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By Manuela Castro and Alessandra Freitas Along Vespucio Sur Avenue, one of the main strips of Santiago, Chile, a massive real estate billboard advertises a new housing complex: “Green areas, barbecue space, pet-friendly sector.” The growing focus on spaces for pets as...
Drug traffickers are perfecting their methods of evading controls at Ecuador's ports, according to the International Narcotics Control Board, a United Nations agency. “Traffickers of cocaine and other illegal drugs are avoiding detection at the ports with increasingly...
Bored? (De El Mercurio del martes, 31/3) En muestra pictórica se resalta rostros y paisajes (Art exhibition highlights faces and landscapes) - The exhibit, "Rostros, Naturaleza, Rincones: Ecuador en acuarela" (Faces, Nature, Scenes: Ecuador in watercolor) by artist...
There is something almost touching about a judge asking a simple question and getting no answer. Not a philosophical answer, not a constitutional answer, just a practical one. How, exactly, are you going to do this? That was the tone of US Supreme Court Justice Brett...
By Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. As we draw nearer to the end of National Nutrition Month consider some of the following ways to help improve our nutritional intake as we age. Healthy eating is recommended throughout life, but as we age certain factors can affect our...
As gasoline and diesel prices soar in most of the world, Ecuadorians are only seeing small increases at the pump. In a recent survey of Latin American countries, Ecuadorians were paying the lowest per gallon rates. The reason for the low prices is a 5% limit on...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del sábado, 28/3) Semana de retiro de cuaresma (Lenten Retreat Week) - <Pardon me for using a translation program, but I have no idea how to translate the religious terms, not having been brought up Catholic. The Easter schedule of...
By Katie Surma By the time Olger Kitiar reached the ridge, his shirt was wet with sweat, clinging to his back. Built with the solid frame of a linebacker, he moved through the rainforest with a quick, even rhythm that defied the steep, slick climb. Then he froze....
While the National Electoral Council defends its decision to bring forward regional elections from February 14, 2027 to November 29, 2026, some critics are calling it an “act against democracy.” “This is the responsible thing to do,” CNE president Diana Atamaint said...
The first time I saw “Gringolandia” listed as a neighborhood in Cuenca, I assumed I had missed a municipal announcement. Perhaps the city council had quietly created a new parish, drawn a few boundaries along the river, and installed a sign somewhere official-looking....
Editor's note: Cuenca's Easter soup, fanesca, is considered by many to be the best in Latin America and it is a tradition among Cuencanos to have at least one bowl of it during Holy Week. It is being served in mercado food courts and in many restaurants around the...
Traders and transport operators have suspended a 19-day blockade at the Rumichaca International Bridge, the primary land crossing between Colombia and Ecuador. The protest, prompted by a 50% tax imposed by the Ecuadorian government on Colombian goods, was lifted to...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del viernes, 27/3) - Alistan la ruta de la fanesca (Preparing the Fanesca Route) - The mercados of Cuenca will star in the III Festival de la "Ruta de la Fanesca 2026," which is celebrated as part of Semana Santa (Holy Week). The Dirección de...
By Cal Newport Today we take for granted that diet and exercise are vitally important for our health and well-being. But we didn’t always think this way. Much of this awareness emerged in a remarkably short time during the middle of the last century. In 1955,...
Cuenca, Ecuador, is a magnet for expats, retirees, and global citizens drawn by its stunning colonial architecture, mild climate, and famously low cost of living. A key part of that affordability is Ecuador’s straightforward and resident-friendly tax system. However,...
By Steven Grattan Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief as she stared at the oily sheen drifting across the water and broken pipes cutting through the forest. Nearby, gas flares...
Introduction: A New Era of Dental Tourism in Cuenca Dental tourism has exploded over the past decade, but one city stands out for combining outstanding clinical quality with unbeatable value: Cuenca, Ecuador. Nestled in the southern Andes, Cuenca blends...
Ecuador’s Defense Ministry claimed Thursday that international news media reports critical of a March 3 bombing raid on a farm near the Colombian border were “a gross distortion the facts.” Although the bombing raid was carried out by the Ecuadorian military, the...
Some of the most interesting restaurants begin with a question rather than a business plan. For Paula, who is from Cuenca, and Wilmo, originally from Loja, that question appeared during a visit back to Ecuador in 2023. At the time they were living abroad, but...
There are moments in history when the world’s accountants quietly rearrange the furniture and everyone else spends the next fifty years living with the consequences. One of those moments took place in July 1944 in a grand old resort hotel in the mountains of New...
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.
