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By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CD A low-functioning thyroid is often blamed for weight gain and/or the inability to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Take this quiz […]
If you think the tram construction mess is bad now, you haven’t seen nothin’ yet. On Tuesday, city officials said that work on Cuenca’s new light rail system will be […]
President Rafael Correa says he will hold an online auction to sell off several gifts he and his son received during official trips abroad, including a shiny gold Rolex watch […]
On Tuesday, when guards at Costa Rica’s La Reforma Penitentiary observed a pigeon acting strangely just outside the prison gates, they took a closer look. The pigeon, who was perched on a […]
Bank of America announced on July 28 that it was suspending international wire transfers to and from banks in Belize. According to its statement, Bank of America said it is […]
As indigenous marchers approach Quito from the south and north, the question on everyone’s mind is how effective will the national strike that begins on Thursday be. President Rafael Correa […]
Sound too good to be true? In most cases it probably would be. But many takers disagree. The small Sicilian town of Gangi is nestled in a lovely central part […]
Editor’s note: The following is a response to a response. Over the weekend, Ecuador’s ambassador to the U.S., Francisco Borja Cevallos, responded to a New York Times article about Ecuador’s […]
Police shut down four bars on Saturday night for a variety of violations, including excessive noise. The bars are on President Cordova between Hermano Miguel and Mariano Cueva. In addition […]
It only took about three minutes for two men to steal Francisco A.’s truck at the intersection of Octava and Orientein in Guayaquil, last Wednesday. According to his complaint, Francisco […]
Not all Cuenca expats are retired, and many of them continue to pursue their professions on a full- or part-time basis. A good example is photographer Bill Riordan. Although Riordan […]
By John Pilger The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a grueling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy in London […]
By Christopher Lux There’s a joke around Cuenca that pizza is becoming the city’s comida tipica. As a matter of fact, it’s not hard to find pizza in the city. […]
Major South American airlines Lan and TAM have agreed to retire their individudal brand names to form a new one, Latam. The airlines merged two years ago but have continued […]
By “SinEmbargo” Although she was originally from Comitán, Chiapas, anthropologist Nadia Vera Pérez, 32, had a precise diagnosis for the crisis of violence and criminal impunity plaguing Veracruz, the state […]
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE I love my work! I get to research and write about my passion – how food and health are intimately and deliciously […]
By Frank Bajak and Raphael Satter Ecuadorian opposition activist Dr. Carlos Figueroa was being pursued by the state when his email and Facebook accounts were hacked. Several dozen of his […]
Supporters of a national protest strike arrived in Cuenca last night as helicopters swirled overhead and police lined historic district streets. The march began four days ago in Zamora Chinchipe. […]
LC Perú, Peru’s second largest airline, says it has received permission from civil aviation authorities to proceed with plans to offer international flights to Ecuador, the U.S., and Bolivia. The […]
You could call it a pop-up gallery, to use the popular phrase describing special events restaurants. Open for only five days so far in 2015, Galeria Ombligo hosts its second […]
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