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Common Ground restaurant seeks help after robbery

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...

Ecuadorian shoppers flock to Colombia and Peru for big Christmas savings

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...

What do vegans and vegetarians think about living in Cuenca?

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...

Heavy rains pound city Sunday afternoon

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,...

Fire is out but the damage is severe

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...

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Week of April 05

Legal storm builds over Ecuador’s moved-up local elections.

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Ecuador issues nationwide mpox alert after first Clade Ib case.

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Big power users switch to self-generation as Ecuador protects household electricity supply.

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