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By Alexandra Marvar Machu Picchu has always been hard to reach, but a new airport will soon change that and bring 200% more visitors to the area – and some […]
For most newcomers, the first months in Cuenca feel unusually vivid. The historic center looks like a postcard. The churches feel monumental. Every walk around Parque Calderón feels intentional, as […]
By Jackson Holtz Mindfulness meditation is a stress-management practice with ancient lineage that cultivates nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment, often by directing attention to the physical sensations of breathing. […]
By Linda Farthing For thousands of years, Andean people living around what is now the town of Coripata, east of La Paz, Bolivia, have used coca leaves to relieve fatigue, […]
Although Ecuador scans 100% of exportable cargo in its ports, the government admits it does not have the time or personnel to review most of the images. According to port […]
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read, disagree, agree, and comment. Charlie Larga and the staff here at Larga Towers appreciate the range of views here, […]
By Gonzalo Solano On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. […]
How is it that some municipalities in Ecuador have the highest murder rates in the world while others record no murders at all? And how can some of the country’s […]
Bored? – (De El Mercurio del viernes, 6/2) Azuay listo para feriado (Azuay ready for the holiday) – The Carnaval holiday will be from el sábado, 14/2 to el martes, […]
By Hilary Achauer These days, you might think you have to become a power lifter to age well. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a celebrity physician, calls muscles “the organ of longevity.” […]
In two recent reports, the World Economic Forum and the World Bank estimate that illegal money amounts to 10% to 11% of Ecuador’s economy. Of the total, according to the […]
A Friday meeting in Quito between the foreign ministers of Ecuador and Colombia failed to produce an agreement to end reciprocal 30% tariffs on imports. Although Ecuador’s Gabriela Sommerfeld and […]
There is a profound question that occasionally occurs to me while walking to buy bread, not metaphorical bread or lifestyle bread, but actual warm edible bread within five minutes of […]
By Robert Guest “Confidence, especially international confidence, is a fragile flower,” warned William Treiber, a long-serving Federal Reserve official, to colleagues on the central bank’s rate-setting committee in 1961. “We […]
The cocaine is flowing south, out of Colombia and into Ecuador, and so are the biggest traffickers. “The action has moved to Ecuador because that’s where the transport routes have […]
The elementary school principal in suburban Minneapolis feared the worst when he lost contact with one of his fifth-grade students in early January as the Trump administration began surging federal […]
In Ecuador, a small intercultural bilingual school called Yachay Wasi treats environmental education as a political project rooted in Indigenous languages, farming, and justice. In a biodiverse garden, children learn […]
By Adrienne Matei Here’s a new trend that sounds unwise: buying unregulated substances from dealers in foreign countries and injecting them into your body. And yet, grey-market injectable peptides – […]
Bored? – (De El Mercurio del martes, 3/2) Obra de danza-teatro interpela indiferencia (Dance-theater work challenges indifference) – A theater-dance production organized by the Espacio Escénico will be staged on […]
Cuenca is one of the few places left where modern life and old life still share the same room without arguing, so you can be sitting in a kitchen with […]
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