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By Wendy Jane Carrel Cuenca, aside from being a UNESCO Heritage Site with beautiful colonial buildings and a unique history, offers unexpected and pleasant surprises if you’ve lived here a […]
Two May Day marches attract thousands in Cuenca Although Friday’s two May Day marches and rallies were touted as a pro- vs. anti-Correa contest, it was often hard to tell […]
By Ariana Chomitz In my last post, I wrote on the side of large corporations, encouraging forgiveness for well-intentioned but tone-deaf actions on the part of social good. That’s because […]
Ecuador joins Argentina, Chile and Venezuela among South American countries on the latest U.S. “black list” for alleged intellectual property rights violations. Ecuador’s blacklisting is a downgrade from last year’s […]
By Wendy Jane Carrel FASEC (Fundacion al Servicio del Enfermo de Cancer/Foundation Serving Those Ill with Cancer), together with Care Partners International of Washington state, and the University of San […]
The alarmed resident who called 911 last Saturday to report a man “mistreating a squirrel” in Prospect Park got it all wrong. It was actually a guinea pig. Police responded […]
According to publisher Sara Coppler, the second issue of Zero Magazine: Living with Latitude, represents a maturation of the young publication. During a Tuesday night launch party at Cuchara Magica […]
By Scott Gamm The 2016 U.S. presidential election is heating up and former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo has a message for the next Commander in Chief: Take Latin America seriously. […]
The spectacular eruption of Volcán Calbuco in Chile, should be a reminder to Ecuadorians of the enormous power that surrounds them, says a retired volcanologist. Although Calbuco is in a […]
By Sylvan Hardy If the Shamuí restaurant, or Shamuico Espai Gastronomica as it is formally known, seems misplaced, you can blame it on a family migration to Spain two decades […]
In response to tram critics who say that ticket prices for Cuenca’s new tram system will need to be 75 cents to a dollar to cover expenses, the city transportation […]
By David Morrill Diego Plasencia’s American dream had crashed and burned long before he sat down on a New York sidewalk with his guitar on a summer morning in 1998. […]
A total of 116 activists were killed around the world in 2014, with 87 losing their lives in Latin America, according to the report from Britain-based watchdogs Global Witness. Honduras […]
Gustavo Quito, attorney for members of the financial cooperative Coopera, was arrested Thursday in Cuenca at the parents’ home of Alianza País executive secretary Doris Soliz. Quito says he and […]
Vendors complain about conditions of city markets Cuenca public market vendors are complaining about maintenance problems in the facilities. At the 10 de Agosto Market on Calle Larga, vendors say […]
Ecuador’s ambitious electronic — or digital — money program is lagging far behind early expectations, and is almost entirely unavailable in some cities, such as Cuenca. Although it is operational […]
By Amy Goodman For the first time in more than half a century, the presidents of the United States and Cuba have had a formal meeting. Barack Obama met with […]
By Wendy Jane Carrel Mayor Marcelo Cabrera, his wife, city dignitaries, employees, and approximately 150 seniors were present Sunday morning, April 19, as Cabrera inaugurated one of Cuenca’s special projects, […]
Photographs of a dog allegedly being dragged to its death behind a car in Tosagua have sparked international outrage after hitting the social media. President Rafael Correa and Ecuador’s Interior […]
While the new Law of Labor Justice allows housewives to join the national Social Security (IESS) system, women’s rights groups say the benefits don’t go far enough. Meanwhile, Ecuador’s prostitutes […]
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