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Bored? - (De El Mercurio del domingo, 13/9) Baños celebra 174 años con gastronomía y cultura (Baños celebrates 174 years with food and culture) - Baños will celebrate its 174 years as a parish with an agenda including food, culture, sports and traditions. Sumak...
By Teresa Bo Jose Hernan Flores is still trying to recover from what he describes as a hostile encounter with United States military forces at sea. Flores is a fisherman from the town of San Mateo, on Ecuador’s Pacific coast. In March, he was out on the water with his...
Most mornings in Cuenca I drink my coffee, listen to the dogs on the corner sharing the latest canine gossip, and wonder why two presidents on two different continents have both decided that soldiers in the streets are the answer to everything. Trump talks about...
By Jeremiah Reardon For “Colores de la Vida” on the premises of Equinoxio, Calle Tarqui 9-61 y Gran Colombia, doors open on Thursday, September 17 at 6 p.m. The exhibit by nine Cuenca artists runs until October 30. Located in a grand colonial building with a high...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del viernes, 11/9) Andrés cepeda trae su vida en canciones (Andrés Cepeda tells his life story through songs) - The Colombian singer Andrés Cepeda will bring his tour, "Nuestra Vida en Canciones" to the Coliseo Jefferson Pérez el sábado, 19/9...
Residents of Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos and El Oro Provinces will be subject to a nighttime curfew from September 17 to September 30. Ordered by President Daniel Noboa, the midnight to 5 a.m. curfew follows a series of mass murders in the four provinces in recent weeks....
By Maxi Heitmayer Every decade or so, adults discover that young people are consuming media that corrupts their minds — and a moral panic ensues. Comic books were going to produce a generation of delinquents. Television would make children into couch potatoes. Video...
By Louis Bourgeois Perhaps one of the things I enjoy most about turning 74 is that the preoccupations of my youth and middle age have fallen away. Our mission in this life is to give our highest creative gifts to the world.I have found that this endeavor comes much...
The Ecuadorian Navy rescued 10 crew members of the Don Rufo fishing vessel Thursday and returned them to Manta. The men had been adrift at sea in lifeboats for two days following the U.S. bombing of the Don Rufo. In a press release, the U.S. Southern Command said the...
Imagine being told that your local hospital may close in four months because the government and the company running it are still fighting over whether roof repairs following Hurricane Irma nine years ago were properly completed, despite the hospitals being fully...
By Carlos H Brandt S. Latin America is seeing growing military activity by the United States. Under the umbrella of the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition (ACCC), launched by President Donald Trump in March, US forces are carrying out strikes on vessels suspected of...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit to Ecuador on Wednesday that he would seek $45 million in additional security funding for the Latin American country, as well as additional equipment, to help tackle drug trafficking. Rubio met with Ecuador's...
By Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. September is National Cholesterol Education Month and is the perfect time to find out your cholesterol levels and take steps to prevent or reduce high cholesterol. High cholesterol is a significant risk factor for heart disease, which...
By R.S. Gompertz About 20 years ago I told my restless sons a series of bedtime stories about a prince who was reticent to assume his duties. He was expected to become king over a group of islands located at the top of the world, but he was curious about what lay...
By Pardis Mahdavi For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South America. Ayahuasca contains the psychedelic compound...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del sábado, 5/9) Camilo se presentará en Cuenca en 2027 (Camilo will perform in Cuenca in 2027) - The Colombian singer Camilo will perform in Ecuador in abril, 2027 with his "Para Cuando Sean Mayores Tour" in Quito and Cuenca. The concert in...
The production of prawns in Ecuador is lean manufacturing incarnate. Vast rectangular pools tessellate the Guayas delta, centre of the aquaculture belt. Its brackish waters hide billions of translucent bodies. Larvae are cultivated in greenhouse-style hatcheries,...
A few days after returning to Cuenca from several weeks of traveling, my phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message from a lady I had not seen in some time. She wondered if I would like to meet her for breakfast one morning. Five years ago I would have smiled, accepted...
By Annie Correal Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on a three-country trip this week is Colombia. There, he plans to deliver a strong message from President Trump to the country’s new president, a staunch U.S. ally, according to two people with knowledge of...
Colombia is reducing the amount of electricity it sells to Ecuador as part of preparations for El Niño. On Sunday and Monday, power transfers from Colombia were reduced by more than 50%, catching officials at the Ecuador Electric Corporation (CELEC) by surprise. In a...
Week of September 20
Ecuador turns to industrial power cuts to protect Mazar and keep homes from going dark.
Ecuador raises its 2026 growth forecast, but El Niño could spoil the outlook next year.
Cuenca retirees challenge medical and therapy changes at IESS senior center.
