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Fifteen prisoners were found dead Saturday and Sunday at Guayaquil’s Litoral Prison and government officials say they are unsure of the causes. Officials said the bodies were recovered in seven […]
Bored? – (De El Mercurio del lunes, 15/12) 10 lugares para conocer Azuay (10 places to visit in Azuay) – Cuenca’s eastern cantons of Gualaceo, Paute, SÃgsig, El Pan, Chordeleg, […]
Dear Charlie, My significant other and I are coming to Cuenca for two months and would relish any advice on finding a reasonable place to stay with easy access to […]
If you are missing a single tooth, your dentist will almost certainly present you with two main options: a traditional dental bridge or a dental implant. The choice is not […]
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of […]
Energy Minister Inés Manzano said Friday there will be no power blackouts through early 2026. “Our hydroelectric facilities are fully operational due to the heavy rainfall throughout the year and […]
In the early months, Cuenca feels like a backdrop. Beautiful buildings. Mountain light. Cafes that feel new each time you sit down. Life feels like a long vacation with errands […]
By Ashwin Rodrigues America’s most popular drug, by a wide margin, is caffeine. A 2025 survey published in Food and Toxicology found that almost 70 percent of Americans consumed at […]
By Katie Surma Over a quarter century in the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil giant Texaco (now Chevron) perpetrated an ecological disaster: It dumped 3.2 million gallons of toxic waste, spilled 17 […]
By Carrington Walker and Rory Gannon A Gloucestershire man has revealed how he managed to survive nearly a decade in Ecuador’s most dangerous prisons, witnessing fellow inmates being murdered “in […]
Bored? – (De El Mercurio del martes, 9/12) Coro Santa Catalina dará recital navideño (Santa Catalina chorus to perform Christmas recital) – The Santa Catalina chorus will perform the “No […]
Most people in Cuenca have never heard of Gary Stevenson. He is not a president, a pop singer, or a football manager. He is a British economist who used to […]
By Anand Sharma Human Rights Watch’s latest findings on Ecuador paint a troubling picture of a government increasingly willing to wield financial controls as political weapons. The freezing of bank […]
By Jon Henley and Sam Jones A row over meat consumption in Spain over the last month is just the most recent eruption of the debate all over Europe, as […]
For many expats, the journey to Cuenca begins with a rental. It’s the sensible first step: you explore neighborhoods, learn the flow of the city, and confirm that this is, […]
By Alessandra Freitas The U.S. government is escalating efforts to crack down on gangs that move illicit drugs into the United States, with deadly military strikes at sea and measures […]
By Lucy Hancock We’ve all lived through the blackouts. I don’t need to remind anyone. Last September I was late to the party. By the time I got to MegaKywi […]
The search for the “cheapest” teeth implants is tempting. When a $300 implant deal from a clinic in Turkey  is compared to a $3,000 – $5,000 price tag in the US , […]
By Tucker Reals, Lilia Luciano and Norman Oliver It took an American private rescue team 15 to 16 hours to get Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado out of her […]
At least three containers sent by Noboa Trading Co., the family business of President Daniel Noboa, transported large amounts of cocaine from Ecuador to the Balkans. According to research published […]





















