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Cuba’s National Assembly has elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as the new president on Thursday in an historic moment which brought an end to the Castro era. Outgoing president Raul Castro confirmed […]
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on vegan and vegetarian dining in Cuenca. Here, Cuenca chefs Giovanni Cambizaca and Yasu Umet talk about their culinary development […]
Joint military and police operations by Ecuador and Colombia against drug traffickers are producing dramatic results. Launched last weekend, following the murders of three Ecuadorian journalists, more than 100 suspects […]
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on vegan and vegetarian dining in Cuenca. Tomorrow: Cuenca’s vegan super chefs. Text and photos by John Keeble It was […]
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Monday that the Pacific Alliance plans to add new members and Ecuador may be interested in joining. The alliance is a trade organization […]
Editor’s note: Writers on Writers in an on-going series in which Cuenca expat writers interview each other about their their work. Here, Lee Polevoi and Jean McCord talk about why they […]
The Venezuelan National Assembly approved preliminary impeachment proceedings against Nicolás Maduro with 105 votes in favor (and 2 against), citing enough evidence linking him to acts of corruption regarding the […]
Have you ever seen something that caused your common sense to question your vision? I remember, while working in Baltimore, driving along a street near the downtown area. There was […]
Only days after a three journalists were murdered by drug traffickers, an Ecuadorian couple has been taken hostage near the Colombian border. It is unclear whether the abduction took place […]
The Óliver Sinisterra Front issued a statement Monday saying it has stopped efforts to return the bodies of three Ecuadorian journalists. The front, which controls drug production and trafficking operations […]
By Gil Castle This is the second article in a two-part series. The first article posited that beautiful cities can be analyzed using 15 categories of civic beauty. The 15 […]
Supporters of former president Rafael Correa are being blasted by disability and human rights organizations for referring to President Lenin Moreno as a “cripple.” During an April 10 protest march […]

















