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“This will be a fair and transparent election, just as other recent elections have been,” Enrique Pita, vice president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said Friday. “The claims that we have been biased and unfair are completely without foundation.” Pita was...
By Tobi Amidor Although bread gets shunned by many, choosing the right type of bread can have positive effects on your gut. Of course, the opposite can possibly be true as well. Here is a rundown of five surprising side effects bread has on your gut. It can improve...
By A. Arezki The European Union is planning a major shift in its financial infrastructure. The EU wants to free itself from the grip of global financial giants like Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and AliPay. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB),...
Cuenca’s foundation holiday continues through the weekend with craft and good fairs, concerts and a wide range of cultural activities. According to city tourism officials, more than 200 artisans and performers from all areas of Ecuador have joined the celebration....
By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia The two candidates battling it out to win Ecuador's presidency in this Sunday's run-off have focused their energies on the populous coastal provinces, where voters are pleading for action to tackle spiraling drug-related violence....
By Arianna Huffington Don’t die. That’s the simple mission statement of Bryan Johnson, tech entrepreneur and subject of the recently released Netflix documentary Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever. Johnson is not alone in his mission to extend his life as...
The winner of Sunday’s presidential runoff will face major challenges enacting his or her agenda, political experts say. “The prospect for gridlock in the new Assembly overshadows all the promises being made in the campaign,” says former assemblyman and radio host...
By Kevin Koenig Coastal communities in Ecuador are still reeling from a devastating oil spill on March 13, which dumped over 25,000 barrels of crude oil into rivers and protected areas in the northwestern province of Esmeraldas. The spill blackened rivers, streams,...
By Ione Wells The Albanian mafia would call me and say: 'We want to send 500kg of drugs.' If you don't accept, they kill you." César (not his real name) is a member of the Latin Kings, a criminal drug gang in Ecuador. He was recruited by a corrupt counternarcotics...
Diana Salazar has agreed to continue in her role as attorney general until a successor is chosen. Her decision follows the failure of the Council of Social Participation and Citizen Control (CPCCS) to complete the selection process for her replacement. Salazar’s...
By Ana Lankes Antonio Orduña has lived in Arizona for 30 years as an undocumented migrant, now working as a gardener. In January, after Donald Trump took office, Orduña wired most of his life savings to Mexico, afraid he might be deported at any moment. As well as the...
By Christian Yao and Te Herenga Waka China’s economic rocket ride appears to be ending – or slowing, at least. Growth has declined from 8.4% in 2021 to 4.5% today, youth unemployment has climbed to 16.9%, and cities are filled with unfinished buildings after the...
Less than a week before the presidential runoff election between President Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, most analysts say the race is too close to call. “It follows the pattern of the past three or four runoffs, with public sentiment being very difficult to read,”...
Cuenca has the best quality of life of all major South American cities, according to international online rating service Numbeo. Quito also ranked high in the 2025 survey of cities with populations of 500,000 or higher, at number 10. Numbeo’s crowdsourced global...
By Shreya Dasgupta Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a recent study has found. Once famed for their undisturbed natural ecosystems, the Galápagos Islands have seen a rise in road infrastructure and...
By Lauran Neergaard A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven...
Erik Prince, founder of the controversial security contractor formerly known as Blackwater, joined in law enforcement operations on Saturday in Guayaquil, according to local officials. The operations saw 10 houses raided and 40 people detained, Ecuador’s Interior...
By Melissa Kirsch If you sit close enough to the front of the theater for “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, you can see Paul Mescal spit and sweat as he stalks the stage as Stanley Kowalski, an artist doing his work in real time and space....
I watched quietly as the swollen Paute River carted away dirt, stones, and scoured human debris from our recent historic rainstorm. It is a potent reminder that when absorbed in their enthusiasm, the gods of Fertility and Loss will occasionally flood whole villages...
Intense rainstorms continue to roll across Ecuador, flooding streets, airports and highways. On Thursday and Friday, Guayaquil and Quito experienced heavy rainfall while Cuenca saw localized flooding. On Friday, the National Transit office announced that travel was...
