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The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among Bolivian farmers. Quinoa fever is running up against physical limits. The scramble to grow more is prompting Bolivian...
By Anastasia Austin and Douwe den Held Today, the Rio Blanco mining camp in south-central Ecuador lies in ruins. Shattered china litters the ground not far from a hollowed-out kitchen with no walls left standing. An abandoned mine tunnel — as wide as a house — stands...
Ecuador's Deposit Insurance Corporation (Cosede) will begin issuing payments to CREA cooperative account holders Friday following the conclusion of the liquidation process conducted by the Superintendent of Popular and Solidarity Economy (SEPS). Payments of up to...
By Alex Chepstow-Lusty Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru's capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon...
Former presidential candidate and environmental attorney Yaku Pérez has filed a criminal complaint with the Attorney General against Dundee Precious Metals, owner of the Loma Larga mine in Azuay Province. Pérez claims Dundee made “economic and material donations” to a...
As a condition for receiving future loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government has agreed to make a “significant reduction” in tax exemptions, refunds and other benefits that amount to almost 6% of Ecuador’s GDP. Beyond reducing “inefficient...
For most of my life I suspected that old people were up to something. They had a club, a code, perhaps even a ritual handshake. As a teenager I caught glimpses: my grandmother, who occasionally offered solemn homilies about patience or thrift, but never once mentioned...
By Garry Vatcher Thrift Shops. We love them and we hate them. Growing up in my small Newfoundland town, I didn’t have much exposure to thrift shops. In bigger towns, they were seen as places for those with limited resources — not somewhere people would shop if they...
More than 200 members of the Waorani indigenous nation gathered last Wednesday at the Constitutional Court to protest the government’s failure to comply with the results of a popular referendum ordering the closure of oil wells in Yasuní National Park. Located in...
Servicios Postales del Ecuador (SPE E.P.) in cooperation with the American Citizen Services unit of the U.S. Embassy wants to connect with U.S. expats who have undelivered mail. Servicios Postales is holding thousands of undeliverable packages and letters in its Quito...
By Mark A. Mahoney Acid reflux (GER) occurs when the sphincter muscle at the lower end of your esophagus relaxes at the wrong time, allowing stomach acid to back up into your esophagus. This can cause heartburn and other signs and symptoms. Frequent or constant reflux...
By Jonathan Mason The missile strike in western Ukraine on August 21 drew attention to a factory in Mukachevo that most people outside the region had never heard of. The plant belongs to Flex Ltd., an American company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Flex is not a...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court begins hearings August 25 on dozens of lawsuits filed against three anti-crime laws proposed by President Daniel Noboa and passed by the National Assembly. More than 60 legal challenges have been filed against the Law of Public...
By Caryn James "Modern Adam and Eve in Pacific Eden". "Mad Empress in the Garden of Eden". "The Insatiable Baroness Who Created a Private Paradise". These actual headlines and many more like them blared across newspapers and magazines in Europe and the US in the...
By Scott Levine Gone With the Wind (GWTW) is firmly enshrined in American cinematic history. It won a then-record 10 Oscars in 1940 (including best picture, best director, best actress, and best supporting actress), and the American Film Institute ranks it the #4...
Festival de la Cometa 2025 - Parque de las Luz, norte de Cuenca, Sunday, 24/8 - 10:00 -- prizes for the highest flying kite, the smallest, the biggest, and the most creative. Rutas de Casas Patrimoniales -- The Rutas de Casas Patrimoniales continues domingo, 24/8,...
Despite repeated states of emergency declared by the government, murders have increased 43% in the first seven months of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024. According to the latest National Police, statistics almost all of the increase has been recorded in...
Three thrones grace my palatial apartment, each with its own operating procedures and temperamental flaws. One of them is turned off most of the time and only fired up for special ceremonial occasions or visitors. In Spanish they are called inodoros, though the word...
By Rae Witte You might not think much about your shoes when running errands—dropping the kids off, picking up groceries, swinging by the pharmacy. But the footwear you choose for these everyday moments could be shaping your health more than you realize. Ill-fitting...
By Liam Hess The first thing I noticed when I woke up on my first morning in Quito was a physical sensation: a slight dizziness, a shortness of breath, a sense of fatigue after returning from a long (and very jet-lagged) morning walk around the city’s La Carolina...
