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Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 6/7) Experiencia sensorial se vive en Museo del Cacao (A Sensory Experience at the Museo del Cacao) - The Museo del Cacao offers a immersive experience centered in chocolate tasting, sampling, and a tour of the chocolate-making...
By Jason Mustian There's an age, somewhere in the sixties, when a person begins to notice they've become harder to see. A hand reaches past them at the pharmacy shelf, for the exact thing they were about to pick up, as if the space they're standing in were empty. They...
When a person goes missing, their relatives usually contact the police, hospitals or even the morgue. In the Ecuadoran port city of Guayaquil, a major hub in the international cocaine trade, the first instinct of many families is to search the Death Canal. Since 2023,...
By Elda Cantú I have been speaking Spanish for over 40 years, and practically every day I learn a new word, an unfamiliar meaning or a new slang term. I grew up on the border between Mexico and Texas, where a gallon container is called a yoga — after the English jug,...
Prosecutors are asking judges to sentence former president Lenin Moreno to six years and six months in prison for receiving bribes from Chinese contractor Sinohydro. In the trial's closing arguments Wednesday, prosecutor Carlos Alarcón claimed “it was clear beyond a...
By Drew Wood A $2,000-a-month retirement in Ecuador is not a fantasy, but it is not a blank check either. It works best for someone who chooses the right city, keeps housing modest, has a plan for the years before Social Security begins, and understands that visa...
By Evelyn Blackwell Sadhguru, the yoga master turned social media celebrity with over 8.6 million Instagram followers, says his philosophy is to always feel “blissed out” — adding that adopting this mindset might change your feelings about needing a luxurious...
By David Lawder The International Monetary Fund cut its growth outlook on Tuesday due to Middle East war-driven energy price spikes but said the world was already drifting toward a more adverse scenario with much-weaker growth as Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions...
Azuay Province Governor Xavier Bermúdez says the “security situation is improving” in Cuenca as a result of the work of National Police and citizen involvement. “This was already one of the safest cities in the country and the region and this year it has become even...
I am Frances Hogg Lochow, president of Corazónes de Oro/Hearts of Gold. Our foundation primarily helps women, children and disabled persons. Recently, I met with Maria Cabrera, the warden of the women’s prison, CPL No. 2, Azogues Carcel Cañar, with a request on behalf...
The other day I was sitting in Parque Calderón watching a group of teenage girls taking selfies beside the cathedral while an abuelita marched past submerged under a sack of potatoes. It occurred to me that a surprising number of young American women now look at...
By David Nield The world's population is shifting. We're living longer than ever before, with elderly people taking up a greater proportion of the people on the planet. And yet those extra years aren't necessarily being enjoyed in good health. So how do these shifts...
Cuenca interim Mayor Marisol Peñaloza has asked for the resignation of at least seven city officials as part of and her ongoing “evaluation process." In her order, she said those being evaluated will not necessarily lose their job. “We are looking at the job...
Dozens of European lawmakers have announced support for launching an investigation in the European Parliament of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino over his involvement in the decision to permit U.S. striker Folarin Balogun to play despite receiving a red card in his last...
Daily rituals in Cuenca rarely begin with dramatic moments. Most expats discover they belong through ordinary routines that quietly become part of someone else's day. Long before they think of themselves as locals, someone else has already started treating them that...
Riley, an Airedale Terrier, was my trusted companion for sixteen years. I no longer mourn his passing that ended many years ago, but every now and then about this time of year, a whisper of melancholia will brush my cheek, reminding me of a dog who was once my best...
By Tiffany Hsu In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every front. The MAGA right, with Elon Musk at the fore, is slinging accusations of political bias and antisemitism and has even...
Rescue workers continue their search for eight missing residents of the Cantzama and Santa Isabel communities in Zamora Chinchipe Province following flooding of the Zamora River early Saturday. Among the missing are Zamora Chinchipe Governor Ivonne Panchi and two...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del domingo, 5/7) Casa Museo La Condamine (La Condomine House Museum) - Manuel Valle Chávez and his son, Matías, administer La Condomine House Museum in the traditional barrio of El Vado. It is a family business that started when Manuel was a...
Every July 4th I find myself with a slightly uncomfortable question. Exactly what is it that Americans celebrate other than fireworks, barbecues and watermelons? The easy answer is freedom, but the harder answer is freedom for whom and from what? Growing up in...
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.
