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On early Sunday morning December 18, the popular local eatery and expat hangout Common Ground was robbed. Video footage from the apartment building behind the restaurant shows four men leaving with the stolen items, including a big-screen television, one smaller...
By John Morrison According to the director of the Ipiales, Colombia Chamber of Commerce, as many of 15,000 Ecuadorians arrive in this border city each weekend, with thousands more coming during the week. Why do they come: “Why not?” asks Arturo Díaz. “They save a lot...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about vegetarian and vegan dining and shopping options in Cuenca. To read part one and two, click here and here. Text and photos by John Keeble Holly Shrader finds that being a vegetarian in Cuenca is easy. She...
An uneasy truce between regulators and Ecuador’s private banking system is in place following an order and then a retraction that banks provide services for the government’s electronic money system. The system, unveiled by Ecuador’s Central Bank in 2014 to work...
During a tour of affected areas of Esmeraldas Province, President Rafael Correa said the damage from Monday morning’s earthquake is far greater than first thought. “It is painful to witness the destruction this community has suffered,” the president said during a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Mon.) agenda event - Novena - La Tradicional Novena Cuencana for today will be at the house of Marco Pesántez at 19:00 (Tarqui 7-25 y Pres. Córdova). Among the organizers are the Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca...
Editor's note: This is the second of a four-part series about vegetarian and vegan dining and shopping options in Cuenca. To read part one, click here. Text and photos by John Keeble Cuenca is a beautiful, sophisticated city – and it is taking its place in modern...
Strong late-afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday disrupted traffic and knocked out power in several areas of the city. Hail was also reported at several locations. Areas hardest hit included Mall del Rio, the Cuenca-Azogues autopista, Plaza Las Americas shopping plaza,...
A strong 5.8 magnitude earthquake woke residents of Esmeraldas and northern Manabi Provinces early Monday morning, shutting down electric service in several areas and causing an undetermined amount of damage. The quake was followed by at least four others, measuring...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sun.) agenda events - Novena para hoy - The novena for today was at 17:00 in the Catedral Vieja. Articles about - Conciertos - The Childrens' and Youth Chorus and Orchestra will perform two concerts. Tomorrow's (lunes, 19/12)...
Editor's note: This is the first of a four-part series about being vegetarian or vegan in Cuenca by John Keeble, an international photo-journalist living in Cuenca. He 'retired' after 25 years with The Guardian in London and has spent the past 11 years giving media...
By Telesur Staff Previously classified documents released last week about Operation Condor have shed light on how the U.S. controlled and meddled in Latin America politics in the 1970s, showing that the U.S. considered “tinkering” with the outcome of an elections...
By Sylvan Hardy When the government paid a house call Thursday to Ecuador’s smartest 2016 high school graduate, it was more than simply a media event. Although newspaper and television reporters were on hand when René Ramírez, Ecuador's Secretary of Higher Education,...
Signage and curb markers are being installed on Calle Gran Colombia between Tarqui and Padre Aguirre, ahead of next week’s opening to vehicular traffic next week. “We are seeing real progress in the historic district,” says Guillermo Argudo, Cuenca’s tranvía project...
A series of soaking rains that began Wednesday night have put an end to the drought that has plagued Cuenca and Ecuador’s southern sierra. Ecuador’s weather service says more rain is in the forecast through next week. “The is excellent news for our area,” said Ivan...
A day after President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency in Morona Santiago Province, indigenous activists are demanding that the United Nations, the Organization of American States, or the Catholic church mediate a conflict surrounding a large Chinese copper...
Editor's note: The Latin American media are taking perverse delight in the prospect that Russian espionage may have played a role in last month's election of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. For decades, U.S. resources were used to install right-wing puppet...
By Ana Veciana Suarez Rolando Gutierrez grew up in Miami, but he knew he wanted to eventually move to a quieter, more affordable place where he could live comfortably on his City of Miami police sergeant pension. After a few trips to Central America, he found his...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has extended the emergency declaration allowing the city to continue project management of tranvía construction. Cabrera said that work during the 60-day extension will move beyond the city's historic district, to other areas of the tram...
The wildfires that threatened Cuenca’s water shed are out, doused by more than a hundred firefighters, helicopter bambi bucket drops, and timely evening showers, but the damage to native vegetation is severe, authorities say. Although the fires did not enter the...
