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Jueves, 9/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica en Pumapungo (Symphony at Pumapungo) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca will start its 2025 season with the "Adagios Famosos" concert conducted by Augusto Carrión Rodas el viernes, 10/1 a las 20:00 in the Teatro...
By John Surico Almost every night, after he helps put his kid to bed, Joshua Blanton drives across his hometown of Ashland, Kentucky, to look at a roundabout. Five were installed along one of its main commercial stretches this year, replacing five stoplights and...
By Michael Rios and Stefano Pozzebon Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to attend a swearing-in ceremony on January 10 to begin...
Weather forecasters are predicting more rain into the weekend but say a drying trend could begin by Sunday. “We advise residents to take preventive measures for heavy to moderate rain in the next three to four days,” ETAPA meteorologist Lenin Alvarez warned Wednesday....
By Stephen Vargha One may be surprised to learn that three greenhorns from the United States are producing some of the best coffee in Ecuador as well as having a secluded and beautiful getaway. “People would be shocked to realize how little thought we put into it...
By Kelly Benthall When I was in my 40s, if you had told me I'd be writing this from Mauritius after months of traveling across Europe, I would have laughed. Back then, I had a more traditional view of retirement: I would work until 65, leave a nest egg for my kids,...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here; part two, click here....
Martes, 7/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Mateo, un artista emergente que 'trasciende las barreras' (Mateo, an emerging artist who 'transcends barriers') - Mateo López is a 24-year-old artist about to graduate in Visual Arts from the U. of Cuenca. His work is part...
Cynthia Gellibert, appointed vice president last week by President Daniel Noboa, will assume presidential duties from Thursday through Sunday while Noboa campaigns for reelection. In the presidential decree announcing Gellibert’s temporary appointment, Noboa said he...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here. The articles are...
By Alex Nabaum The words “retirement community” summon up images of easy chairs, overcooked food and endless daytime TV. Latitude Margaritaville, a community being built near Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, quickly disabuses these. “There was a toga party this...
Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo on Monday made a public apology to the relatives of the four Guayaquil boys who disappeared December 8. In his statement, he said the 16 soldiers involved in the “forced disappearance” of the boys would be punished based on the...
By Garry Vatcher We set up camp along the Pastaza River in the small river port and Achuar community of Copataza. Following our usual practice, we began by asking the community leaders for permission to enter. They already knew we were coming — our patient coordinator...
By Paul Theroux “Call this a govment! Why, just look at it and see what it’s like. … They call that govment! A man can’t get his rights in a govment like this. Sometimes I’ve a mighty notion to just leave the country. … Says I, for two cents I’d leave the blamed...
Domingo, 5/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Titular - EMOV EP lista para asumir la Revisión (EMOV EP ready to take over the Inspection) - As of el 20/1, the Revisión Técnica Vehicular (RTV - Technical Vehicle Inspection) will be taken over by the Empresa Municipal de Movilidad...
Ecuador is no longer the “most dangerous” country in Latin America and, in fact, does not even rank in the top 10 for 2024. According to the global Armed Conflict Data and Location Initiative (ACLED), Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Venezuela top to the new...
The traditional greetings of “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!” were spoken with an air of heightened reverence this year. An empty sky, many months long, weighed heavily on everyone, interrupting daily life throughout the country. Shopkeepers and small business...
Editor’s note: This is the first of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the Yunguilla Valley. The articles are reposted from C.P. James’ blog. By C.P....
Within a matter of weeks, Ecuador has transitioned from one of the worst droughts in its history to one of the rainiest periods in recent memory. December set a record for rainfall totals in Cuenca and January is beginning at a record-setting pace. The months-long...
By Will Freeman Donald Trump wants to roll back China’s growing footprint in Latin America. He isn’t above strong-arm tactics to do it. Just see his latest demand to reassume control of the Panama Canal, which a senior Trump appointee afterwards suggested was really...
