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By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Eliana Raszewski As Argentina's inflation rate soared past 100% and the value of the currency slid, IT worker Luis, 33, found an economic lifeline: renting out his apartment on Airbnb for coveted dollars and finding a way to hide his...
Order has been restored to Guayaquil’s Litoral Penitentiary, Interior Minister Juan Zapata announced Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, a combined force of 2,700 National Police and Army personnel stormed the prison which had been the scene of three days of deadly rioting....
Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in Manabi and Los Ríos Provinces as its ongoing security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several prisons across the country. The emergency declaration also applies to...
Lunes, 24/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del domingo, 23/7 (1 article): Braulio Coronel, Especializado en fuego y asados brinda talleres prácticos (Braulio Coronel, specialist in fire and barbecues, offers practical workshops) - Professional chef...
Although Cuenca Citizen Guard have conducted at least three operations to remove informal vendors in the area of Nueve de Octobre mercado and Rotary Plaza, the sellers return. That’s the complaint of store owners and registered vendors who pay rent at Nueve de...
Manta Mayor Agustín Intriago died Sunday afternoon following an armed attack at a public project inauguration ceremony. According to police, a female employee of the mayor’s office was also killed, and two others were injured by the gunfire. The National Police...
United States passport holders have long traveled throughout most of the world without having to worry about visa applications: American travelers currently have visa-free access to 184 destinations worldwide, according to this year’s Henley Passport Index, which...
Azuay and Cañar Provinces offer plenty of opportunities for adventures sports as well as more mild-mannered tourist pursuits within an hour’s drive of Cuenca. Many of these are off the beaten path, rarely promoted in the popular tourist guides and websites. There are...
Viernes, 21/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 20/7/2023 (3 articles): Feria Itinerante de Emprendimientos (Itinerant Entrepreneurship Fair) - The Museo Municipal de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero will hold a fair el sábado, 22/7 from...
By Chris Dalby Jorge Bismarck Véliz España was an ambitious man growing up in Puerto Arturo, a neighborhood in the larger town of Chone. A hub of about 50,000 people located 40 kilometers inland from Ecuador’s Pacific coast, Chone was a busy trading spot for cattle...
By Tula Karras Encountering the new, the interesting, the unexpected, and the “wow!” is built into our brains. Not only do surprise, interest, amusement, and awe — emotions of wonder — feel pretty good, but they also carry big benefits. Although all positive emotions...
In a new twist into the murder case of former Air Force Commander Jorge Gabela, a former mechanic claims he was fired for telling his superiors about mechanical problems with the Dhruv helicopter fleet in 2009. The purchase of the seven Indian-made helicopters as well...
New polls suggest that Ecuador’s presidential race is headed to a runoff. According to pollster Numma, Luisa González holds the lead at 33.8% in the field of eight candidates. Former vice president Otto Sonnenholzner is second with 17.5% followed by Yaku Pérez at...
By Kyle MacNeill For Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion’s greatest creation is not the bra, the skirt or even a conical bra. “My only regret is not having invented the condom, the most beautiful item of clothing,” he told a journalist after the death of his partner Francis...
A month ahead of the August 20 national election, political experts say the level of voter indecision and apathy about the presidential race is “off the charts.” Experts say the shortened election timeframe and the emergency nature of cross death rules have created an...
Miércoles, 19/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Bailerines presentan 'La Bella Durmiente' (Dancers present 'Sleeping Beauty') - The ballet "Sleeping Beauty" will be performed at the Teatro Pumapungo on the 21 y 22/7 a las 19:00. 35 dancers, including special...
By Jeremiah Reardon TNT - The New Theater, the recent addition to Cuenca’s cultural landscape, is hosting "TNT Blast Off", a meet-and-greet fundraiser on Thursday, July 27 from 4:30-6:30 pm. Those who attend will not only be able to meet the people who make up TNT,...
In another sign of the growing division in Ecuador’s indigenous movement, most movement leaders are rejecting the advice of Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) President Leonidas Iza to vote “null” in the presidential cross death election and supporting...
By José María Irujo David Morales, owner of the Spanish security company UC Global, S.L., which spied on Julian Assange during the Wikileaks founder’s time at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, also allegedly spied for the CIA on meetings held in 2018 by the former...
A prominent rights activist from the southern Chinese province of Guangzhou has been prevented from boarding a Qatar Airways flight from Bangkok to Ecuador, where he had hoped to take his family to claim political asylum in the United States. Liang Songji, who has...
