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Billionaire Sebastian Pinera will return to power as Chile’s president next year, according to almost complete results from a runoff election held on Sunday. Electoral authorities said the 68-year-old conservative, […]

Well, what can I say? Today was a big day for us. Joining up with CuencaHighLife is possibly the biggest thing we have done since we launched this little newspaper almost a year and a half ago.

Ecuador’s National Assembly has taken the first step to begin an impeachment trial for Vice President Jorge Glas. On Wednesday, Glas was convicted of corruption by the National Court and […]

President Lenin Moreno says he will ask Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for help in eliminating visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens traveling in the European Union (EU). “I will ask […]

Ecuador has warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to interfere in the internal affairs of Spain or other countries with close ties to Ecuador. In particular, Ecuador’s foreign minister cautioned […]

I first became acquainted with Pedro Espinosa’s work as I was coming back from a weekend in the country with some Ecuadorian friends. We were passing through San Joaquin on […]

During a 40-minute meeting Saturday, President Lenin Moreno and Pope Francis focused on ways to protect the Amazon basin which Ecuador shares with six other South American countries. Moreno, who […]

The Way It Is There is a thread you follow. It goes among Things that change. But it doesn’t change. Tragedies happen; people get hurt Or die; and you suffer […]

Ecuador’s Cedatos / Gallup public opinion poll shows Ecuadorians strongly support President Lenin Moreno’s call for a public referendum and that a large majority will vote “yes” on all seven […]

The Cuenca mayor’s office confirmed Friday that work on the long-delayed tranvía project will resume Monday morning. Except for minor work carried out by city crews in the historical district, […]

  The Cuenca Dispatch newspaper and the CuencaHighLife website have merged under a new company, Ecuador Media Marketing Services, Cia. Ltda.  Partners in the new business are Michael Soares, founder […]

President Lenin Moreno says he will wait for the courts to rule on an appeal to Vice President Jorge Glas’ six-year prison sentence before seeking an official replacement. During an […]

Jueves, 14/12/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s agenda event cancelled and rescheduled – La Noche de Ópera – The Opera Night scheduled for Thurs., “La Guarida”, has been […]

Body Temperature Have you ever wondered how 98.6° Fahrenheit or 37° Centigrade became “normal” body temperature? In the 1850’s, a German physician named Carl Wunderlich collected data on 25,000 patients, […]

A U.S. expat arrested in September on charges that he drugged and kidnapped two Colombian prostitutes has been found innocent and released from prison. Thirty-three-year-old Jon Poland, identified as Jhonathan […]

A three-judge National Court of Justice tribunal has sentenced Vice President Jorge Glas to six years in prison for his role in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. The sentence, announced just […]

Miércoles, 13/12/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s agenda events – Teatro – “Lluvia” will play from hoy until el viernes a las 20:00 in the sala “Alfonso Carrasco”. […]

Change is inevitable, that’s for sure. I think it’s how it is dealt with that’s the issue at stake. I’m afraid that I often do what I set out not […]

By Sylvan Hardy In 2014, when expats Rick Lewis and Tony Spada toured the indigenous markets of Northern Ecuador, especially the most famous one in Otavalo, they were blown away […]

The new Parque de la Libertad, on the north side of the historic district, will open at the end of February, Cuenca planning director Pablo Abad said on Monday. “We […]

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