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Ecuador announced July 21 that is establishing the Yasuní-Limoncocha-Cuyabeno environmental corridor. This large conservation area covers 173,000 hectares that connect three national reserves, ensuring the protection of a unique ecosystem in the world. The creation of...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del miércoles, 22/7) Dictan taller en Museo (Workshop at Museum) - The Museo Municipal de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero (Rafael María Arizaga y Luis Cordero) will hold a free workshop on making decorations with straw from el 27-31/7 from...
The bartender looked up, reached into the cooler without asking, and set a cold 330 ml bottle of Club and a small glass on Margaret's usual table. "The usual?" Margaret smiled. "Gracias." She came here once or twice a week, not because it served the best beer in...
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won the Tour de France's final mountain stage on Saturday, riding clear to victory in Alpe d'Huez after American Sepp Kuss crashed twice in the closing kilometres. The EF Education-EasyPost rider completed the 170.9-km route from Le...
By Jin Yu Young People in many countries around the world now view China more positively than they do the United States, a new international survey has found, in a significant reversal of public opinion that comes as the two superpowers increasingly vie for global...
As international weather forecasts increased the likelihood of a "major El Niño” from 90% to 97%, the National Emergency Operations Committee (COE) is warning commercial agricultural to prepare for financial losses. COE listed banana, rice and cocoa crops as the most...
By Gretchen Reynolds A single fall can define how we’ll age, representing a key “inflection point in later life,” according to a study of 2,454 men and women ages 65 or older, published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. About 20...
The Galapagos Islands begin for the foreign visitor with a two-hundred-dollar entry fee, a mandatory financial hurdle that effectively serves as a ticket to ride within the archipelago for anyone over the age of two and presumably keeps out the riff-raff like Charles...
By Jonathan Watts Indigenous leaders on the Brazilian-Peruvian border have said their communities are being “taken hostage” by organised crime groups who are running rampant across the region, destroying rainforest, building roads and trafficking drugs. Earlier this...
The war between the U.S. and Iran is good news for Ecuador. “The extra revenue the country is earning from high oil prices is a bonanza for the government,” according to energy analyst Jordan Andrade. “No one is saying publicly that they are for the war, of course,...
According to Ecuador's Trade Ministry, the trade agreement signed Friday with Canada means that 99.6% of Ecuadorian exports will enter Canada duty free. The agreement covers trade in goods and services, investment, e-commerce, labor, environmental issues, Indigenous...
By Ian Taylor How much of our lifespan is down to good genetics? The answer: over half, according to research published in 2026. That’s a lot – 55 per cent to be exact. Other, older studies have given widely varying estimates for the role of genetics. But if this...
By Aldo Romero Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the light will do: travel in a straight line from one point to another. That seems obvious, because in the world we see around us, light appears to follow a single, clear...
The National Anti-Corruption Commission is demanding the Attorney General's Office include Transport and Infrastructure Minister Roberto Luque and former Energy Minister Inés Manzano among those charged in the Progen electric generator scandal. Germán Rodas,...
By Garry Vatcher For those of us who have lived in Ecuador for a while, we know a familiar pattern: new processes and rules are introduced to solve a problem… but often end up creating new ones. And if we are patient enough, sometimes those changes are eventually...
By Kelli Frias and Deidre Popovich As healthcare costs continue to rise, more Americans are looking beyond their regular doctor’s office for care. Some travel to Mexico for prescriptions, routine visits or diagnostic tests. Others turn to telehealth companies that...
Events Agenda, Friday through Saturday 24/7 - 09:00 - Exposición - "Dimenciones Internas" by artist Gustavo López at the Galería de la Alcaldía. 20:00 - Concierto - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca with guest conductor José María Álvarez will perform works by Juan de...
By Daniel Jonas Roche Transportation Minister Roberto Luque announced Monday that the design of a consortium of five architectural firms has been chosen for the new National Museum in Quito. “We have a winner!” Luque said in a X post. “Today marks the beginning of a...
The half-dozen summers I spent operating farm machinery in Kent, I slept on a camp bed on a concrete floor in a hut with no windows worth mentioning. After work we foraged for firewood and cooked beans and sausages over an open hearth, showered with a hosepipe and a...
Nicaragua's long-serving president Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility of an electoral challenge when his term ends next year and further entrenching the rule he shares with his wife. Ortega, who...
Week of September 20
Ecuador turns to industrial power cuts to protect Mazar and keep homes from going dark.
Ecuador raises its 2026 growth forecast, but El Niño could spoil the outlook next year.
Cuenca retirees challenge medical and therapy changes at IESS senior center.
