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A Turkish port operator says it will transform Puerto Bolivar near Machala into Latin America’s largest container terminal. The port is currently the country’s primary export point for bananas and […]
By Brian Buckner I can’t imagine that there are too many people in the world who don’t like ice cream. It’s like the national dessert in Ecuador. Here, an indigenous […]
Although Diez de Agosto is officially the independence day for Quito, it is unofficially considered Ecuador’s national independence day. When independence was declared in 1809, Quito was the administrative center, […]
Ecuadorian police said Tuesday that robbers shot and seriously wounded a U.S. man as he was playing Pokemon Go in a Guayaquil park. The victim, Mitchell Cleve Williams, had come […]
By Susan Burke March According to National Geographic, dogs have accompanied humans for more than 10,000 years, and are probably the first domesticated animal. Besides the companionship that owning a […]
A man arrested for allegedly raping of two British tourists in Montanita may be involved in several others, police say. Although the rapes occurred in May, police only took the […]
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rocked Quito Monday night, collapsing a bridge and triggering landslides that closed several roads. The quake, centered six miles northeast of the city in the town […]
By Scott Fugit “Jaime is a very safe driver,” Bill assured me – or was it Bob – as he pulled the napkin out from under his fourth margarita and […]
By Sebastien Malo Almost four months after a devastating earthquake hit Ecuador, a leading government minister has appealed to tourists to return to the financially-struggling Andean country. Nearly 700 people […]
Following several lean years, Cuenca’s Panama hat makers say that local and international sales remain strong in 2016, continuing a trend that began in 2014. Several companies report that they […]
Proposed legislation that would require health insurance companies and pre-paid health plans to provide coverage for congenital diseases as well as pre-existing, catastrophic and chronic conditions is not just about […]
According to Cuenca’s transportation office, educating the public about tranvia rules is essential for keeping accidents to a minimum. “The tranvia is a large, heavy moving vehicle and pedestrians, cyclists […]
The National Transportation Agency (NTA) has approved the operation of 20 vans between Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport and Guayaquil and Quito. The airport will be closed for 30 days […]
By Susan Burke March Although our local Ecuadorian cuisine is wholesome, it is often lacking in pizzazz. I find myself reaching for the aji even before tasting. But Thai food […]
Under a proposed provision of Cuenca’s new noise ordinance, the private gas trucks that cruise residential neighborhoods would be required to use music instead of beeps to alert their customers. […]
By Brian Buckner In Ecuador, the siesta is generally observed between one and three in the afternoon. However, nobody seems to really be counting. Naps, cat or otherwise, are grabbed […]
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health says that more than 100 cases of malaria have been confirmed in Zamora Chinchipe, Morona Santiago and Pastaza Provinces in the country’s Amazon region. The […]
Although it will not begin rolling for at least six months, Cuenca residents will get a preview next week of what the historic district will look like once the tranvía […]
By Fabio Rafael Fiallo Latin America’s hard-left — the left enraptured by Fidel Castro’s 57-year-old Cuban Revolution and Hugo Chavez’s 21st Century Socialism — has been losing terrain, indeed collapsing, […]
In the on-going saga of Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport, another date for resurfacing the runway has been announced. At the same time, the Tame Airlines jet at the center […]
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