the Social Security system or pay income taxes. The figure is a 2.3% rise from the same period of...
Although it received little attention during the recent presidential campaign, Ecuador’s new government will be forced to reckon with the contentious issue of fuel subsidies. “This has been swept under the rug by governments for 30 years but the cost has become so massive it cannot ignored for much longer,” says former Finance Ministry deputy...
President-elect Daniel Noboa and President Guillermo Lasso met Tuesday in what both say is the beginning the transition between the two governments. The two men held a private two-hour meeting that included current and future cabinet members. “This was very constructive,” Noboa said after the meeting. “I need all the information I can get to...

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Week of March 24

“They are pressuring me to resign so they can remove me from office,” denounced Verónica Abad, Vice President of the Republic.

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Ecuador Navigates Economic Challenges with IMF Agreement Looming.

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“Since when does thinking differently mean being a traitor?” Pierina Correa questions in reference to the Tourism Law.

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