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¿Podría ser otro hablador? O simplemente alguien bien parado en Quito? El presidente Rafael Correa ha desafiado a un miembro de un partido político de la oposición a una pelea a puñetazos en la televisión nacional. Poco después de que se emitió el desafío, el...
Following recent rains, Cuenca’s volunteer fire department has been almost as busy pulling wet dogs from the city’s rivers as putting out fires. The department says it has rescued nine dogs within the past two weeks in the Tomebamba and Yanuncay Rivers. The most...
As labor strikes in the fast-food industry have reignited the U.S. debate over raising minimum wages, another battle over wages has been raging south of the border. Over the past several weeks, Mexico has seen a rising wave of pressure to increase its minimum wage,...
The celebration of Cuenca’s 195th anniversary of independence from Spain begins next week and officials are expecting 100,000 tourists, filling hotel rooms to capacity. Although November 2 is the official national holiday, activities begin by Thursday, October. 29 and...
American-born photographer Thomas Ives has worked for international news and feature magazines for over 38 years. His photo essays and images have appeared in National Geographic, Time, Geo, Stern, Newsweek, Life, Smithsonian, and many others publications. He...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says he understands the concerns of business owners in the historic district and has agreed to delay new tram construction work until January. The owners had complained that the work would disrupt Christmas sales which they depend on for a...
Could it be another Rumble in Jungle? Or just a Kick-Ass in Quito? President Rafael Correa has challenged a member of an opposition political party to a fistfight on national television. Shortly after the challenge was issued, the opponent, National Assemblyman Andrés...
By Christopher Lux In 1975, Piedad Segarra and her husband Luis Figueroa turned the first floor of their house into a pernil, or pork, sandwich shop. Located on the east end of Juan Jaramillo, this is no ordinary sandwich shop. Sanduches de Doña Piedad opened with no...
Por Liam Higgins Gualaceo está a 36 km (22 millas) de Cuenca, un viaje en autobús tarda 45 minutos y cuesta menos de un dólar. Conocido como "El Jardín del Azuay", Gualaceo tiene una población de poco menos de 50.000 habitantes. Su centro de información turística está...
Cuenca transportation officials meet today with business owners who are asking that the tram construction schedule be changed for the holiday season. The business owners claim that construction will severely limit their holiday sales and put some of them out of...
Mario Ruiz, director of Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute, cautions that the day-to-day activity at the Cotopaxi volcano is not an indicator of the strength of the eventual eruption. “We are not ruling out anything, even a catastrophic eruption on the level of the 1877...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has angrily rejected a threat made by bus owners to shut down municipal bus service if fares are not increased within 30 days. The owners are demanding an increase to 42 cents from the current fare of 25 cents, which was established 13...
By Dave Nelson On Thursday morning I was awakened with a jolt at 5:07 a.m. by an earthquake. It was very sharp and short, with the bed shaking for about five seconds. It was centered about 40 miles northwest of Cuenca, 5.4 magnitude, but very deep, causing no major...
Hola, Todos - Thanks to all of you who wrote to welcome me back. It´s good to be back and working again. Pagina cultural - Forum - on "El Humor y lo Burlesco" (Humor and Burlesque) Thu. at 18:00 in the Prohibido Central Cultural with Alberto del Campo Tejedor....
By Lee Dubs On October 12, Cuenca's El Mercurio newspaper featured a troublesome front-page story about toys. Due to new government fees and restrictions on imports, there are fewer toys in stores this year and they are more expensive. Consumers are feeling the pinch....
By Liam Higgins Gualaceo is 36 km (22 miles) from Cuenca, a bus ride that takes 45 minutes and costs less than a dollar. Known as “El Jardin del Azuay,” Gualaceo has a population of just under 50,000. Its tourist information center is next to a suspension bridge over...
In a Parque Calderon ceremony on Thursday morning, the city officially unveiled the printed agendas for the 2015 Cuenca independence holidays. Holiday activities kick off on Friday, October 29 and conclude on Wednesday, November 4. Among the events celebrating the...
Thursday morning’s 5.6 magnitude earthquake, 50 miles northwest of Cuenca, should be a wake-up call that all of Ecuador is in a seismically active region, according to Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute. Henry Bermeo, director of the Institute’s Seismic Network for...
By Susan Burke March, MSEd, RDN, LDN, CDE A recent Forbes.com article caught my eye—researchers found that after the defeat of their favorite football team, people eat more, and what they choose to eat makes a major impact on their waistline. But, after their favorite...
Por Susan Burke March, MS, LDN, RDN, CDE Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) World Health Organization (WHO), el tabaco es la única droga legal que mata a muchos de sus usuarios exactamente según lo previsto por los fabricantes. La OMS estima que cada año...
