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By Melina Marks I believe in many things, but one of my highest beliefs is in the value of change. I believe that we cannot grow, we cannot learn, and […]
CuencaHighLife is expanding its services by affiliating with InterNations.org, a website community that connects more than one million expats around the world. Founded in 2007, InterNations hosts expat communities in […]
As protests mount against proposed legislation that would increase Ecuador’s inheritance tax, President Rafael Correa says that much of the inspiration behind the legislation comes from French economist Thomas Piketty. […]
By Scott Fugit We stepped through the open concrete entry into a dimly lit crowded room. Small groups of people surrounded stainless-steel tables while standing in fur and bandages. Others […]
Zero magazine publisher Sara Coppler says that the magazine will reemerge with a new focus. “We plan to publish again with an emphasis on creative arts and culture,” she says. […]
A committee of city officials and representatives of 23 public and private institutions met Monday to begin the process to make Cuenca a “digital city.” According to Cuenca technology chief […]
By David Morrill At 75, Cuenca ceramicist Eduardo Segovia shows no sign of slowing down. On most days, in fact, you can find him hard at work in his Cuenca […]
By Amy Guthrie From a Mexican tax on sugary drinks, to legislation banning Happy Meal toys in Chile and Peru, to Ecuador’s president asking why consumers should support multi-national corporations […]
Rosanne Morris knew it was time to pull up stakes when a Canadian acquaintance was found murdered beside a highway south of Guadalajara, Mexico in early February. Like thousands of […]
Two years after the financial cooperative Coopera was shut down by the government, eight investors have not received any of their money back and they could be in trouble with […]
Los Kichwa en Sarayuku han tenido un largo y bien documentado conflicto contra la extracción de petróleo, aceite y minerales en su territorio, situado en la parte centro-sureña de la […]
CPA says inheritance tax changes will have little effect on expats A former CPA from the U.S. says that increases to Ecuador’s inheritance tax rate will have little impact on […]
The Kichwa people of Sarayaku have had a long and well-documented struggle against oil, gas, and mineral extraction on their territory, located in the southern-central part of the Ecuadorian Amazon. […]
By James North Rafael Correa is often wrongly paired with Hugo Chávez, the late Venezuelan president, as an outspoken Latin American populist. In fact, the differences between the two men […]
By Sylvan Hardy Although it was an instant hit with University of Cuenca students, MeLatte Café in Esquina de las Artes has been discovered by only a handful of expats. […]
Aunque el Alcalde de Cuenca Marcelo Cabrera dijo que está decepcionado de que el gobierno federal se rehusó a proporcionar los 17.8 Millones de dólares que él solicitó para la […]
Although Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said he was disappointed that the federal government refused to provide the additional $17.8 million he had requested for tram construction, he said funding will […]
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute reports that seismic activity and gas emissions at the Cotopaxi volcano have increased in recent weeks. The institute says that 3,000 small earthquakes were recorded at the […]
Wendy Jane Carrel On December 2, 1826, a baby girl was born on Calle de la Flor Baja in the neighborhood of San Martin, Madrid, Spain and named Bibiana Antonia […]
By Tarra Clarke “We can’t be beggars sitting on a sack of gold.” This was Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa’s favorite catchphrase during his reelection campaign that ended in a sweeping […]
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