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By Nancy Turpin Many of us like spicy foods, and spices and herbs are a good additive to any meal. They bump up the flavors of basic foods and can […]
By Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher Where the Andean foothills dip into the Amazon jungle, nearly 1,000 Chinese engineers and workers have been pouring concrete for a dam and a […]
The lakes of the Cajas National Park, located at elevations ranging from 3,000 to 4,600 meters in Ecuador’s Azuay province, are the scene of fieldwork carried out by the research […]
The leaders of a national strike planned for August 13 want to distance themselves from the anti-government protesters who rallied last month in Guayaquil and Quito. “We are people of […]
By Melina Marks Sometimes, our greatest interests are not discovered until a life-changing event makes us notice them. Some people are good at math, others are exceptional at science. Some, […]
National Assembly President Gabriela Rivadeneira said on Wednesday that the “national dialogue” about a proposal to increase inheritance and capital gains taxes will be extended to December. In June, when […]
By George Gao As a whole, Latin America enjoyed solid economic growth in the first decade of this century, with a fall in poverty, a decrease in income inequality and […]
By Karla Freeman Ecuador: Come sick, get healthy. No, I don’t mean cure your arthritis or cancer, although that may happen too. I mean get healthy from all the stress-related […]
Ecuador has arrested one of Colombia’s most wanted alleged drug traffickers, authorities said on Monday. According to Ecuadorian police, suspected drug trafficker Diego Mejia, a.k.a. “El Paisa,” was arrested in […]
By Viktoria Vidali Knowledge is the spring of creative talent. As it expands, it engages the artist’s deeper self and flows into a river of new combinations and relationships, from the […]
By Sylvan Hardy According to Cuenca real estate agents, the local market has turned in favor of buyers for the first time in almost 10 years. It’s a fact that […]
Police say that a male body found Monday inside a Calle Larga house has been identified as that of a U.S. citizen. Police said the dead man was about 48 […]
Editor’s note: The following is the most recent “Netizen Report,” a service of Global Voices, about Internet rights. The Report monitors and compiles information about government policies and reactions to […]
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño will take a leave of absence from his official duties to help strengthen President Rafael Correa’s “Citizen’s Revolution,” Correa said on Friday. South American satellite […]
Following months of delay, a draft of an ordinance that would stiffen penalties for animal cruelty and neglect, establish an animal shelter and a city run sterilization program, received its […]
Swedish prosecutors said Thursday that they were still waiting for Ecuador’s permission to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, as the statute of limitations nears for some of his […]
A new study by Spanish urban design consultants has determined what most Cuencanos already know: most streets in the historic district are clogged with cars. The Report on Transportation and […]
A new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranks Ecuador number one among the top 30 government Twitter accounts. President Rafael Correa’s @presidencia_Ec edges out the […]
A bill introduced Thursday in Ecuador’s National Assembly will change the way Ecuador handles immigration issues, providing special protection for citizens living outside the country as well as for immigrants […]
By Tim Padgett Once again, Donald Trump’s got it all wrong. Mexican immigrants aren’t the problem. Mexican officials are. Especially all the Mexican officials who live deep inside the pockets […]






















