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By Kristen Warfield With the increased popularity of ordering food from online platforms such as Glovo and UberEats throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, you might not think that the order in […]
Cuenca is on track to maintain its reputation for having the lowest crime rate among Ecuador’s largest cities in 2021. Through the first 11 months of 2021, crime dropped in […]
Members of the Armed Forces discovered a large network of active illegal gold mining tunnels below the city of Zaruma during a weekend search. The operation, carried out by a […]
News from Paute Summer visited Paute last week. The days were clear and warm, the nights clear and cool. A full moon added to the joy; it was as luminescent […]
Although the government says it has legal standing to impose a vaccine mandate and to require vaccine cards for entry to businesses and public events, some lawyers are challenging the […]
By Sylvan Hardy If Friday’s Pase del Niño didn’t measure up to previous parades in size, it made up for it in piety and fun. Instead of a seven- or […]
By Robert Bradley The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree is far older than Christianity itself. A thousand years older. Pagans in Europe used branches of fir trees to decorate […]
Jueves, 23/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Happy Holidays. I hope you will be enjoying them with friends and family, either in person or virtually. Actividades – Nada. Titular – Buñuelo, el […]
By Yascha Mounk It feels like everyone I know has COVID. During earlier stages of the pandemic, most of my friends were spared a direct brush with the virus. Perhaps […]
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday morning that it is making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all residents. “This decision is the result of the current epidemiological situation that shows an […]
The Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) reminded older Ecuadorians that the law allows them to sue their children if they lack food and other basic necessities. The Organic […]
Miércoles, 22/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nuevo concierto en la “Sala Digital” (New concert in the “Sala Digital”) – The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca premiered a concert by Luis […]
Two previous right-wing governments in Latin America and one from the left have been found responsible by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for violating the rights of its citizens. […]
South Africa’s noticeable drop in new Covid-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak with relatively little damage, medical experts say. […]
Beginning Thursday, December 23, entry to shopping centers, grocery stores, public food markets, restaurants, theaters, cinemas, banks and other financial institutions, and public transportation will require proof of vaccination. In […]
Martes, 21/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Rodrigo Jara vuelve con obras en metal (Rodrigo Jara returns with metal works ) – Rodrigo Jara works with metals and acids to […]
By Martin Simmons The young man who recently moved to Cuenca from California described how thieves stole his cell phone and $100 in cash the first month he was in […]
The phone call, voice or text message offers a simple proposition: “Pay me or I’ll kill you or your family.” According to the National Police Anti-kidnapping and Extortion Unit, most […]
The Guayaquil cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has mandated that those attending public events in theaters, cinemas, social clubs, hotel salons and convention centers show vaccine cards or negative PCR […]
Lunes, 20/12/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Tibia navidad para el comercio (A lukewarm Christmas for retail) – After a 25% decrease in Christmas sales in 2020, the […]



















