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By Byron Johnson, Tyler J. Vander Weele and Brendan Case According to the 2025 World Happiness Report, which was released last month, the happiest country in the world is Finland, trailed closely by Denmark, Iceland and Sweden. This news came as no surprise. The...
Three medical teams are on the ground in Taisha canton, Morona Santiago Province, trying to determine what killed eight children and hospitalized 11 others. The latest death was of a seven-year-old boy who died while being airlifted from Taisha to Vicente Corral...
By Jeremiah Reardon Living on my own in New York City, at age nineteen, I yearned to see the world. When I finished the 1965 spring semester as a night business student, my boss in finance fired me from my job at Otis Elevator’s International Division. With such a...
By Ellie Muir Skype has seen it all. High-pressure job interviews. Awkward transatlantic family gatherings. Long-distance love affairs (and breakups). Many of our big life events have been bookended by Skype’s bouncy dial tone and its end-call notification that...
By Chris Bell Those white lines in the sky trailing behind jet planes are puffy plumes of water vapor. But online, some have twisted them into evidence of a secret plot to control weather or poison the environment. Suzanne Maher doesn't like the term "conspiracy...
National oil company Petroecuador has declared a state of emergency at the Esmeraldas Refinery as a result of earthquake damage. The refinery, the country’s largest, processes 110,000 barrels of oil a day under normal conditions. “Because of damage sustained in the...
In its annual quality of life index, the international data collection service Numbeo ranks Ecuador third in Latin America, behind Costa Rica and Uruguay. Numbeo’s rankings are based on more than 20 factors, including overall cost of living, purchasing power,...
By Diana Raab During my doctoral research, I read a great deal about the powerful effect of writing on healing, especially following trauma. It’s obvious that the conscious mind remembers the details of events, but what is more subtle and less talked about is what the...
At least 27 Colombian police and military personnel have been killed in attacks carried out in different parts of the country in the last two weeks, President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday, attributing the deaths to the Clan del Golfo crime gang. "The Clan del Golfo, in...
Following testimony by four soldiers, prosecutors say it is clear that four Guayaquil boys picked up December 8 by a military patrol were subjected to “the most extreme forms brutalization” during their captivity. What remains unresolved is who killed them. According...
By Julieta Pelcastre With recent presidential and National Assembly elections behind it, Ecuador has announced new initiatives to combat transnational drug organizations. Among them are plans to build two provisional military bases on the border with Peru, in the El...
By Amanda Erickson As a social worker for older adults, Robyn Golden, 67, preached the importance of staying active as you age. In her early career, Golden was often inspired by the way her clients tackled new challenges. “I found it very enriching,” she said, to see...
Three families were evacuated from their homes Monday following landslides in the Santa Ana parish in southeast Cuenca. Municipal risk management officials say that a house and workshop were partially destroyed in the Tepal sector while two houses in the Lazaretto...
By Liam Higgins After a third-straight presidential election loss for his political movement, former president Rafael Correa is not giving up, vowing to “fight on and on to regain control of the homeland.” Although he concedes President Daniel Noboa’s victory will not...
By Stephen Vargha “I’m nervous,” said Amaru Zapata. “I’ve never done anything like this before.” Not many have. Roughly 40,000, of which the U.S. has approximately half, have experienced what Zapata was about to do on April 26. It was his first solo show: “Re-Defining...
By Amelia Nierenberg and Jonathan Wolfe A major power outage hit Spain on Monday morning, shutting down trains, airports and other critical infrastructure and causing chaos in cities across the country. Parts of Portugal and France were also affected by the blackout,...
The Amaru Biopark announced Friday the death of Simba, a 16-year-old male lion. Simba and two female lions were rescued and relocated to Cuenca from a Quito-based circus in 2009, where government officials said they had suffered mistreatment. “Today we pay tribute to...
The election observation team of the Organization of American States has officially recognized President Daniel Noboa’s victory in the April 13 runoff election. In its final report on the election, the OAS said Ecuador’s elections “continue to be among the best...
I regularly commute from a tiny village overlooking the Paute River to Cuenca, enjoying the moment when it's time to climb aboard the tranvía for the easy trip from the bus terminal to El Centro or beyond. The trip is quiet, takes but a moment, and is a great example...
By Lachlan Brown Growing up without social media means your worldview is untouched by likes, shares, or viral trends. Instead, it’s shaped by direct experiences, personal interactions, and self-reflection. As someone who belongs to the generation before the social...
