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Diego arrived at the bus station nearly an hour before the scheduled 5 a.m. departure. He was too nervous to sleep. His entire family joined him, but only as far as the floodlit parking lot, and only long enough to offer words of encouragement to sustain him. He alone...
By Sylvan Hardy Cuenca's expatriate community is changing before our eyes, growing in size and becoming more multicultural. That’s the assessment of University of Edinburgh researcher Calvin Evans, currently in town conducting interviews. “The changes are happening...
Viernes, 9/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del jueves - 8/6 (3 articles): Calles peatonales por la fiesta del Corpus Cristi (Pedestrian streets for the Corpus Christi festival) - During the Corpus festivities until el 15/6, streets bounding Parque...
The colorful life of Ecuador’s former President León Febres-Cordero is being adapted for a feature biopic by his grandson, producer James León of 8th Gear Entertainment. Ted Field (Jumanji, Chronicles of Riddick franchises) will produce the film alongside Leon, with...
With the official announcement Thursday that the El Niño weather phenomenon has begun, Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat issued a yellow alert for 143 cantons and 439 parishes it considers vulnerable to flooding. In its announcement, the United States Oceanic and...
By Ryan Grim Leftist leaders from around the world warned in a letter Wednesday that “a soft coup” is underway in Colombia, accusing the country’s opposition of illegally working to remove President Gustavo Petro and many of his key allies from power. The letter is...
By Carol E. Leutner When I was working on my Masters in Business Administration at the University of New Mexico some decades ago, I was required to take a course in economics. This was fine with me. Politicians were beginning to blame all of the country’s ills on the...
Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora and Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret are among local government officials and business leaders who are demanding to know why area highways remain in poor repair. The group is demanding a meeting within 15 days with...
Miércoles, 7/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Clases, en la Sierra, iniciarán en agosto (Classes in the Sierra will start in August) - On 22/6, schools will finish their 200 days of academic activities and end the scholastic year in the Sierra and Amazonia. There will...
By Matthew Cappucci A developing El Niño is already dramatically influencing Earth’s weather, scrambling precipitation patterns and boosting temperatures higher and higher. Forecasters say it’s only a matter of time before El Niño’s arrival is official, and there is...
The magnitude of the weekend floods in Esmeraldas continues to grow as more rain fell on the area Tuesday. “This is a disaster of almost unimaginable dimensions, affecting thousands and thousands of families,” President Guillermo Lasso said Monday following a...
By Garry Vatcher Foundation Hogar de Esperanza has been visiting Alausí to bring support since the landslide on March 26 that devastated this close-knit community. On the last few trips, we wanted to see how the disaster affected those in the community and hear some...
By Kenny Stancil A report published Monday reveals how multilateral development banks' financing of factory farms has unleashed significant social and ecological harm in Ecuador, and civil society groups say the banks' failure to consult or compensate affected...
Lunes, 8/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del sábado, 3/6 (3 articles): OFF, una galería cuencana de arte para el mundo (OFF, a Cuencanan art gallery for the world) - The 3 story gallery is a space for contemporary art located on av. 10 de Agosto y calle...
National Court Judge Mauricio Espinoza has denied the request of prosecutors to order preventive detention of former president Lenin Moreno and his wife Rocío González in the Sinohydro corruption case. He also ruled that ordering Moreno to report monthly to a Quito...
By Rowan Atkinson Electric motoring is, in theory, a subject about which I should know something. My first university degree was in electrical and electronic engineering, with a subsequent master’s in control systems. Combine this, perhaps surprising, academic pathway...
By Stephen Vargha Ecuador’s biggest distributor and seller of wines has opened its first outlet in Cuenca. “We have 43 percent of the market of wine in Ecuador,” said Cathy Amoroso. “We have 11 stores, with five in Quito, four in Guayaquil, one in Manta, and now one...
Cuenca’s Citizen Guard and the National Police report that crime is dropping in Cuenca. According to the National Police, crime in the city has dropped in 78% of crime categories including violence against persons, robbery, car theft and murder since the beginning of...
In what could be a preview of the new El Niño weather phenomenon, more than 500 people were evacuated from their homes in northern Ecuador on Sunday. Although no one was reported dead or missing, many homes are feared damaged beyond repair. Dozens of residents climbed...
History reveals that for countless generations, a practice of remarkable simplicity commandeered the ebb and flow of urban life throughout Europe and large swaths of the developing world. It was a principal source of immeasurable personal comfort while simultaneously...
