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Thirty Citizen Guards are attending English classes at the University of Cuenca for the purpose of improving communication with tourists and foreign residents. Two graduate students in the university’s English Literature program are the teachers. The Citizen Guard,...
In an interview with journalists from Panama, Brazil and Argentina that covered a wide range of subjects, President Rafael Correa said he has not decided whether to run again for president, saying that his main interest is to see the work of his “Citizen’s Revolution”...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Labor is investigating claims that Cuenca bus companies have fired drivers who were attempting to form a union. The drivers have complained for months about long working hours, low pay, and poor operating condition of buses. José Trelles,...
Without knowing the crimes alleged against him, the general director of the Venezuelan Federation of Liquor Producers (Fevelif) was arrested on July 24. According to local media, Fray Roa was to appear in court on July 27. While there remains no stated justification...
By Dave Nelson When I take my Sunday walk on the Tomebamba River, it is not unusual to see people I know or to spend a bit of time talking to someone I don't. But this Sunday was special. Near the beginning, I poked my nose into a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant to...
By Daniel Ozarow In the midst of Friday’s Bundestag vote to approve a third $94 billion bailout deal for Greece, its humiliating and impossible Versailles-style debt repayment terms are igniting increasingly vociferous opposition from several quarters. This peculiar...
By Viktoria Vidali In 2013, the number of people leaving their home country reached 232 million, up from 175 million in 2000 and 154 million in 1990, putting global migration at an all time high. A common question expats the world over are frequently asked is: What...
Although it is months ahead of schedule, weather experts say that the first effects of an El Niño are being felt on Ecuador’s coast. “We weren’t expecting it this soon but all the signs show that we are in the initial phase of El Niño,” said Jose Luis Santos, director...
Leaders of indigenous organizations in southern Ecuador are mobilizing their members in preparation for a national strike beginning August 13. Strike organizers will meet Saturday in Cuenca to finalize plans. The organizations, which are protesting a long list of...
Galo Guarderas is starting off on five years of study in Spain to make himself an expert in photovoltaics, a vital field for a world tapping into solar energy. The price tag for the studies is more than $150,000. But the 47-year-old professor of electrical engineering...
After years of talk and false starts, Cuenca’s Calle Santa Ana could soon be opening. More an alley than a street, Santa Ana will host crafts shops, a performing arts area, a cultural center, and cafés, targeting the city’s growing tourist market, as well as local...
Allowing Canadians who have lived abroad for more than five years to vote in federal elections would be unfair to those who live in Canada, Ontario’s top court ruled Monday. Two Canadians living in the United States challenged the Canada Elections Act, arguing the...
By Sylvan Hardy The story of Oporto Pasteleria, Panaderia & Cafeteria is really the story of its owner, Marta da Silva. The bakery is the namesake of da Silva's hometown, Oporto, Portugal, and mixes the baking tastes and styles of her native country, with her...
By Christopher Lux In the United States, my meat came from supermarkets. Wanting a little 'security' and familiarity for my meat purchases after I moved to Cuenca, I continued to seek out the supermarkets. While my produce comes from local markets (mercados), I was...
President Rafael Correa said on Saturday that he will not allow roads and public services to be closed during next month’s national strike by government opponents. “I support free speech and right of people to march but we will not allow our roads to be closed or the...
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 make the difference between a merely OK dish and a YUMMY one. Ecuadorian cuisine relies on salt, aji (a hot, red chili...
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 15-mile underground tunnel. The $2.2 billion project will feed river water to eight giant...
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 project ECUAFLUX, an initiative to analyze the carbon cycle in the Andean basins of...
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 the left,” said Lauro Sigcha, who led a protest march three weeks ago that...
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, like me, who aren’t too fantastic at either of these things, have talents in...
