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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected the next president of Brazil, in a stunning comeback following a tight run-off race on Sunday. His victory heralds a political about-face for Latin America’s largest country, after four years of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right...
Periodico - Independencia de Cuenca supplement - sábado, 29/10/2022 Hola, Todos - I'm too tired to proofread so read at your own risk and verify for yourselves. Actividades - Conciertos, para todos los gustos (Concerts, for every taste) - Sábado - 29/10, 20:00 -...
By Deke Castleman Heading southwest from Cuenca on the road to Machala and Loja, you leave the city behind fairly quickly and enter the ranch country of the Tarqui Valley, with cattle grazing on rich green grass and the Andes towering over everything. You pass a...
Viernes, 28/10/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - There is a special magazine section with billions of events. I don't have the time or energy to list those today, so I will regalarles with a special post tomorrow. <I hope you appreciate all this work.> See...
Foreign Minister of Ecuador Juan Carlos Holguín says talks are underway with officials of the United Kingdom to allow Ecuadorians to enter the UK without a visa. His comments came days after Colombia announced it reached a visa waiver agreement with the UK. “We are...
Miércoles, 26/10/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica de Cuenca: medio siglo de música (Cuenca Symphony: half a century of music) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca was founded on 3/11/1972 and over the years it has expanded from classical music to performing...
Gary Espinoza, president of the Federation of Peasant, Indigenous and Negro Organizations (Fenocin), said Monday that his organization will “very likely” call a strike in November. “This fighting action is necessary, unfortunately, because the government has not...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series about a grassroots volunteer project in Cuenca to create the most modern and sustainable animal shelter in Ecuador and address the country’s pain of abused, abandoned and neglected street dogs. By Rosemary Rein...
The U.S. State Department is defending a $20,600 grant to a Cuenca educational center, some of which supports live performances, including "drag theater shows," saying it provides LGBTQ people an outlet "to express themselves freely and safely" in Ecuador. Several...
By Paula Ramón For a momentary respite from the confinement of the COVID pandemic, Elinor Zamora went up to the roof of her building to breathe in the outside air. There, in 2020, she encountered a surprising sight: She watched dozens of huge, colorful macaws gather...
Ecuador’s Risk Management Service increased its danger assessment for the Cotopaxi volcano from “precautionary” to “yellow alert” on Sunday following the intensification of earthquakes under the volcano. On Saturday, the government closed Cotopaxi National Park after...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series about a grassroots volunteer project in Cuenca to create the most modern and sustainable animal shelter in Ecuador and address the country’s pain of abused, abandoned and neglected street dogs. By Rosemary Rein...
Attorney-Abogada Sara Chaca (“Ecuador Visas”) is clearly as advised above, well able & enabled to serve as the Executor (“Executrix” being the proper term for females) in respect of your Ecuadorian & US Asset Dispositions upon your passing. This highly beneficial service for ALL EXPATS living in Ecuador and/or who pass away with property domiciled in the country (plus often even for financial and physical assets/properties domiciled in the US and/or who have any Ecuadorian beneficiaries/heirs located anywhere in the world) is quite suitable in conjunction with the preparation of one’s Ecuadorian Last Will & Testament. Plus as well, here as follows are three separate articles that Attorney-Abogada Sara Chaca wrote and published on “CuencaHighLife” regarding the again above advised theme of Ecuadorian Wills, including overall Estate Planning & Powers of Attorney, which shall collectively give ALL EXPATS an excellent understanding of the general process and requirements per overseeing all such important matters here in Ecuador with regards to any monies and/or property you bring to, buy & earn/receive in Ecuador, and with respect to your desires of what shall occur prior to and following your passing (i.e. Living Will & Cremation vs. Burial), along with any applicable Power of …Continue reading
By Nicolette Reale Ecuador is hoping that a boom in the tourism industry will continue to serve as a pathway to a stronger economy, but could the plan be too ambitious? As the lower income Ecuadorians begin to prosper, more species are etched onto the endangered list....
By Don Smith One of the problems most gringos have when they enter another country -- aside from learning the basics of a new language -- is deciding whether to adapt to the new culture or, to try to change it. Trying to change it to something we are more comfortable...
The government announced Wednesday that travelers entering the country will no longer be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. The alternative option of presenting proof of a negative PCR test was also dropped. The new rules went into effect Thursday at...
Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series about a grassroots volunteer project in Cuenca to create the most modern and sustainable animal shelter in Ecuador and address the country’s pain of abused, abandoned and neglected street dogs. Our perfect...
Editor’s note: This is Part 4 of a five-part series, the Five Faces of Freedom, recounting the author’s reflections on turning 70. Part 1 focused on Freedom from the Past, Part 2, on Freedom from the Future, Part 3, Freedom from the World and Part 4, Freedom from the...
Farmers across New Zealand took to the streets on their tractors Thursday to protest government plans to tax cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions, although the rallies were smaller than many had expected. Lobby group Groundswell New Zealand helped organize...
By Amanda Herbert and David Woodworth Long before it became a viral food trend or social-media sensation, American sourdough was surprisingly gross. San Franciscans proudly trace their city’s iconic bread back to the Gold Rush of 1849. The men who flocked to Northern...
