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By executive decree, President Daniel Noboa has ordered the 15% IVA reduced to 8% during the four-day Cuenca holidays, November 1 to 4. The holidays, the longest on Ecuador's calendar, combine All Souls Day with the observance of Cuenca's independence from Spain. The...
By Stephen Vargha It appears that the neighborhood, El Vergel, has become the hotspot for restaurants. “Ten years ago, it was the area of Gran Colombia and Av. de las Américas,” said Luis Maldonado. “Then it was Remigio Crespo Toral. And now, it is El Vergel.”...
By Julie TurkewitzAna Ionova and José María León Cabrera Electricity cuts across an entire nation. A capital rationing water. A mayor encouraging people to shower together to save precious drops. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30...
Domingo, 20/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - El Discovery tiene 14 juegos mecánicos y ferias paralelas (Discovery has 14 mechanical games and parallel fairs) - Fairs and entertainment spaces have already started in Cuenca for its 204th Independence celebration. One...
By Liam Higgins Although energy experts don't blame President Daniel Noboa for Ecuador's electricity crisis, all agree he has done a poor job managing it. "From the beginning his approach has been one of neglect that has been made worse by terrible communication to...
By Daren Parker The energy transition in its current form, as a grid-scale build out of wind and solar with the goal to replace oil, coal, and gas, is probably one of the greatest mistakes that humanity has ever made, German-listed commodity company HMS Bergbau Group...
It's hard to complain about beautiful weather, but that's what energy and weather experts were doing Friday and Saturday. "Yes, it's a pretty day out there today but that's exactly what we don't need," said Frank Gomez, a forecaster with the National Meteorology...
By Christopher Lux In a June ceremony in Gualaceo the art of ikat weaving was officially recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage. According to anthropologists, the practice predates both the Spanish and Inca in southern Ecuador. Ikat is a...
By Jamie Friedlander Serrano Bill Gates is known for his solitary “think weeks.” The painter Georgia O’Keeffe often spent days alone walking and working at her ranch in New Mexico. And the poet Emily Dickinson wrote often about the revelations that can come from time...
By Dave Sherwood, Marianna Parraga Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed Friday after the island's major power plants failed, Cuba's energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout. The Communist-run government earlier in the day closed schools...
Periods of daily electric blackouts for residential customers will drop to eight hours next week, to six hours the week of October 28 and to four hours the week of November 6. To offset the cuts, President Daniel Noboa said that mining operations will be required to...
Jueves, 17/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Católogo de Bienal (Biennial Catalog) - The Fundación Municipal Bienal de Cuenca announced the launch of the catalog for the 16th edition of the Bienal, titled "Quizá mañana." (Maybe tomorrow. <Sounds like the answer...
Author’s note: Welcome to ‘The Executive Lunch in Ecuador: A Closer Look at Almuerzo Culture’ where we dive into what makes Ecuadorian Almuerzo special — especially for those in their golden years living in or around Cuenca. If you’re an expat or a senior, retiree, or...
SUMA party president Guillermo Celi is accusing the Daniel Noboa presidential campaign of “dirty tricks” for attempting to disqualify Jan Topic, the party’s candidate. “The Electoral Council (CNE) has unanimously rejected the claims against our candidate and now...
Ecuador’s former director of Army Intelligence Mario Pazmiño says President Daniel Noboa’s claim that there are 2,000 hectares of coca production near the Colombian border was “hasty and lacked solid evidence.” In a Tuesday video, Noboa said the armed forces were in...
By Allie Yang We often think of smoking and drinking when it comes to addiction — but there’s another compulsion affecting as many as 14 percent of adults and even 12 percent of kids: food addiction. Indulgent dishes enticing us with fat and sugar can feel impossible...
By Jackie Laughlin Ecuador: Home of the bucket-list-worthy Galapagos islands, a volcanic archipelago visited by nearly 200,000 tourists per year, where Charles Darwin famously collected his data to form his theory of evolution. That’s Ecuador, right? Not exactly. The...
President Daniel Noboa announced Tuesday that he is eliminating the electricity subsidy for mining companies. On his X account, the president said: “It is incongruous and unfair to offer a subsidy to mining companies since subsidies should go only to those who need...
Martes, 15/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Listo VII Festival de Cine Cámara Lúcida (VII Camera Lucida Film Festival is ready) - The VII Festival Internacional de Cine Cámera Lúcida will be in Cuenca from el 16-31/10 with 25 previously unscreened works from...
By Audrey Garric There’s alarming news on the climate front: land carbon sinks, made up of forests and soils, fell massively in 2023. They captured very little CO2, due to the effects of gigantic fires and long, repeated droughts. If such a decline were to continue,...
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.
