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By Calvin Spinks Ecuador owes Clemente Yerovi Indaburo a debt of gratitude for establishing the original "Banana Republic," and making the country number one in banana exports. Between 1948 and 1950, Yerovi served as Minister of Economy in the government of President...
By Ana Teresa Solá Americans who move abroad still have a responsibility to file their taxes with the IRS, sometimes in addition to taxes paid in their place of residence. Unsurprisingly, the thought of renouncing their U.S. citizenship may have crossed their minds at...
Former interior minister José Serrano claims that the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was ordered by the Albanian drug mafia working with the Los Lobos gang. “The order came from the top, from [Dritan] Rexhepi, and the investigation should be...
Author’s note: This is the second of a 3-part series. Following our First Face of Freedom, Freedom from the Past, our second is integrally connected to the first. Essentially an unhealed past requires a future. This is the ego at work, where denial and projection are...
The three leading parties in Ecuador’s National Assembly, Citizens Revolution, National Democratic Action and the Social Christians, have agreed to support Henry Kronfle as Assembly President. Kronfle, a Social Democrat, was the leading candidate for the post...
Lunes, 13/11/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 11/11 (1 article): Dinosaurios 'reviven' en el cantón Paute (Dinosaurs 'revive' in Paute Canton) - About 40 km. northeast of Cuenca is the new "Jurassic Paute" in the Pirincay sector of Paute....
By Leah Worthington So, you splurged on a carton of raspberries yesterday, and already they’re starting to look a little…fuzzy. But it would be such a waste to throw them out — maybe you can just pick out the moldy ones? Not so fast. As innocuous as a few dusty...
By Liam Higgins Ecuadorian and Albanian authorities believe Thursday's murder of an Albanian man in Guayaquil is related to the arrest two days earlier in Istanbul, Turkey of Dristan Rexhepi, known as the "Cocaine King of Europe." Arjanit Rizaj was shot in the head...
By Leita Hulmes Dear Hearts of Gold Community: I hope this finds you doing well! I am writing this on behalf of the entire team and supporters of Hearts of Gold. No, it's not a request for donation this time. I am quite sad that I have to talk about this, but we very...
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police. A chilling video posted by bystanders on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a disheveled elderly...
A series of police traffic stops Wednesday, Thursday and Friday has resulted in the confiscation of 73 motorcycles and the arrest of four men wanted for robberies and assaults. “This is just the beginning of a campaign to get unregistered motorcycles and thieves off...
Miércoles, 10/11/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - Concierto - 10/11, 20:00 - Cumbia sinfónica - Plaza de El Otorongo. Teatro - 11/11, 11:00 - Chúa Fest - San Francisco. Encuentro - 12/11, 10:00 - Ultimate Frisbee - Complejo Deportivo La Gloria....
Author’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about diabetes. Part 1 offered a basic overview of the disease and its different types. Part 2 discussed ways to control it with pills, diet and exercise. Part 3 explored new ideas about ways to control diabetes....
Sporadic rains have delayed water rationing in Cuenca but the director of city utilities says it could be coming soon. “The rains in the last two weeks have helped and we have been able to defer the water cutoffs but we remain, however, in a low water crisis at our...
By Rob McFarland "Just relax," says Carlos, our snorkelling guide. Easier said than done when you're about to be plunged into a cave full of sharks. I take a deep breath and he guides me underwater into a murky, sand-bottomed hollow where I come face-to-fin with a...
By Dave Sherwood Cuban Idalberto Echavarria maneuvered his wife Olga in a wheelchair to the front of the line at Terminal 2 of Havana's airport, dodging luggage and a sea of people bidding farewell to friends and family. The crowded terminal, a launch point for Cubans...
President Guillermo Lasso repeated his pledge Wednesday that electrical blackouts will end before Christmas. “We are evaluating the power situation and believe all rationing will end by mid-December and probably earlier,” he said. He said additional electricity is...
Miércoles, 8/11/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Obra reaviva diálogo sobre migración (Play revives dialogue about migration) - "El Ángel," created by the Lumínile theater company will premier el jueves, 9/11 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. The intention of the...
By Erin Snodgrass A sunken Spanish warship that lay undiscovered at the bottom of the ocean for nearly three centuries is spurring a modern-day legal battle over who has the rights to its antique treasures worth billions of dollars. The San José galleon, which sank...
By Sylvan Hardy “The biggest tourism event in Cuenca history.” That’s what city tourism experts are calling the four-day independence holiday weekend that ended Sunday. “We were expecting about 150,000 people from out of town but we had 250,000 or 260,000,” said...
