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By Zachary Shell The truck pulled over on the Pan-American Highway, high above the town of Saraguro. Down below, the Sunday market bustled: vendors haggling over produce, children kicking a soccer ball in the plaza, men and women from the surrounding countryside in...
If you want to take the pulse of a city, don’t bother with opinion polls or traffic counts. Just count how many homes have washing machines. Here in Cuenca, about two-thirds of homes now have one. That’s roughly where Britain stood in 1967, when half the population...
The campaign for and against President Daniel Noboa’s four referendum questions began officially November 1. Voters go to the polls to make the final decision Sunday, November 16. The questions to be decided are: 1) to remove the constitutional ban on foreign military...
Curious? - 14.4% consumen agua con heces en el Azuay - 30.5% of Ecuadorian households consume water contaminated with fecal matter (E. coli). Although Azuay is one of the provinces with the lowest levels of contamination, the numbers are still worrisome. A forum on...
An intense rainstorm Tuesday afternoon in Cuenca overflowed streams and rivers and triggered landslides in Sayausí and on the Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil highway. The rain also chased away vendors at various Cuenca holiday crafts fairs. The Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil...
By Miriam Drake, M.Ed., L.M.H.C., N.C.C. To be a good caregiver, first and foremost, you need to be good to yourself. I cannot emphasize this enough! This is extremely important. It is not being selfish! It is simply practical. If you are not there, or burned out...
In a quality-of-life poll taken in March, respondents overwhelmingly voted Cuenca the "most desirable" city in Ecuador with a population above 100,000. Why is Cuenca so popular? The television network Ecuavisa identified four reasons. Safety and security While many...
There comes a time in every man’s life when he realizes he’s no longer a hunter but a retired park ranger. These days, even though I am living in the Garden of Eden, I’m more likely to be offered hibiscus flowers than ripe figs, yet I feel it’s my duty to pass on a...
As Cuenca celebrates its independence, it can also celebrate the fact that it has the country’s strongest economy. According to statistics compiled by the University of Guayaquil and the University of Cuenca, the city leads the country in almost all major economic...
Bored? 200 visitas diarias a Bienal - The 17th Edition of the Bienal de Cuenca, titled "The Game: Bienal de Bienales" has attracted a large number of people in its first week. It will run until el 1/2/2026 at 13 locations. The locations are: <And they might be...
Every year, before Halloween merchandising has even been exhausted, the shops in Cuenca wheel out the Christmas trees. Plastic snowflakes appear beside the avocados, and the first faint strains of “Feliz Navidad” drift through the supermarket aisles. It’s the signal...
More than 1,500 soldiers destroyed seven illegal gold mines Wednesday and Thursday in the Pucará canton of Azuay Province, southwest of Cuenca. One man was injured in a gunfight in the Cerro parish during the operations while 11 people, including two Venezuelans and...
By Amy Robertson Hundreds of white crosses crowd together at Calderón cemetery, just outside of Quito. Some are garlanded with rings of purple paper flowers and shiny aluminum leaves. Graves are adorned with elegant bouquets of roses and alstroemeria – known as lily...
With the end indigenous strike, Cuenca tourism officials are seeing a surge in hotel reservations in advance of the four-day Cuenca independence holiday. Events are already underway and will continue through Tuesday, November 4. The Cuenca mayor's office says it...
By Liam Higgins So what exactly is Cuenca celebrating this long holiday weekend? Although it's a celebration of the city's independence from Spain, the independence lasted less than a month. Here's what happened. On the afternoon of November 3, 1820, hundreds of...
Everyone in Cuenca will tell you the almuerzo at the market is a bargain. Two or three dollars buys you soup, a main dish, rice, and a glass of juice, often with free refills and sometimes a tiny dessert. They don’t tell you the soup often contains chicken feet not so...
Cocaine seizures and arrests off Ecuador's coast have more than doubled since May when the U.S. Coast Guard committed ships and personnel to the mission. Joint Ecuadorian-U.S. patrols have resulted in the seizure of more than 200 tons of cocaine and the arrest of 41...
If you ever wondered what happens when a childhood fascination with Meccano and Lego collides with the arrival of tercera edad, then the answer may be called Arduino. The name is Italian, but in Spanish I think it means “something that won’t work until you watch five...
By Liam Higgins The last week serves as a reminder that Ecuador is one of the world’s most seismically active regions. In the last six days, the country has experienced strong earthquakes of 6.1, 5.3, 4.8 and 4.5 magnitude, the first two being felt in Cuenca and most...
Bored? Fiesta cultural en Chordeleg - Chordeleg is preparing to celebrate its 8th anniversary as a Ciudad Creativa de la Unesco en Artesanías y Arte Popular (UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art). The activities will start el domingo, 26/10 a las 10:00 with the...
