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Martes, 2/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Going to be a short issue today. Typing is hurting my joints. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Classical guitar - David Vázquez returned to Cuenca after graduating from the Manhattan school of Music in classical guitar. He will...
City officials and their legal team head to Santiago, Chile this week for the final hearings on the $22 million claim filed by a former tram project manager. The government of former Cuenca mayor Marcelo Cabrero fired Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca Consortium, CCRC, a Spanish...
Ecuador’s Attorney General’s office has requested that the international police agency Interpol help locate former president Rafael Correa. Deputy prosecutor Wilson Toainga says Correa did not provide a new address to authorities when he moved from his former...
By Sylvester Grahame One of the more ambitious restaurants I have had the pleasure to visit lately is, Huarmi’s at Coronel Talbot 9-39 and Gran Colombia. Open for a year, the sparsely decorated dining room is particularly fitting as it does not detract from the lively...
Lunes, 1/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Museo de antiguedades - The "Zoila Quezada" museum of antiguities, collected by Sra. Zoila and her children is located at Lamar 21-45 y Convención del 45. There is a clock room with American and...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to lift some restrictions on Chinese communication giant Huawei could provide a big boost to Latin American telecommunications interest, especially its move to 5G technology. It will also provide a boost to Huawei’s bottom line....
Two Saturday parades, one in the morning opposing same-sex marriage and the second, part of the international LGBTI Pride weekend, illustrated sharp public differences on the issue of equal rights for gay Ecuadorians. Marchers in the "Ecuador for the family"...
Víctor Salazar, 34, once practiced law in Venezuela. Today, he supports himself by selling cigarettes on the streets of Quito. It gives him no pleasure knowing he is breaking a law and could be fined $788 and even deported. But Salazar is stuck. He cannot afford to...
If you’ve been looking for Ecuadorian recipes with a little international flare, your hostess is Layla Pujol, commonly known as Laylita. Layla grew up in Vilcabamba and Loja, south of Cuenca, but lives today in Seattle, in the U.S., with her French husband and two...
Are you living in Ecuador or are you thinking of moving here? A regular query on social media posts is, “What should I bring from home?“ Recently, I’ve seen, “Should I bring down an Instant Pot?” Another was, “Can I buy an Instant Pot in Cuenca?” The answers are,...
Editor's note: This post has nothing to do with Ecuador, Cuenca or expatriatism. It is about one writer's enduring interest in the man who courted his great-great-grandmother during the U.S. Civil War. The article appeared originally as a newspaper column in 2001....
By Wellness Newsletter Contact with nature has a host of potential physical and psychological benefits, according to a growing body of evidence. Researchers have focused mostly on the health effects of spending time in parks and the wilderness, but two recent studies...
We recently returned from a three-week journey in Florida, U.S., traveling almost two-thousand miles around the state, visiting big and small cities, little towns and, of course, beaches. And everywhere was plastic, from plastic bags at every grocery store to...
Text and photos by Doug Hansen You don’t have to be a hard-core bird watcher in order to be mesmerized by the dazzling display of hummingbirds, and various other tropical birds, that swarm to the feeders at one of Ecuador’s special nature preserves, Buenaventura. For...
I ended my last column with a quote from Jonathan Livingston Seagull about becoming a finder. What exactly does this mean? It is worth our exploration, as our personal awakening is the most important accomplishment possible as humans. Eckhart Tolle was very clear...
Editor's note: One of our favorite things about living in Cuenca is not having to worry about ticks and mosquitos. A few flies, yes, especially when it's warmer. Enjoy this column from the Washington Post that suggests some nontoxic methods to protect yourself against...
Edie and I were laughing about our constant need to know what’s over the next hill when El Fantasma was almost swallowed by a truck-defying pothole. As we lurched through to the other side, hot coffee was sloshing about the cab and onto my bare legs. I wasn’t...
Editor's note: I've had the honor of being appointed the Country Representative from Ecuador of the International Association of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (IAAND) of the U.S. I have been networking with nutritionists here in Cuenca, learning more about...
Personal transformation is difficult. The way of transformation involves legitimate suffering, and it is the design and purpose of the egoic mind to avoid suffering. The ego brandishes two tools, denial and projection, in order to avoid suffering. In doing so it...
By Susan Burke March The stevia plant is a perennial that does best in sunny, warm climates with plenty of rain. In the battle of commercial sweeteners, consumers who want to enjoy the taste of sweet without calories and without artificial ingredients have...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
