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Bored? - (De El Mercurio del miércoles, 14/11) "Cuenca Pet 2026", feria lista para próximo mes ("Cuenca Pet 2026," a feria set for next month) - The "Cuenca Pet 2026" fair, which seeks to promote animal welfare and responsible pet ownership, will be held next 14/11...
Former Energy Minister Fernando Santos claims the current energy crisis could have been avoided if the Noboa government had followed through on projects approved and funded by the outgoing Lasso administration. “These projects were ready to be executed in 2023 and...
By Sean Doherty Ecuador’s militarized organized crime crackdown on gangs has failed to translate into a sustained reduction in violence. Three years in, President Daniel Noboa’s government is now making tentative moves toward a more holistic approach while at the same...
The water level of the Mazar hydroelectric complex reservoir continues to drop, losing almost three meters in three days since late Tuesday. On Friday morning, the reservoir was eight meters above the minimum operational level of 2,115 meters above sea level. The...
By Kevin Koenig In 2013, in a drab downtown Houston, Texas hotel conference room, the Ecuadorian government held a briefing for energy investors on the “incredible opportunity” that oil blocks in the country’s southern Amazon represented. But the scene outside said...
Once upon a time, a young man of humble upbringing discovered that his father was a prince, and that royal blood had been flowing through his veins all along. In a story by the Brothers Grimm, the truth might have been revealed by an enchanted mirror, a talking frog...
President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday that a new curfew would be imposed in coastal provinces from Nov. 1 to 10 as part of special security operations aimed at combating organized crime. The curfew will apply to Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas...
Hours after the government ordered 9,000 companies to disconnect from the power grid for seven days it cancelled the order, claiming its release was an "error." On Wednesday night, Public Administration Secretary José Julio Neira said companies should follow the...
By Joseph Arangio How fast you walk may reveal how well you’re aging—and even offer clues about how long you might live. A JAMA analysis of 34,485 adults ages 65 and older found that faster usual walking speed was associated with longer survival. For every...
Ecuador’s National Electricity Operator (Cenace) ordered blackouts in several regions of the country Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. In a message to electricity distributors, Cenace blamed power interruptions on “low water conditions” at hydroelectric plants,...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 12/10) Se levanta Uzhupud Sky Garden en Paute (Uzhupud Sky Garden being built in Paute) - Uzhupud Sky Garden will include 40,000 plants in a 14-story residential edificio in the La Higuera sector at km. 21 on the vía Cuenca-Paute....
By Christoph Wackher The pension bar, showing the minimum income residency visa applicants must have, moves every January, and last October’s reform of the migration law matters to people already living here, not only to newcomers. Much of what circulates about the...
The Cornell 7 story that has been roiling the media in the US reached my screen in Cuenca with most of the verdict apparently a foregone conclusion. The media story included seven fraternity brothers, a young woman, booze, illegal drugs, a gang rape, and a posh...
By Abby Pender William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, alias “Willy,” the alleged leader of the Tiguerones, one of the most powerful gangs in Ecuador and a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), is living free in Spain, despite still being pursued by...
Education Minister Gilda Alcíva is insisting that the University of Cuenca fire a professor who joined a student protest October 7 during a visit by President Daniel Noboa. According to a university administrator, the government is also considering cancelling the...
Tom and Elaine watch the rain in Cuenca. But while their lights stay on, Ecuador is ordering factories to disconnect from the electricity grid. What does that tell us about the country's power supply? Rain was beating against the windows hard enough that Tom had...
The Cuban government is pushing ahead with its plans to transition to renewable energy, amid a de facto oil blockade from the United States that has strangled the island's economy. In an interview with the Reuters news agency on Monday, Cuban Minister of Energy and...
Ecuador business leaders are telling President Daniel Noboa “enough is enough.” As 9,000 large electricity users, almost all of them commercial operations, begin a week faced with three days of power blackouts, many business officials are demanding the government...
A power plant usually has a dam, a turbine or a chimney. In the chilly New England state of Vermont, one increasingly looks like somebody’s house or apartment. The American state has been installing batteries in homes whose owners are tired of losing electricity...
by Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, (NHLBI) about 1 in 3 American adults has metabolic syndrome. While the exact causes of metabolic syndrome are unclear, recent research suggests that chronic inflammation may...
