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By Richard Rolandson I asked the editors of CuencaHighLife if I could respond to a recent article criticizing U.S. government policies toward its citizens living abroad. They kindly obliged. As […]
Ecuadorian authorities have launched an investigation into local television network Teleamazonas and their Saturday afternoon broadcast of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) program SmackDown. According to the Superintendency of Communication […]
A Galapagos Islands volcano has erupted for the first since 1933, providing a spectacular light show for hundreds of tourists on cruise ships and yachts. The eruption of the Wolf […]
Assemblywoman Esperanza Galván, member of the governing Alianza Pais party, was arrested Sunday for allegedly receiving $800,000 from a company that supplied infrastructure services to the state. Ecuadorian Vice President […]
In his annual presidential report to the nation, President Rafael Correa said Sunday that Ecuador’s economy and financial systems are performing better than predicted, and that levels of poverty and […]
Ecuador has decided it needs to replenish and upgrade its cattle stock and is looking to Texas and Paraguay for help. Working with large Ecuadorian beef producers, the country’s agriculture […]
By Kevin Gray Add Ecuador to a growing list of countries pushing back against the U.S. “war on drugs.” A ruling party lawmaker recently introduced legislation that would make Ecuador […]
Panama hats are showing up all over at this year’s Cannes film festival and many of them were made in Cuenca. Cuenca’s Ortega Brothers, the world’s largest exporter of Panama […]
Government says it undercounted chikungunya cases Ecuador’s Health Ministry acknowledged Thursday that it undercounted the number of cases of the chikungunya virus in Guayas and two other Provinces. It said […]
By Brett Arends The U.S. government’s stupid, hateful and dishonest war on Americans living abroad claimed its latest scalp two weeks ago. London Mayor Boris Johnson, a dual British and […]
President Rafael Correa on Tuesday asked municipalities to redouble their efforts to fight the chikungunya outbreak that is spreading in Ecuador’s coastal region. The mosquito-borne illness has affected more than […]
Ecuador’s National Traffic Agency (ACT) is updating its driver’s license tests for both new and renewed licenses. The ANT is replacing current questionnaires with six new ones that it says […]



















