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One of the biggest challenges for expats is determining the best way to stay in touch with family and friends back home. But as big as that challenge is, it’s far smaller than it was just a few years ago. Cuenca expat Jack Frawley remembers when he budgeted $50 a...
Al leer los informes de la prensa internacional, se podría pensar que el presidente Rafael Correa está a punto de ser expulsado de su cargo por el levantamiento popular. Ecuador ha enfrentado meses de protestas por parte de grupos empresariales, indígenas,...
Por Jonathan Mogrovejo Una de las preguntas más frecuentes formuladas por los posibles expatriados es: "¿Funcionará mi teléfono celular en Ecuador?" Al llegar por primera vez a Ecuador, dependiendo de su plan de teléfono celular, al volver al inicio, usted puede tener...
To read international press reports, you might think President Rafael Correa is on the verge of being thrown out of office by popular uprising. Ecuador has faced months of protests by business, indigenous, student and labor groups, all critical of government policies...
As the latest reports show pressure growing inside Cotopaxi, owners of tourist lodges, haciendas, and tour companies close to the volcano say that uncertainty about a potential eruption is taking a toll on their businesses. On Saturday, the Geophysical Institute...
By Jonathan Mogrovejo One of the most commonly questions asked by prospective expats is, “Will my cell phone work in Ecuador?” When you first arrive in Ecuador, depending on your cell phone plan back home, you may have a signal. You will see “Claro” or “Movistar” on...
By Walter Panko I had planned to use Part 2 of my “things are different in Ecuador” series to talk about some of the things that, as a recently arrived Cuenca expat, are taking me longer than expected to adjust to. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized...
Incoming international travelers are experiencing delays of 30 to 40 minutes at the international airports in Quito and Guayaquil due to new government rules that tax some items purchased overseas. The rules apply the same tax rates on items brought into the country...
Por Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE La columna de esta semana está dedicada a los dos principales mitos sobre el alcohol. En las próximas semanas voy a cubrir algunos otros. El alcohol se convierte en azúcar en su cuerpo y es por esto se que se forma la grasa....
The plan to revitalized Cuenca’s historic district, announced last week, includes “cyclable corridors” to promote use of bicycles for basic transportation and to reduce the need for cars and buses. “Recreational cycling is wonderful,” says Cuenca Councilman Marco...
Hotel owners have complained before about unfair competition from the growing number of daily and weekly rental properties in the Cuenca market, many of them owned by expats and foreigners. Now, they say the situation has reached crisis proportions. According to...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE This week’s column is devoted to the top two myths about alcohol. In upcoming weeks I’ll cover a few others. Alcohol turns to sugar in your body and that’s why it makes you fat. This is a common myth since over-consumption of...
Anti-government protests in Quito, Cuenca, and several other cities were mostly peaceful and smaller than expected, according to Ecuador’s national police. In Cuenca, about 250 marchers made their way up Simon Bolivar Wednesday afternoon from Parque San Blas, flanked...
A tsunami alert was issued for most of the Pacific Ocean basin following a magnitude 8.3 earthquake just off the coast of northern Chile early Wednesday night. The alert at first included Ecuador but a later report said that the country would probably only see higher...
Ecuador's capital, Quito, was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and was one of the first cities named a UNESCO Heritage site. "The city has the best-preserved, least altered historic centre in Latin America.... The 'Baroque school of Quito'...is a fusion of...
Wildfires have consumed as much as 800 hectares in the Cajas Mountains, west of Cuenca, while residents were ordered to evacuate several neighborhoods near out-of-control fires in Quito. As of Tuesday night, the national risk management office said that dozens of...
Anti-government protests are scheduled today across Ecuador although national police say they expect fewer participants than during the August national strike. The protests are being organized by indigenous, labor, and student groups. In Cuenca, 500 police will be on...
Es la temporada de incendios forestales en la región Sierra de Ecuador y los bomberos municipales de Cuenca se unieron a los departamentos de bomberos rurales el lunes, en la lucha contra más de tres docenas de incendios, algunos de ellos todavía fuera de control. El...
It’s the wildfire season in Ecuador’s sierra region and Cuenca municipal firefighters joined rural fire departments on Monday in battling more than three dozen blazes, some of them still out of control. Military personnel have been called to help with several of the...
The ninth edition of Cuenca’s Festival Escenarios del Mundo, or International Theater Festival, begins Wednesday, September 16, with a parade through the historic district and the performance of the Mexican comedy, “Más pequeños que el Guggenheim" at 8 p.m. at the...
