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By Jim Smith If you’ve relocated to another country later in life -- whether to escape political stress, stretch a retirement budget, or start fresh -- you’ve probably discovered something no one talks about enough. It’s not just the paperwork, visas, or new languages...
By David Morrill On September 10, 1783, Cuenca resident Melchor del Valle was convicted by the Spanish Royal Court of murdering his brother Sylvester. The sentence: "Two hundred lashes in the public square, then hanging on the gallows until death.” The court further...
The Superintendence of Popular and Solidarity Economy (SEPS) suspended all operations of the Cuenca-based CREA financial cooperative Tuesday morning, citing a lack of liquidity and failure to comply with improvements ordered by regulators. SEPS director Christina...
By Michael Fox On a Sunday evening in downtown Quito, near the city’s main square, businesses shut down early. But just two blocks away, the “El Tejar” Quichua Alliance Church was bustling. The church is squeezed into a block of old buildings with a two-story yellow...
English, the ugly-duckling lovechild of a tense marriage between old Saxon and French, is now the world’s flagship language of commerce. Why? Because learning English is as easy as driving Spanish highways. No rules, only exceptions, and spoken accents don’t matter!...
In retrospect the journey “HERE” really began in 2010 when a friend from church, Bill, mentioned that he was thinking about traveling to another country and possibly buying a home.
Azuay Province is in desperate need of more prosecutors, the head of the Attorney General’s Provincial Office says. “We currently have a staff of 43, but we need a minimum of 73,” says Leonardo Amoroso. “Because of the deficit, our prosecutors are forced to take on...
By Kirstynn Joseph I fell in love and moved to Ecuador, and then stayed in Ecuador because I fell in love again — with my new home, that is. I first met my now-husband, who is from Quito, Ecuador, when I was in my final year of college and working part-time at a...
Police investigators say they are not sure how many of the 19 people killed Sunday night in an El Empalme bar were specifically targeted by the Los Choneros gang. “The attackers were going after Los Lobos affiliates in a territorial dispute but some of the deceased...
By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz Imagine bananas that never go bad. To Aidan Mouat, chief executive of Chicago-based Hazel Technologies, it’s not so far-fetched. His company makes a product that extends the shelf life of all sorts of produce — avocados, cherries, pears,...
By Anca Voinea A new law adopted by Ecuador’s National Assembly includes a requirement for the conversion of some savings and credit co-operatives into companies. The country’s saving and credit co-operatives have condemned the law, arguing it endangers their...
'Retrotopía', visual del pasado - This exhibit of 25 years of work by artist Juan Pablo Toral will run at the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno until el 15/9. The show brings together 170 works from museums in Guayaquil and Quito and from private collections and...
More than 70 social organizations joined a statement by women's groups denouncing the merger of ministries announced last week by President Daniel Noboa. The statement promises nationwide protests against the "loss of representation and austerity measures." The groups...
By Kerry Burnight Anyone who says “age is just a number” has not reached the high numbers. Aging is not easy, and “forever young” is not a plan. Regardless of how many burpees you can do or protein smoothies you chug, the passing of time brings challenges. Roles that...
The Colombian government lodged a protest with Ecuador Friday for deporting a group of Colombian inmates without prior agreement, in what it called a violation of international law and an "unfriendly gesture" by its neighbor. In a statement, Colombia's foreign...
By Garry Vatcher There is a lake just outside Twinza, at the edge of the Amazon, Laguna de Ayauch. Its peaceful, mirror-like waters are a breathtaking sight. Everything that stands on its shore is perfectly reflected in the lagoon — the trees, the sky, the stillness....
Ecuador's government is about to shrink. Presidential press officer Carolina Jaramillo announced Thursday night that ministries will be reduced from 20 to 14 and that secretariats will drop from 9 to 3. The restructuring also means the dismissal of about 5,000 public...
This short article is part of “Facelift Ecuador: Share Your Positive Story!“, an initiative to publish positive articles from CuencaHighLife readers to counter international media that often focuses on the negative and sometimes exaggerates it. If you would like to...
Sixty-five members of the Los Lobos criminal gang were arrested and millions of dollars of drugs, stolen goods and other property were seized in police raids Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The raids were carried out in Guayas, Manabí, Imbabura, Napo,...
I walked into an cell phone store with an impressive window display in Cuenca a few weeks ago and asked if they had any phones that supported eSIM. The man behind the counter blinked slowly, as if I’d just asked whether they had unicorns in stock. After a moment, he...
