Blog
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”. […]
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 […]
Martes, 12/12/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s agenda events – Ffilme – “Dunkirk,” directed by Christopher Nolan was shown Tues. in “La Guarida” Centro Cultur cal (Mariscal la […]
By Sylvan Hardy When Diego Mejía describes good coffee, his metaphors turn to fruits, flowers and spices. “Can you taste the wild rose?” he asks a friend sampling the espresso […]
Lunes, 11/12/2016 Hola, Todos – My social life is interfering with timely delivery of these posts, but it is the season and I don’t want to miss out on all […]
The faction of Alianza País (AP) loyal to former president Rafael Correa says it has not given up hope of regaining control of the party. The Electoral Tribunal (TCE) ruled […]
President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday that leading opposition parties will be barred from taking part in next year’s presidential vote after they boycotted mayoral polls. If it is enforced, the […]




















