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By David Morrill and Deke Castleman What do U.S. expats think about using the U.S. dollar in Ecuador? Not much, frankly, although it’s hard to deny that it makes life […]

By David Morrill Gerard, coordinator of Cuenca’s English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous group, recalls standing on the second-floor balcony of the AA meeting room on Presidente Borrero on a Friday afternoon several […]

By David Morrill Cuenca´s Museo de las Culturas Aborigenes, or Museum of Aboriginal Culture, is not your typical roadside attraction. Despite the fact that it is relatively small and privately […]

Few webcam users master the theatrical elements of on-camera presence. Because of the camera’s in-your-face vantage point, subjects’ noses and mouths appear too big while bad lighting puts them either […]

Rafael Correa should have seen it coming. All he had to do, in fact, was listen to what his soon-to-be successor was saying on the campaign trail. As it was, […]

By David Morrill According to Lee Dubs, the decision to sell Carolina Bookstore after 11 years was easy. “It was simply time to move on,” he says, adding, “Carol and […]

To understand what’s at stake in next month’s presidential election, it’s important to first consider Rafael Correa’s enormous impact on Ecuador. The election will be, in large part, a referendum […]

By David Morrill Looking around the Manhattan bar and grill where he worked in 1989, Freddy Vasquez told himself it was the kind of place he wanted to own one […]

By David Morrill For Cuenca tour guide Carlos Lara, life offers no greater pleasure than watching the birds. “I love doing anything outdoors. For me, there is nothing better than […]

By David Morrill and Greg Medeiros Health care and health insurance options for Ecuador expats changed dramatically at the beginning of 2014 when the government allowed legal residents to join […]

As the initial shock of Saturday night’s earthquake gives way to the grim reality of human and property losses, Ecuador confronts the biggest reconstruction project in its history. Before that […]

Gabriela Carrión, owner of Cazhuma Tours in Cuenca, never forgets what it’s like to be a tourist. “If you are not out there checking the details of the tours, you […]

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The Cuenca Dispatch

Week of April 26

Reservoir drop renews pressure on Ecuador’s electric grid.

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New naval station aims to shut down drug routes through Gulf of Guayaquil.

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Ecuador turns to targeted tax changes to raise $1.5 billion under IMF program.

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