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Lunes, 22/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 20/7 (1 article): Una ruta turística en 'bici' (A tourist route by bike) - Among the various ways to explore Cuenca, doing it by bike is a different experience and for some, unique. Juan Manuel...
By Gil Ramos Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the beaches at Jambelí and Bajo Alto and the malecón at Puerto Bolívar were crowded with weekend tourists. “A few years ago, the area in front of me was crowded with people from Cuenca, Loja and even Guayaquil, but look at it...
By Kelly Beaucar Vlahos A top U.S. military general wants a "Marshall Plan" for Latin America but is likely more concerned about China's encroachment into America's backyard with "dual use" infrastructure than about what poor people in the Global South actually need....
By Tomas Morfin Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday he had been "scared" by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro's warning of a "bloodbath" if he loses elections on Sunday. "I was scared by Maduro's statements that if he loses the election there...
Vice President Verónica Abad said Friday she will open a dialog with the Mexican government if she assumes the presidency while President Daniel Noboa campaigns for reelection. She called Noboa’s decision to raid the Mexican embassy in April to capture former vice...
By the Cleveland Clinic Let’s face it: Added sugar really isn’t great for your health. An occasional indulgence is understandable. Added sugars are pervasive in our food supply, and a life of over-restriction and denial isn’t sustainable or realistic for a lot of...
By Saleem H. Ali On August 1, Ecuador will double the entry fee for tourists visiting the islands in an effort to mitigate pressures on this unique assemblage of ecosystems. The allure of the Galapagos Islands as the cradle of Darwin's insights on natural selection...
Viernes, 19/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - IESS: afiliados sin medicinas (IESS: members without medicines) - The "José Carrasco Arteaga" IESS Hospital is going through a crisis marked by accusations of corruption, a scarcity of medications, and a lack of supplies. In...
Editor’s note: The following is a sample of Cuencano opinions about English-speaking expats living in Cuenca. They were compiled by University of Cuenca graduate student Silvia Lara for a research project about immigration. The comments were translated into English by...
By Bill Francis With its idyllic, hotel-dotted coast, Ecuador's beach town of Salinas is the setting of a brutal war that most tourists never get to see. Here, gangs forcefully enlist fishermen in drug trafficking -- a scourge that has transformed this once peaceful...
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A wildfire in the Pichanillas sector of the Yunguilla valley has consumed more than 300 hectares of vegetation, firefighters reported Thursday night. Earlier in the day, a risk management official in Girón reported the fire was 90% contained but later revised the...
The environmental group Ecoagents claims that more than 70% of the plastic pollution in the Galápagos Islands is dumped from Chinese fishing vessels that crowd protected waters the islands. The group claims that about 160 tons of plastic waste washes onto Galápagos...
By Florantonia Singer Venezuelan security forces have also reinforced their crackdown on the opposition in the first 10 days of the presidential election, with 71 arrests registered among supporters of Edmundo González Urrutia who is running against President Nicolas...
National Assemblyman Adrian Castro said Wednesday that the sale and purchase of a hotel north of Cuenca’s historic district is a “smoking gun” in the larger IESS hospital scandal, “Look at the numbers and there is no doubt these transactions illegally enriched the...
Miércoles, 17/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Escenario listo para 'batalla' tradicional (Stage set for traditional 'battle') - On el 21/7 las 14:00, the "Batalla de Moros y Cristianos" will be recreated in the estadio in the El Bélen sector of Gualaceo Canton....
By Anastasia Austin Last week a judge in Ecuador sentenced five people convicted in the high-profile 2023 murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, but there is still no clarity as to who ordered the killing and why. On July 12, a court in Pichincha...
By Steven Levy Ray Kurzweil rejects death. The 76-year-old scientist and engineer has spent much of his time on earth arguing that humans can not only take advantage of yet-to-be-invented medical advances to live longer, but also ultimately merge with machines, become...
The Agency for Quality Assurance of Health Services (ACESS) opened an investigation Tuesday into the death of a newborn baby at a private Cuenca hospital. The agency is also questioning the hospital’s refusal to release the baby, who was in critical condition at...
By Douwe den Held According to the latest report on drugs by the European Union, part of cocaine production has been transferred from Latin America to Europe. To a large extent, this is because criminal groups explore new methods of trafficking and the authorities...
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.
