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Editor’s note: This is the fourth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the first and second installments, click here and here and here. By Brian Buckner My experience may be simple but I really like...
In testimony presented to Brazilian prosecutors, the Odebrecht official who paid bribes to dozens of Ecuadorian government officials and business contractors, says he transferred $14.1 million to Vice President Jorge Glas. José Conceição Santos, who was Ecuador...
By Ed O'Connor We decided on a little pre-July Fourth getaway for Olga’s birthday. For those of you that don’t know, Olga was born in Russia. So, we took a jaunt to the beach for a week to a top-rated bed-and-breakfast, Villa de Los Sueños, located in the small...
By Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul The British company that provided voting machines used in Venezuela’s election this week said Wednesday that the balloting was “tampered with” and that the company could not endorse the results. “We estimate the difference between the...
Although a new ordinance mandates that all LP gas delivery trucks operating in Cuenca use music instead of beeps to alert customers, the city says 40% of trucks have not made the change. The ordinance went into effect August 1. Carlos Orellana, chair of the...
President Lenin Moreno has removed Vice President Jorge Glas from all official functions, including oversight of the council that manages natural resources, including oil production. By executive decree, Glas’ vice presidential responsibilities with the Council of...
As reported in the Harvard Health Letter, deciphering media stories on diet and nutrition can be challenging. Writers may report on a single preliminary story as if it’s a conclusive finding, or highlight one to gain some quick “clicks” just because it contradicts...
By Louis Bourgeois Nearing the end of my first six months of life in Cuenca, I was ready to look for a country house to rent. I had decided to live in a pueblo on the west side of Cuenca, up in the hills above the basin. In my morning walks along the Rio Tomebamba I...
A confidentiality clause in the project management contract to finish work on Cuenca’s tram system has delayed announcement of the winning bidder. Several city council members objected to the clause and said that all information relating to the contract should be...
The wiry Páramo brushed against the stiff fabric of my rain pants, causing a soft rasping sound. I had been hiking alone at 12,500 feet for a couple of hours. Partly cloudy skies and the magic of Tambo Siberia had lured me into the southern Caja’s, a rugged area...
Vice President Jorge Glas lashed out at President Lenin Moreno in a press release Wednesday afternoon, claiming that Moreno has abandoned the political principles established by former president Rafael Correa. Despite growing pressures for his resignation, Glas said...
Transit police are reporting a rash of accidents on the Cuenca-Guayaquil highway in the Cajas Mountains due to icy conditions. A large truck was totaled Tuesday night when it overturned on a curve near Migüir while police say more than two dozen other vehicles spun...
Former president Rafeal Correa has fired off 44 Tweets in three days, almost all attacking President Lenin Moreno’s assessment of Ecuador’s economy. Many of the Tweets, sent from Correa's new home in Belgium, are aimed at protecting his legacy, which he says is under...
For the first time since the Odebrecht corruption scandal broke, a company official says that bribes were paid to Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas. Glas has repeatedly denied any connection to the scandal despite the fact that his uncle Ricardo Rivera has been...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton We were catching up with local friends last night over dinner and they asked, "So what's been going on with you two since we last saw you?" I proceeded to rattle off the following: "Well, at the beginning of May we went to Atlanta for an...
Cuenca is the first city in Ecuador, and only the third in Latin America, to produce more than a megawatt of electricity using methane gas generated from garbage. The bioenergy generation plant, located at the city’s waste disposal facility in Santa Ana, provides...
Although Ecuador did not join seven other Latin American countries in condemning Sunday’s national constituent assembly election in Venezuela, it also did not support the government of President Nicolás Maduro. The public statement by Foreign Relations Minister Maria...
Editor’s note: This is the third of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the first and second installments, click here and here. By Brian Buckner Just a few miles west of Cuenca is the Caja’s National...
Ecuador President Lenin Moreno has signed the Paris Accord on Climate Change. Ecuador's formal endorsement of the international climate agreement officially joins the country with 140 other signatories seeking to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas and limit the...
The construction consortium chosen last week by the city will begin to clear San Francisco Plaza today in preparation of reconstructing the 400-year-old public square. During the past two weeks, the city bulldozed the most of the old structures on the plaza. Delayed...
