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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill When Ruth Harrison and Dan Phillips relocated from the US to Ecuador two years ago, their main goal was to enjoy a peaceful retirement. Just as the couple – who have chosen to use pseudonyms for this article – were settling into a new chapter...
By Rashmi J. Dalai Long before glitz and glamour came to accompany corporate packages and overseas retirements, Ernest Hemingway likened expats to addicts: “You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake foreign standards have ruined you. You drink yourself...
Miércoles, 10/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Tras de 20 años reabren terraza de Seminario (After 20 years, Seminary terrace reopens) - The Archdiocese of Cuenca is reopening the front terrace of the Seminario "San Luis" after 20 years. The 60 meter long by 6 m....
When we’re at our farm in Cañar Province, an hour-and-a-half drive north of Cuenca, I have my morning coffee beside the banana trees in the back yard. The neighbors can see me from the road and we exchange “Buenos Diases.” Most of them are on foot but a few ride...
Periodico - lunes, 8/7/2024 Hola, Todos - To those of you who wrote in with the way to type the ü, many thanks. My Plan B was to enter penguin into the translator, then erase everything but the ü in pingüino, and move that where I needed it. My keyboard has a key with...
By Martin Simmons On a recent visit to Loja Province, a man and his wife described a home invasion they had suffered earlier this year. Although the couple lost a television, cell phones and several hundred dollars in cash, they were unhurt except for bruises they...
With the addition of former government minister Henry Cucalón to the field presidential candidates, next February’s election is beginning to take shape. Cucalón will compete with Andrea González, Fernando Villavicencio's vice-presidential running mate, for the...
Viernes, 5/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Expo en Pumapungo - "Arquitexturas" by photographer Crostoph Hirtz opened last miércoles in the Sala A1 in the Museo Pumapungo. It will be open until el 24 de julio. Muestra colectiva (Collective show) - "Mi alma en el...
By Joshua J. Mark The Inca civilization (c. 1400-1533 CE) is among the most vital of South America in terms of its cultural influence and legacy. The Inca began as a small tribe who steadily grew in power to conquer other peoples all down the coast from Colombia to...
Thursday’s protests of the elimination of gasoline subsides were mostly peaceful, with the largest crowds reported in Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and Manta. Sponsored by United Workers Front (FUT) and several teacher and student unions, an estimated 4,000 protesters...
Miércoles, 3/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Festival de carnes asadas potenciará a San Joaquín (Grilled meat festival will boost San Joaquín) - The Primer Festival de las Carnes Asadas (First Grilled Meat Festival) will be held in the plaza central in San Joaquín...
The Azuay Province National Assembly delegation claims that potential corruption at Cuenca’s Social Security (IESS) hospital is occurring throughout the country. “What we are uncovering at José Carrasco Arteaga [hospital] is only the tip of the iceberg for the entire...
With 53 of its members arrested or dismissed this year, Ecuador’s judicial system desperately needs to rebuild public trust, says Judicial Council member Narda Solanda. “Our entire court system is at a critical point,” she says. “People have lost faith in our ability...
Olmedo Fernando León has been named new general manager of Cuenca’s José Carrasco Arteaga hospital following the resignation of Héctor Martínez on Saturday. The hospital, part of Ecuador's Social Security system, is the focus of corruption and mismanagement...
Lunes, 1/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Inauguran rutas turísticas para promocionar a las parroquias (Tourist routes inaugurated to promote parishes) - The Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca inaugurated Rutas Turisticas in Sinincay, Chiquintad, and Checa last...
Xavier Raúl Armijos, who held several positions at the Turi prison, including that of general director, is on the run following a raid of his home in Cuenca. Armijos is charged with several crimes, including selling release documents to prisoners at the facility. The...
By Jeremiah Reardon Carol E. Leutner’s new book Race Consciousness, A Personal and Political Journey has won the prestigious 2024 New Generation Indie Book Award in the History and Legacy Memoir category. The prize is given annually by the Independent Book Publishing...
Environmental engineer Inty Grønneberg is urging the government to declare an emergency on the Coca River as well as at the Coca Coda Sinclair hydroelectric plant. “Like many other problems in the country we are only putting out fires in regard to this facility and...
By Deke Castleman Atahualpa. Gil Ramirez Davalos. Luis Cordero. Padre Aguirre. Presidente Borrero. Remigio Crespo. Abdon Calderón. These names fill the history books of Ecuador, and dot the city map of Cuenca. But who were these people? And what about those dates? In...
Questions about irregularities and possible corruption at Cuenca’s José Carrasco Arteaga Social Security hospital were met Tuesday with evasive answers and requests to respond in writing. The questions came from National Assembly members from Azuay Province following...
