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Bored?- 50 "viudas" en competencia (50 “widows” in race) - The tradition of the Año Viejo will live on in a different way in Cuenca next miercoles, 31/12, in the La Gloria barrio (av. Loja) <the northern end of the barrio is at San Roque according to a quick Google...
Ecuador’s IVA refund system for senior residents is legally clear, administratively uneven, and morally awkward, leaving expatriate retirees to negotiate not just receipts and deadlines, but their own sense of fairness, belonging, and proportion. There are two broad...
By Christopher Lux It's the perfect crime. The victims are awake, articulate, and appear normal. But they have no control over their decisions and actions and do anything the criminal asks. Victims have regained consciousness to find they've been robbed or raped....
By John Olson Expats come to Cuenca hoping to continue their favorite activities and interests from their previous lives in other countries, but sometimes these activities have a way of drawing them into their new community and finding ways to contribute to their...
By Ashley Rogers People often say curiosity fades as you get older. They’re wrong. Curiosity isn’t something you lose with age. It’s something you stop nourishing. And when you do feed it — at any age — it has a remarkable way of leading you somewhere unexpected. For...
Cuenca is Ecuador’s fastest growing city and home to the second largest number of foreign residents, a new study shows. The study, conducted by the University of Azuay, the National Office of Census and Statistics and three other organizations reports the city’s...
A field guide for people who just want to pay and get on with lunch. In Cuenca, garbage collection used to be one of those civic services that functioned so smoothly you barely noticed it. The truck came with little green men running behind. The bags on the racks...
By Veronica Pesantes and Charmaine Picard Marking its 40th anniversary, the 17th Bienal de Cuenca, titled The Game, opened on 24 October. Its inauguration coincided with the Art Basel Paris fair on the other side of the Atlantic, but the biennial offers a timely...
Deputy Minister of Energy Javier Subía resigned Tuesday, a week after announcing that the Loma Linda gold mine project was “still alive” and could be resumed in the future. In accepting the resignation, Minister of Energy Inés Manzano's said Subía’s departure is part...
Fifteen prisoners were found dead Saturday and Sunday at Guayaquil’s Litoral Prison and government officials say they are unsure of the causes. Officials said the bodies were recovered in seven of the prison’s 12 pavilions and that autopsies are underway. Long-known...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 15/12) 10 lugares para conocer Azuay (10 places to visit in Azuay) - Cuenca's eastern cantons of Gualaceo, Paute, Sígsig, El Pan, Chordeleg, Guachapala & Sevilla de Oro let you sail in the Andes, discover crafts, learn the...
Dear Charlie, My significant other and I are coming to Cuenca for two months and would relish any advice on finding a reasonable place to stay with easy access to el centro. We only have semi-worthless Canadian dollars. Yours sincerely, Pierre Trudeau. Pierre, mon...
In the early months, Cuenca feels like a backdrop. Beautiful buildings. Mountain light. Cafes that feel new each time you sit down. Life feels like a long vacation with errands mixed in. After six months, the city steps off the stage and into your daily life. You stop...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del martes, 9/12) Coro Santa Catalina dará recital navideño (Santa Catalina chorus to perform Christmas recital) - The Santa Catalina chorus will perform the "No sé niño hermoso" concert el miércoles, 17/12 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Casa de la...
Most people in Cuenca have never heard of Gary Stevenson. He is not a president, a pop singer, or a football manager. He is a British economist who used to make his living trading interest rates for CitiBank in London. He got very good at it and very rich at it. Then...
By Lucy Hancock We’ve all lived through the blackouts. I don’t need to remind anyone. Last September I was late to the party. By the time I got to MegaKywi Wayra Plaza the rechargeable bulbs were gone, the power banks were gone, the shelves looked like locusts had...
Flora Thompson was born in 1876 in a tiny Oxfordshire hamlet in England called Juniper Hill. Finishing her education at the age of 14, she worked as a housemaid, which she didn't much like, then as a trainee post office clerk, then as a telegraph clerk. It took...
President of the Cuenca Chamber of Transport Diego Idrovo said Monday that city bus owners do not accept a proposal by Mayor Cristian Zamora for a subsidized 10-cent bus fare increase. “First, we object to raising the fare from 30 cents to only 40 cents, since the...
There are Saturdays in Cuenca when the city wakes up slowly. The dogs stretch, the buses grumble into life, and everyone has a second cup of coffee before attempting anything strenuous. Then there was Saturday, when Cuenca bounded out of bed like a child on Christmas...
Crowds estimated at 20,000 gathered in Cuenca’s historic district Sunday night for the annual Christmas lighting ceremonies. In what city organizers call a “corridor of Christmas tradition,” separate ceremonies were held in Parque Calderon, Santo Domingo Plaza, San...
