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Tuesday was a day for niños, dancers and chicha

Tuesday was a day for niños, dancers and chicha

Cuenca's big Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade lived up to expectations Tuesday with an estimated 130,000 participants and onlookers gathering for the nine-hour march down Calle Simon Bolivar. As usual, children were the highlight of the day. Katy Miller, one of the...

Traffic and mail in Ecuador: A gringo rant

Traffic and mail in Ecuador: A gringo rant

By Rob Bell There are at least two things about Ecuador that I, as a U.S. expat, have difficulty understanding and getting used to. It seems to me that Ecuadorians are extremely fatalistic about what they expect from their elected government officials, and from their...

Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk

Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International...

Government extends induction stove subsidy

Government extends induction stove subsidy

Ecuador’s Energy Ministry has reversed course and decided to maintain the electricity subsidy for owners of induction cooking ranges. A year ago, the ministry said it would discontinue the subsidy which was instituted by the government of former president Rafael...

The eternal power of the story

The eternal power of the story

On December 5, the first of a series of Canelazo Stories -- an evening of storytelling -- was held at La Guarida. It sold out within a few hours of being announced, which came as no surprise to me. Old-fashion storytelling, the kind that is done person-to-person and...

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Week of April 19

Ecuador seeks answers as migrants are rerouted from the United States to Congo.

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Prosperity report exposes Ecuador’s uneven foundations.

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IESS pension debate sharpens as Ecuador’s retirement system strains under growing deficits.

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