News
Rescue efforts turn to recovery in Alausí while a new landslide alert is issued in the Yunguilla valley
The death toll from Sunday’s landslide in Alausí rose to 24 Friday as rescue crews say they have little hope of finding more survivors in the 24-hectare rubble field. In addition to the dead, 39 people are listed as injured with 67 still missing. According to the Risk Management Secretariat, the...
On the scene in Alausí, Cuenca’s Hogar de Esperanza asks expats to help the landslide victims
By Gary Vatcher During the evening of last Sunday, as the earth started to slide in Alausí, no one expected such a tragedy. With more than 2,000 people affected and 67 still missing, the country has come together to help. People have lost their homes, their livelihood and some have lost their...
Airbnb owners targeted by the IRS; Local tourism sector worries about poor connectivity; Time for fanesca; Coastal hospital directors are murdered
Viernes, 31/3/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Lasso 'dará la cara' en juicio ante Asamblea (Lasso 'will 'show his face' in trial before Assembly) - See today's article (viernes) in CHL for story. Cuenca - Preocupado sector turístico se alista para recibir feriado (Concerned tourism...
Lasso vows a fight for his personal integrity in trial; Death cross is the ‘elephant in the room’
Proclaiming his innocence, President Guillermo Lasso said Thursday night he believes he can “overcome and prevail” in the National Assembly’s impeachment trial. Accompanied by his wife, María de Lourdes Alcívar, Lasso said he can prove he did not commit extortion or embezzlement in a contract with...
South America’s top five retirement cities offer low cost of living, good health care and air connectivity
By Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy If your dream is to retire somewhere exotic and where your retirement savings will go the furthest, South America is a good option to consider. With a vast array of cultures, landscapes and history, there is something for everyone. Here are some of the best cities in South...
Airlines add flights to Medellín and Cartagena and are considering Cuenca routes to Peru
The Chilean-based airline Latam and Colombian-based Avianca are increasing air routes between Colombia and Ecuador this week, connecting Guayaquil with Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena, and Quito with Medellín. In addition, Latam announced it is considering adding flights from Cuenca to Peru...
Where can you donate to landslide victims?; Quake victims need help too; Holy week concerts feature Handel and Haydn; Clowns in the parks
Miércoles, 29/3/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Dos conciertos por Semana Santa (2 concerts for Holy Week) - <Foodies, don't confuse this with Holey Week which is a celebration of Swiss cheese.> The Conservatorio Superior José María Rodríguez chorus, directed y María Eugenia Arias, will...
Constitutional Court approves National Assembly impeachment trial; Lasso has three options
As expected, Ecuador's Constitutional Court approved the National Assembly’s petition to begin impeachment proceedings against President Guillermo Lasso. In a six to three vote Wednesday night, the judges agreed that allegations of embezzlement involving public companies justify a trial. In its...
Our first responders are heroes everyday, in Ecuador and around the world
By Jan Dynes Ecuador had an earthquake two weeks ago. Our rescue teams were kept very busy in everyplace affected, although I think here in Cuenca that many citizens also leaped into action and helped as well. This is a country where everyone helps their neighbors. I have seen it in action and...
More bodies recovered from the Alausí landslide but the number of missing continues to grow
As residents of Alausí joined the search for survivors at the site of Sunday’s landslide, officials say it is unlikely more will be found. A 13-year-old girl and a young man were pulled alive from the rubble on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday four more bodies were recovered and taken to the...
Concerns about the ‘death cross’ grow in the National Assembly as the Constitutional Court appears likely to okay an impeachment trial
As the likelihood the Constitutional Court will green-light an impeachment trial against President Guillermo Lasso grows, members of the National Assembly acknowledged Tuesday that they could soon be without a job if Lasso invokes the muerte cruzada, or death cross. If the death cross is called,...
Area’s worst natural disaster remembered on the 30th anniversary of the Josefina landslide and flood
By Sylvan Hardy As they do every year, a small group will gather Wednesday on the banks of the Rio Paute, near the town of Paute, to remember those killed 30 years ago in what has become known simply as the Josefina Disaster, a giant landslide that blocked the Rio Paute. The blockage created what...
Expat Life
On the scene in Alausí, Cuenca’s Hogar de Esperanza asks expats to help the landslide victims
By Gary Vatcher During the evening of last Sunday, as the earth started to slide in Alausí, no one expected such a...
South America’s top five retirement cities offer low cost of living, good health care and air connectivity
By Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy If your dream is to retire somewhere exotic and where your retirement savings will go the...
Our first responders are heroes everyday, in Ecuador and around the world
By Jan Dynes Ecuador had an earthquake two weeks ago. Our rescue teams were kept very busy in everyplace affected,...
Acts of kindness and generosity nourish the soul: Do your part to help those in need
As bewildering as it may be, I am occasionally confronted by expats right here in Cuenca who are spiteful. Some...
Health News
Study helps explain ayahuasca’s effect on human brain functions, including the imagination
By Ian Sample The brew is so potent that practitioners report not only powerful hallucinations, but near-death...
Publisher says anti-maskers misrepresent study
By Bruce Y. Lee Recently, Cochrane Review published a study that some have claimed as evidence that face masks don’t...
Opinion
Down with the uplifters!
By H.L. Mencken Of all the varieties of men, the one who is least comprehensible to me is the fellow who immolates...
Is U.S. support for Lasso a strategic mistake?
By Luis Ortiz In the nearly two years since Guillermo Lasso, a millionaire and conservative banker, won the presidency...
We’re headed to a world where a wall-sized TV costs $100 while a college education costs a million
By Marc Andreessen Fears about new technology replacing human labor and causing overall unemployment have raged across...
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